---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates May 17 of each year as \"Necrotizing Enterocolitis Awareness Day\" in New Jersey."
description: "Designates May 17 of each year as \"Necrotizing Enterocolitis Awareness Day\" in New Jersey."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "SJR 102"
citation: "New Jersey SJR 102 (221)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["COMMEMORATIO", "DISEASE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina", "Turner, Shirley K.", "Verrelli, Anthony S."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-04-08T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-09T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8e21d43-f486-4983-a393-4f0d5b6c03a9"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "9b88ba9cf72a657293f79179398e1aaea8452c5d3193ca253b4d936693229984"
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 102 (221) — Designates May 17 of each year as "Necrotizing Enterocolitis Awareness Day" 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/SJR/102_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (36-0) `passage`
- **2024-05-13T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Children, Families and Food Security Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-23T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for AJR167
- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (78-0-0) `passage`
- **2025-05-09T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, 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/f8e21d43-f486-4983-a393-4f0d5b6c03a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).