republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/sjr-62.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Designates month of May of each year as "Mental Health Awareness Month."	Designates month of May of each year as "Mental Health Awareness Month."	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	SJR 62	New Jersey SJR 62 (217)	joint resolution	COMMEMORATIO MENTAL HEALT	enacted	Codey, Richard J. Downey, Joann Eustace, Tim Jones, Patricia Egan Lampitt, Pamela R. Mukherji, Raj Pinkin, Nancy J. Rooney, Kevin J.	1	8	2	2016-05-05T04:00:00+00:00	2017-07-13T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/1ed65495-ac0c-4f16-8d81-12a722c0b5cd	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	93206c06d483662fc7e4e3cd6cec11afe4e4756da916a09cb654d8a96f626b0a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey SJR 62 (217) — Designates month of May of each year as "Mental Health Awareness Month."

Version chain

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

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported favorably out of committee — 12–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported favorably out of committee — 7–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Codey, Richard J. — primary (person)
• Downey, Joann — primary (person)
• Eustace, Tim — primary (person)
• Jones, Patricia Egan — primary (person)
• Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
• Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
• Pinkin, Nancy J. — primary (person)
• Rooney, Kevin J. — primary (person)
• Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
• Gusciora, Reed — cosponsor (person)
• Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-05-05T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2017-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2017-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (37-0) passage
• 2017-03-16T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee referral-committee
• 2017-05-11T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2017-05-22T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for AJR96
• 2017-05-22T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (75-0-0) passage
• 2017-07-13T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2017, JR-9. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1ed65495-ac0c-4f16-8d81-12a722c0b5cd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).