---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permanently designates March 8th as \"International Women's Day\" in New Jersey."
description: "Permanently designates March 8th as \"International Women's Day\" in New Jersey."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "AJR 140"
citation: "New Jersey AJR 140 (220)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["COMMEMORATIO", "WOMEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cunningham, Sandra B.", "Greenstein, Linda R.", "Mosquera, Gabriela M."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 6
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-28T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3a8884b-2e3f-4abf-a478-7fb2274625fe"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "049b422aea15af45acace20081645973960a6c5efd462d582c48337c7b890af1"
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 140 (220) — Permanently designates March 8th as "International Women's Day" in New Jersey.

## 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/140_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — primary (person)
- DeFuccio, DeAnne C. — cosponsor (person)
- Dunn, Aura K. — cosponsor (person)
- Eulner, Kim — cosponsor (person)
- Flynn, Victoria A. — cosponsor (person)
- Gove, DiAnne C. — cosponsor (person)
- Matsikoudis, Michele — cosponsor (person)
- McCarthy Patrick, Bethanne — cosponsor (person)
- Munoz, Nancy F. — cosponsor (person)
- Pintor Marin, Eliana — cosponsor (person)
- Piperno, Marilyn — cosponsor (person)
- Sawyer, Beth — cosponsor (person)
- Swift, Claire S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced, 1st Reading without Reference, 2nd Reading `introduction`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (76-0-0) `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 SJR68 (1R)
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) `passage`
- **2022-03-28T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2022, JR-1. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3a8884b-2e3f-4abf-a478-7fb2274625fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).