---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designating fourth Wednesday in May of each year as \"Crisis Professionals Day.\""
description: "Designating fourth Wednesday in May of each year as \"Crisis Professionals Day.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "AJR 86"
citation: "New Jersey AJR 86 (221)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["COMMEMORATIO", "MENTAL HEALT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greenwald, Louis D.", "Speight, Shanique", "Vitale, Joseph F.", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-22T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b740d4ff-de74-4f67-84af-0ed349abc764"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "8ab6c0a15d1973377f50b3c63a599591a1db9c9185ea8381b4a190f0fed7d84b"
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 86 (221) — Designating fourth Wednesday in May of each year as "Crisis Professionals Day."

## 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/86_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Greenwald, Louis D. — primary (person)
- Speight, Shanique — primary (person)
- Vitale, Joseph F. — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Bagolie, Rosaura — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — 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 Aging and Human Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-04-15T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (73-0-0) `passage`
- **2024-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2024-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for SJR66
- **2024-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) `passage`
- **2024-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2024, JR-1. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b740d4ff-de74-4f67-84af-0ed349abc764`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).