---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates August of each year as \"Professional Engineers Month\" in NJ and first Wednesday in August of each year as \"Professional Engineering Day.\""
description: "Designates August of each year as \"Professional Engineers Month\" in NJ and first Wednesday in August of each year as \"Professional Engineering Day.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "SJR 29"
citation: "New Jersey SJR 29 (221)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["COMMEMORATIO", "PROFESSIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Diegnan, Patrick J.", "Karabinchak, Robert J.", "Sarlo, Paul A.", "Stanley, Sterley S."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-12-12T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fad1b8cf-708c-4054-96d3-ca57b0a099b3"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "0b9fb7a6842a4efc1d4d9fcb9679a08e90432cadc9247c044164327ba846b6a3"
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 29 (221) — Designates August of each year as "Professional Engineers Month" in NJ and first Wednesday in August of each year as "Professional Engineering 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/SJR/29_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Diegnan, Patrick J. — primary (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — primary (person)
- Sarlo, Paul A. — primary (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (40-0) `passage`
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2024-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for AJR50
- **2024-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (77-0-0) `passage`
- **2024-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2024, JR-4. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fad1b8cf-708c-4054-96d3-ca57b0a099b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).