---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates October 11 of each year as the \"Day of the Girl\" in New Jersey."
description: "Designates October 11 of each year as the \"Day of the Girl\" in New Jersey."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "SJR 21"
citation: "New Jersey SJR 21 (220)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["CIVIL RIGHTS", "COMMEMORATIO"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lopez, Yvonne", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Pou, Nellie", "Ruiz, M. Teresa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-15T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/242ed755-3feb-4bcb-87c0-081c125342f2"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "d61727ca29727d5fb29137f976d64d1aa445c991e675c1baf033dc0f7fd75f86"
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 21 (220) — Designates October 11 of each year as the "Day of the Girl" 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/SJR/21_I1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Lopez, Yvonne — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (38-0) `passage`
- **2022-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Homeland Security and State Preparedness Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Women and Children Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for AJR167
- **2023-03-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (74-0-0) `passage`
- **2023-05-15T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, JR-7. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/242ed755-3feb-4bcb-87c0-081c125342f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).