---
type: "Bill"
title: "Urges Congress to include funding for affordable housing in \"Build Back Better\" legislation."
description: "Urges Congress to include funding for affordable housing in \"Build Back Better\" legislation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "SJR 70"
citation: "New Jersey SJR 70 (220)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["AFFORD HOUS", "MEMORIALIZAT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gopal, Vin", "Lopez, Yvonne", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Pou, Nellie", "Timberlake, Britnee N."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-12-01T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4ca4671-8b1c-4aa4-93a9-8a426e708af5"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "919ffd7844227c1075e2a3ddcbd2496d5e130fe27677a9d96bf6ed06f7560877"
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 70 (220) — Urges Congress to include funding for affordable housing in "Build Back Better" legislation.

## 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/70_I1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — primary (person)
- Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
- Cruz-Perez, Nilsa I. — cosponsor (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
- Spearman, William W. — cosponsor (person)
- Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (22-10) `passage`
- **2022-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2022-10-27T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for AJR149
- **2022-10-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (44-20-8) `passage`
- **2022-12-01T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2022, JR-10. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a4ca4671-8b1c-4aa4-93a9-8a426e708af5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).