---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates month of April of each year as \"Military Child Appreciation Month\" in NJ; designates last full week of April of each year as \"Military Child Appreciation Week\" in NJ."
description: "Designates month of April of each year as \"Military Child Appreciation Month\" in NJ; designates last full week of April of each year as \"Military Child Appreciation Week\" in NJ."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "AJR 109"
citation: "New Jersey AJR 109 (220)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN", "COMMEMORATIO", "VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cryan, Joseph P.", "Dancer, Ronald S.", "Murphy, Carol A.", "Stanfield, Jean"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-12T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2abe8c9f-2233-4fe8-8024-d36023657e5e"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "3e172f9218aec962b0d3120bcdacc9ccf3bf6c8f6f657aa804a0f89e53303a2e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
---

# New Jersey AJR 109 (220) — Designates month of April of each year as "Military Child Appreciation Month" in NJ; designates last full week of April of each year as "Military Child Appreciation Week" in NJ.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/AJR/109_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cryan, Joseph P. — primary (person)
- Dancer, Ronald S. — primary (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
- Stanfield, Jean — primary (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Webber, Jay — cosponsor (person)
- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (77-0-0) `passage`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for SJR74
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) `passage`
- **2022-04-12T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2022, JR-3. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2abe8c9f-2233-4fe8-8024-d36023657e5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).