---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates June 23 of each year as \"International Widows' Day.\""
description: "Designates June 23 of each year as \"International Widows' Day.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "SJR 30"
citation: "New Jersey SJR 30 (221)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["COMMEMORATIO", "HUMAN SVCS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haider, Shama A.", "Johnson, Gordon M.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Quijano, Annette", "Tucker, Cleopatra G."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-23T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42c14e0c-fa62-4ff6-8c73-b5aff13c568f"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "b7b2247038d759b7bce32a342eab8bcea9af855c150f9d17f92cea08c30e6f00"
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 30 (221) — Designates June 23 of each year as "International Widows' 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/30_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Haider, Shama A. — primary (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — primary (person)
- Atkins, Reginald W. — cosponsor (person)
- Cryan, Joseph P. — cosponsor (person)
- Inganamort, Michael — cosponsor (person)
- Katz, Andrea — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — 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 Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-06T04:00:00+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, Referred to Assembly Community Development and Women's Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for AJR45
- **2025-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (76-0-1) `passage`
- **2025-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, JR-10. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42c14e0c-fa62-4ff6-8c73-b5aff13c568f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).