---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates October of each year as \"Hindu Heritage Month\" in New Jersey.*"
description: "Designates October of each year as \"Hindu Heritage Month\" in New Jersey.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "AJR 46"
citation: "New Jersey AJR 46 (221)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["COMMEMORATIO", "MINORITY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Diegnan, Patrick J.", "Drulis, Mitchelle", "Johnson, Gordon M.", "Karabinchak, Robert J.", "Stanley, Sterley S."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-10-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d592cd6-d965-4b79-ae00-e1bbfca6a3a5"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "8cc1b560985c9a958fc3c98b694fd23d915a9fffd33212536cbbab9a2a10b6ef"
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 46 (221) — Designates October of each year as "Hindu Heritage 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](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/AJR/46_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint ASL 2/1/24 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/AJR/46_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **78–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Diegnan, Patrick J. — primary (person)
- Drulis, Mitchelle — primary (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — primary (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — primary (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — primary (person)
- Collazos-Gill, Alixon — cosponsor (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Cryan, Joseph P. — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — cosponsor (person)
- Hall, Garnet R. — cosponsor (person)
- Marenco, Julio — cosponsor (person)
- McCoy, Tennille R. — cosponsor (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Mukherji, Raj — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Smith, Bob — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Stack, Brian P. — cosponsor (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (78-0-0) `passage`
- **2024-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for SJR12 (SCS)
- **2024-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (39-0) `passage`
- **2024-10-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2024, JR-2. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d592cd6-d965-4b79-ae00-e1bbfca6a3a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).