---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates Saturday before Thanksgiving Day as \"National Adoption Day\" and designates November as \"National Adoption Month\" in New Jersey."
description: "Designates Saturday before Thanksgiving Day as \"National Adoption Day\" and designates November as \"National Adoption Month\" in New Jersey."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "AJR 47"
citation: "New Jersey AJR 47 (221)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["ADOPTION", "COMMEMORATIO"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Diegnan, Patrick J.", "Karabinchak, Robert J.", "Lopez, Yvonne", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Stanley, Sterley S."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a533e16c-2472-4860-9b39-e54bc119816c"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "bd2e947b448cba29c31eb8abe6aaff01ea679f49233c9fe5f37c0fe7f57e5316"
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 AJR 47 (221) — Designates Saturday before Thanksgiving Day as "National Adoption Day" and designates November as "National Adoption 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/2024/AJR/47_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint ASL 12/4/25 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/AJR/47_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Diegnan, Patrick J. — primary (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — primary (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — primary (person)
- Fantasia, Dawn — cosponsor (person)
- Inganamort, Michael — cosponsor (person)
- Pennacchio, Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- Webber, Jay — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Children, Families and Food Security Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-12-04T05:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-12-04T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-12-08T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (76-0-0) `passage`
- **2025-12-11T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for SJR13 (1R)
- **2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) `passage`
- **2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, JR-16. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a533e16c-2472-4860-9b39-e54bc119816c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).