---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates October of each year as \"Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Month\" in New Jersey."
description: "Designates October of each year as \"Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Month\" in New Jersey."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "SJR 36"
citation: "New Jersey SJR 36 (218)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["WOMEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lampitt, Pamela R.", "Mosquera, Gabriela M.", "Webber, Jay", "Weinberg, Loretta"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-05T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/525363aa-3de9-410d-bf04-9cb38b203997"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "517f6e688653862b78f7e3d3f9a129f5d654ded30d8e49dd21536ac9b0693f8f"
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 36 (218) — Designates October of each year as "Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Month" in New Jersey.

## 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/2018/Bills/SJR/36_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — primary (person)
- Webber, Jay — primary (person)
- Weinberg, Loretta — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-21T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2018-09-27T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-0) `passage`
- **2018-10-15T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Women and Children Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-18T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2019-11-25T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for AJR84
- **2019-11-25T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (73-0-0) `passage`
- **2020-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, JR-23. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/525363aa-3de9-410d-bf04-9cb38b203997`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).