---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates October 15th of each year as \"New Jersey Railroad Workers Day.\""
description: "Designates October 15th of each year as \"New Jersey Railroad Workers Day.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "SJR 86"
citation: "New Jersey SJR 86 (220)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["COMMEMORATIO", "TRANSPORT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benson, Daniel R.", "Diegnan, Patrick J.", "Haider, Shama A.", "Verrelli, Anthony S.", "Zwicker, Andrew"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-05-16T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-10-14T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29b2f568-2461-411c-aa00-60e4d1fe2110"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "64f40b6ef9d05c8f55331f6747c0ba54fd70c3af87ca1da5c012899b0427dd61"
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 86 (220) — Designates October 15th of each year as "New Jersey Railroad Workers Day."

## 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/SJR/86_I1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — primary (person)
- Haider, Shama A. — primary (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — primary (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
- Chaparro, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Yvonne — cosponsor (person)
- Moen, William F. — cosponsor (person)
- Sampson, William B. — cosponsor (person)
- Spearman, William W. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Transportation Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-09T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (35-0) `passage`
- **2022-09-29T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2022-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for AJR165
- **2022-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (72-0-0) `passage`
- **2022-10-14T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2022, JR-7. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29b2f568-2461-411c-aa00-60e4d1fe2110`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).