---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates October of each year as \"First Responders Appreciation Month.\""
description: "Designates October of each year as \"First Responders Appreciation Month.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "SJR 23"
citation: "New Jersey SJR 23 (220)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["COMMEMORATIO", "EMER SVCS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corrado, Kristin M.", "Quijano, Annette", "Singleton, Troy", "Stanley, Sterley S.", "Swain, Lisa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-10-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d9d9f90-4447-46df-82f0-5135db9e9182"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "21b7725bd24a1512110738ccb3979506ae659944fcf4252732aa1dd2c51b0f47"
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 23 (220) — Designates October of each year as "First Responders Appreciation Month."

## 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/23_I1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Corrado, Kristin M. — primary (person)
- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — primary (person)
- Swain, Lisa — primary (person)
- Chaparro, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Codey, Richard J. — cosponsor (person)
- Danielsen, Joe — cosponsor (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- O'Scanlon, Declan J. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Rooney, Kevin J. — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Wirths, Harold J. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-18T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-10-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-10-17T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
- **2022-10-20T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2022-10-27T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for AJR161
- **2022-10-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (73-0-0) `passage`
- **2022-10-31T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2022, JR-8. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d9d9f90-4447-46df-82f0-5135db9e9182`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).