---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates month of May of each year as \"Mental Health Awareness Month.\""
description: "Designates month of May of each year as \"Mental Health Awareness Month.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "SJR 62"
citation: "New Jersey SJR 62 (217)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["COMMEMORATIO", "MENTAL HEALT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Codey, Richard J.", "Downey, Joann", "Eustace, Tim", "Jones, Patricia Egan", "Lampitt, Pamela R.", "Mukherji, Raj", "Pinkin, Nancy J.", "Rooney, Kevin J."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2016-05-05T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-07-13T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ed65495-ac0c-4f16-8d81-12a722c0b5cd"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "93206c06d483662fc7e4e3cd6cec11afe4e4756da916a09cb654d8a96f626b0a"
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 62 (217) — Designates month of May of each year as "Mental Health Awareness Month."

## 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/SJR/62_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **7–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Codey, Richard J. — primary (person)
- Downey, Joann — primary (person)
- Eustace, Tim — primary (person)
- Jones, Patricia Egan — primary (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — primary (person)
- Rooney, Kevin J. — primary (person)
- Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
- Gusciora, Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-05-05T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
- **2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for AJR96
- **2017-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (75-0-0) `passage`
- **2017-07-13T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2017, JR-9. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ed65495-ac0c-4f16-8d81-12a722c0b5cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).