---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates first week of October of each year as Manufacturing Week."
description: "Designates first week of October of each year as Manufacturing Week."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "219"
identifier: "SJR 57"
citation: "New Jersey SJR 57 (219)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["COMMEMORATIO"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Downey, Joann", "Gopal, Vin", "Greenstein, Linda R.", "Houghtaling, Eric", "Oroho, Steven V.", "Wirths, Harold J."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-02-25T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-09-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70af7fdc-109f-4e14-a068-9b510c7608e6"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "cdbe4a7c67b74546842539793d6435dc42e0c8e178ba1df1abeee12cc7c6ddc7"
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 57 (219) — Designates first week of October of each year as Manufacturing Week.

## 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/2020/Bills/SJR/57_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Downey, Joann — primary (person)
- Gopal, Vin — primary (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
- Houghtaling, Eric — primary (person)
- Oroho, Steven V. — primary (person)
- Wirths, Harold J. — primary (person)
- Bucco, Anthony M. — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Moen, William F. — cosponsor (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
- Space, Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Sumter, Shavonda E. — cosponsor (person)
- Testa, Michael L. — cosponsor (person)
- Tully, P. Christopher — cosponsor (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-25T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Economic Growth Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-25T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (40-0) `passage`
- **2020-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Labor Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-10T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2020-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for AJR39
- **2020-09-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (79-0-0) `passage`
- **2020-09-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2020, 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/70af7fdc-109f-4e14-a068-9b510c7608e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).