---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates third week of September of each year as \"New Jersey Rail Safety Week.\""
description: "Designates third week of September of each year as \"New Jersey Rail Safety Week.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "AJR 195"
citation: "New Jersey AJR 195 (220)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["COMMEMORATIO", "TRANSPORT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson, Daniel R.", "Diegnan, Patrick J.", "Johnson, Gordon M.", "Moen, William F.", "Verrelli, Anthony S."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-10-17T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-08-07T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6840324-dceb-4035-8cae-cb4e5da65fbc"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "087017936a94b7d7ad67104ae50804258e151ea6192582bcc9a02e59f1862643"
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 195 (220) — Designates third week of September of each year as "New Jersey Rail Safety Week."

## 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/195_I1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — primary (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — primary (person)
- Moen, William F. — primary (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — primary (person)
- Durr, Edward — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (78-0-0) `passage`
- **2023-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for SJR97
- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) `passage`
- **2023-08-07T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, JR-14. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6840324-dceb-4035-8cae-cb4e5da65fbc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).