republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/221/ajr-47.md

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Bill	Designates Saturday before Thanksgiving Day as "National Adoption Day" and designates November as "National Adoption Month" in New Jersey.	Designates Saturday before Thanksgiving Day as "National Adoption Day" and designates November as "National Adoption Month" in New Jersey.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	221	AJR 47	New Jersey AJR 47 (221)	joint resolution	ADOPTION COMMEMORATIO	enacted	Diegnan, Patrick J. Karabinchak, Robert J. Lopez, Yvonne McKnight, Angela V. Stanley, Sterley S.	2	8	3	2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00	2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/a533e16c-2472-4860-9b39-e54bc119816c	https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/	bd2e947b448cba29c31eb8abe6aaff01ea679f49233c9fe5f37c0fe7f57e5316	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey AJR 47 (221) — Designates Saturday before Thanksgiving Day as "National Adoption Day" and designates November as "National Adoption 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
2. Reprint ASL 12/4/25 1R (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 7–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Diegnan, Patrick J. — primary (person)
• Karabinchak, Robert J. — primary (person)
• Lopez, Yvonne — primary (person)
• McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
• Stanley, Sterley S. — primary (person)
• Fantasia, Dawn — cosponsor (person)
• Inganamort, Michael — cosponsor (person)
• Pennacchio, Joseph — cosponsor (person)
• Webber, Jay — 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 Children, Families and Food Security Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-12-04T05:00:00+00:00 Transferred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2025-12-04T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2025-12-08T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (76-0-0) passage
• 2025-12-11T05:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
• 2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for SJR13 (1R)
• 2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) passage
• 2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2025, JR-16. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a533e16c-2472-4860-9b39-e54bc119816c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).