republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/221/ajr-159.md

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Bill	Designates November 14 of each year as Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day.	Designates November 14 of each year as Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	221	AJR 159	New Jersey AJR 159 (221)	joint resolution	COMMEMORATIO	enacted	McKnight, Angela V. Mukherji, Raj Sumter, Shavonda E. Verrelli, Anthony S. Wimberly, Benjie E.	1	9	4	2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00	2025-03-17T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/f01187d1-dd27-4989-af83-899ba8a8e6b7	https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/	127ebc5718474327251542d1060b1c75f5f8edcf420f4bbc89d5c45096df13ad	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey AJR 159 (221) — Designates November 14 of each year as Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day.

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 — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported favorably out of committee — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 77–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• McKnight, Angela V. — primary (person)
• Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
• Sumter, Shavonda E. — primary (person)
• Verrelli, Anthony S. — primary (person)
• Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
• Hall, Garnet R. — cosponsor (person)
• Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
• Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Community Development and Women's Affairs Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2024-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2024-03-18T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (77-0-0) passage
• 2024-04-11T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee referral-committee
• 2024-12-05T05:00:00+00:00 Transferred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee referral-committee
• 2024-12-05T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2025-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for SJR109
• 2025-01-30T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) passage
• 2025-03-17T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2025, JR-3. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f01187d1-dd27-4989-af83-899ba8a8e6b7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).