---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes the last full week of May as \"Period Poverty Awareness Week.\""
description: "Establishes the last full week of May as \"Period Poverty Awareness Week.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "AJR 113"
citation: "New Jersey AJR 113 (220)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["MEDICAID", "PUB ASSIST"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haider, Shama A.", "McKnight, Angela V.", "Mosquera, Gabriela M.", "Pou, Nellie", "Ruiz, M. Teresa"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e99d530-1e8b-4844-96b2-e975feea861a"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "82d127b4f76bd8798fd14d4f669bb70ea5703fb7d1ceb949e37685f7513d65dc"
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 113 (220) — Establishes the last full week of May as "Period Poverty Awareness Week."

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/AJR/113_I2.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Haider, Shama A. — primary (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — primary (person)
- Pou, Nellie — primary (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — primary (person)
- Atkins, Reginald W. — cosponsor (person)
- Pintor Marin, Eliana — cosponsor (person)
- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-14T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Human Services Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (77-0-0) `passage`
- **2023-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-11T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for SJR121
- **2023-05-22T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (36-0) `passage`
- **2023-05-25T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, JR-8. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e99d530-1e8b-4844-96b2-e975feea861a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).