---
type: "Bill"
title: "Declares NJ \"Purple Heart State.\""
description: "Declares NJ \"Purple Heart State.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "SJR 103"
citation: "New Jersey SJR 103 (221)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conaway, Herb", "Corrado, Kristin M.", "DeAngelo, Wayne P.", "Diegnan, Patrick J.", "Speight, Shanique"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-04-08T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-12-12T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0aab7b09-65de-40c0-8c62-8d5706fd2908"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "458765d575707a7b2b33cc19df627c7ba78bf15f46d07d2d266d1ef021f9644c"
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 103 (221) — Declares NJ "Purple Heart State."

## 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/SJR/103_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Conaway, Herb — primary (person)
- Corrado, Kristin M. — primary (person)
- DeAngelo, Wayne P. — primary (person)
- Diegnan, Patrick J. — primary (person)
- Speight, Shanique — primary (person)
- Cryan, Joseph P. — cosponsor (person)
- Donlon, Margie — cosponsor (person)
- Drulis, Mitchelle — cosponsor (person)
- Fantasia, Dawn — cosponsor (person)
- Freiman, Roy — cosponsor (person)
- Inganamort, Michael — cosponsor (person)
- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Moen, William F. — cosponsor (person)
- Peterpaul, Luanne M. — cosponsor (person)
- Ramirez, Jessica — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-08T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-16T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (39-0) `passage`
- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for AJR60
- **2024-10-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (77-0-0) `passage`
- **2024-12-12T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2024, JR-6. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0aab7b09-65de-40c0-8c62-8d5706fd2908`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).