---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates first week of May of each year as Wounded Warrior Appreciation Week."
description: "Designates first week of May of each year as Wounded Warrior Appreciation Week."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "SJR 71"
citation: "New Jersey SJR 71 (221)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["COMMEMORATIO", "VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beach, James", "Danielsen, Joe", "DeAngelo, Wayne P.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Venezia, Michael"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-29T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-12-12T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b5cd640-02ab-4aec-a6c0-b63de4e9a8d6"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "d1d2570bf83b971b21c1d73517c1774b0428814239e0d2856a27accb2cd4c0cb"
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 71 (221) — Designates first week of May of each year as Wounded Warrior Appreciation Week.

## 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/71_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beach, James — primary (person)
- Danielsen, Joe — primary (person)
- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Venezia, Michael — primary (person)
- Donlon, Margie — cosponsor (person)
- Drulis, Mitchelle — cosponsor (person)
- Fantasia, Dawn — cosponsor (person)
- Flynn, Victoria A. — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
- Moen, William F. — cosponsor (person)
- Moriarty, Paul D. — cosponsor (person)
- Peterpaul, Luanne M. — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Ramirez, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
- Sampson, William B. — cosponsor (person)
- Sauickie, Alex — cosponsor (person)
- Scharfenberger, Gerry — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-29T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
- **2024-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for AJR25
- **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-5. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b5cd640-02ab-4aec-a6c0-b63de4e9a8d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).