---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates third Friday in September of every year as Concussion Awareness Day."
description: "Designates third Friday in September of every year as Concussion Awareness Day."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "AJR 115"
citation: "New Jersey AJR 115 (217)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["COMMEMORATIO", "HEALTH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson, Daniel R.", "Bucco, Anthony R.", "Diegnan, Patrick J.", "Giblin, Thomas P.", "Lampitt, Pamela R.", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-09-15T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/469473db-0a8e-42c3-bdf7-ed1b761f500c"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "b15bf2e2661ce6450033e3231e4ce6cd349065cf1f6c25d4c643b653712f0541"
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 115 (217) — Designates third Friday in September of every year as Concussion Awareness Day.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/AJR/115_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **12–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
- Bucco, Anthony R. — primary (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — primary (person)
- Giblin, Thomas P. — primary (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Bateman, Christopher — cosponsor (person)
- Beach, James — cosponsor (person)
- Bramnick, Jon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Caputo, Ralph R. — cosponsor (person)
- Caride, Marlene — cosponsor (person)
- Chaparro, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- DeCroce, BettyLou — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Jones, Patricia Egan — cosponsor (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
- Kean, Thomas H. — cosponsor (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
- Muoio, Elizabeth Maher — cosponsor (person)
- Pennacchio, Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- Phoebus, Gail — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Samuel D. — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
- Weinberg, Loretta — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-09-15T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-08T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (76-0-0) `passage`
- **2017-06-12T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for SJR81
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (38-0) `passage`
- **2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, JR-16. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/469473db-0a8e-42c3-bdf7-ed1b761f500c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).