---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permanently designates first full week in April as \"Week of the Young Child\" in New Jersey."
description: "Permanently designates first full week in April as \"Week of the Young Child\" in New Jersey."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "AJR 171"
citation: "New Jersey AJR 171 (220)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN", "COMMEMORATIO"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chaparro, Annette", "Cunningham, Sandra B.", "Lampitt, Pamela R.", "Mosquera, Gabriela M.", "Ruiz, M. Teresa"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 7
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-06-02T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b0ff721-3f76-4598-bc0b-78cc0d18214c"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "330ce59111ed2f70e568c6af6b4bad1f8e2265346a7bb1c0874b7f6dde8dbf74"
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 171 (220) — Permanently designates first full week in April as "Week of the Young Child" 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/171_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint AWC 1/23/23 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/AJR/171_R1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Chaparro, Annette — primary (person)
- Cunningham, Sandra B. — primary (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — cosponsor (person)
- Cryan, Joseph P. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — cosponsor (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-02T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Women and Children Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (78-0-0) `passage`
- **2023-01-26T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2023-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for SJR79 (1R)
- **2023-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (39-0) `passage`
- **2023-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, JR-2. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b0ff721-3f76-4598-bc0b-78cc0d18214c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).