---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates May of each year as \"Arthritis Awareness Month\" in New Jersey."
description: "Designates May of each year as \"Arthritis Awareness Month\" in New Jersey."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "SJR 71"
citation: "New Jersey SJR 71 (220)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["COMMEMORATIO", "HEALTH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conaway, Herb", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Singleton, Troy", "Stanley, Sterley S."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f47358e1-9a1e-47b2-8184-4bc1a9c715f7"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "0185c85553f2df5ffea1bd8b1792bbb221ef1150704bad04b5b2bdf987e829ec"
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 71 (220) — Designates May of each year as "Arthritis Awareness Month" 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/71_I1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Conaway, Herb — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — primary (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
- Gove, DiAnne C. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Rooney, Kevin J. — cosponsor (person)
- Rumpf, Brian E. — cosponsor (person)
- Sauickie, Alex — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+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`
- **2022-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (35-0) `passage`
- **2022-05-26T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for AJR150 (1R)
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (75-0-0) `passage`
- **2023-05-31T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, JR-9. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f47358e1-9a1e-47b2-8184-4bc1a9c715f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).