---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates April 13th as Borinqueneers Day in New Jersey."
description: "Designates April 13th as Borinqueneers Day in New Jersey."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "AJR 147"
citation: "New Jersey AJR 147 (220)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["COMMEMORATIO", "NJ HISTORY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chaparro, Annette", "Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I.", "Lopez, Yvonne", "Pou, Nellie", "Quijano, Annette"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-09-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f75eab32-0a13-4891-9393-4aff654a4191"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "c94d2d1746c86c09eef6dadca02ee1a4884ea6e9a894288c141e3cf90ebf9d92"
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 147 (220) — Designates April 13th as Borinqueneers 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/147_I1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Chaparro, Annette — primary (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — primary (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — primary (person)
- Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Sampson, William B. — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-08T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (77-0-0) `passage`
- **2022-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2022-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for SJR78
- **2022-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
- **2022-09-15T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2022, JR-6. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f75eab32-0a13-4891-9393-4aff654a4191`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).