---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates January of each year as \"Muslim Heritage Month\" in NJ."
description: "Designates January of each year as \"Muslim Heritage Month\" in NJ."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "SJR 105"
citation: "New Jersey SJR 105 (220)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["COMMEMORATIO", "MINORITY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chaparro, Annette", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Pennacchio, Joseph", "Speight, Shanique", "Stack, Brian P."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-12-01T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96dbaaca-9916-47aa-8719-d036e1756df7"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "7690120b792efa3cb5f4827fd4bbf7fcdae2b7f04fb105dd8f7df652b8957c0e"
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 SJR 105 (220) — Designates January of each year as "Muslim Heritage Month" 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/SJR/105_I1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Chaparro, Annette — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Pennacchio, Joseph — primary (person)
- Speight, Shanique — primary (person)
- Stack, Brian P. — primary (person)
- Atkins, Reginald W. — cosponsor (person)
- Bucco, Anthony M. — cosponsor (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- DePhillips, Christopher P. — cosponsor (person)
- Durr, Edward — cosponsor (person)
- Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Haider, Shama A. — cosponsor (person)
- Jaffer, Sadaf F. — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Lagana, Joseph A. — cosponsor (person)
- Park, Ellen J. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)
- Sumter, Shavonda E. — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-01T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-0) `passage`
- **2023-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for AJR194
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (76-0-0) `passage`
- **2023-04-29T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, 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/96dbaaca-9916-47aa-8719-d036e1756df7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).