---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates April 14 of each year as \"Military Child Appreciation Day\" in NJ."
description: "Designates April 14 of each year as \"Military Child Appreciation Day\" in NJ."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "SJR 106"
citation: "New Jersey SJR 106 (220)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["COMMEMORATIO", "VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bucco, Anthony M.", "Flynn, Victoria A.", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Scharfenberger, Gerry", "Stanfield, Jean"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-12-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9db39225-0011-4336-9f1f-ec49cc9cbf8f"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "a7d9202da8e848260cbb63d8d89e28dfd5cfa66cd98a9cee3bb4a6fe0353209f"
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 106 (220) — Designates April 14 of each year as "Military Child Appreciation Day" 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/106_I1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Bucco, Anthony M. — primary (person)
- Flynn, Victoria A. — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Scharfenberger, Gerry — primary (person)
- Stanfield, Jean — primary (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — cosponsor (person)
- Dunn, Aura K. — cosponsor (person)
- Sauickie, Alex — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-12-05T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (38-0) `passage`
- **2023-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for AJR198
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (73-0-0) `passage`
- **2023-04-14T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, JR-3. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9db39225-0011-4336-9f1f-ec49cc9cbf8f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).