---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commemorates establishment and service of the New Jersey State Police and celebrates 95th anniversary of first graduating class."
description: "Commemorates establishment and service of the New Jersey State Police and celebrates 95th anniversary of first graduating class."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "AJR 126"
citation: "New Jersey AJR 126 (217)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["COMMEMORATIO", "POLICE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen, Diane B.", "Bucco, Anthony M.", "Dancer, Ronald S.", "DeAngelo, Wayne P.", "Downey, Joann", "Houghtaling, Eric", "Madden, Fred H.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Munoz, Nancy F."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-10-06T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-21T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9388d6d4-77de-420f-97c5-b4eeff9a989e"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "5e38bcb76304be0975fbcf223293011bc7f10e011e0a5af1f3c75fc6c69c08d1"
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 126 (217) — Commemorates establishment and service of the New Jersey State Police and celebrates 95th anniversary of first graduating class.

## 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/126_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/AJR/126_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Allen, Diane B. — primary (person)
- Bucco, Anthony M. — primary (person)
- Dancer, Ronald S. — primary (person)
- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — primary (person)
- Downey, Joann — primary (person)
- Houghtaling, Eric — primary (person)
- Madden, Fred H. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Munoz, Nancy F. — primary (person)
- Beach, James — cosponsor (person)
- Beck, Jennifer — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Rooney, Kevin J. — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Whelan, Jim — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-10-06T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2016-12-05T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (75-0-0) `passage`
- **2017-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for SJR85 (1R)
- **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-17. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9388d6d4-77de-420f-97c5-b4eeff9a989e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).