Became P.L.2025, J.R.22, on January 20, 2026.
2024–2025 Session
Assembly Joint Resolution 231
Designates March 9 of each year as U.S. Hostage and Wrongful Detainee Day.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the General Assembly
Sponsor from Nov 13
Robert J. Karabinchak, Balvir Singh
Chief co-sponsors from Dec 5
3 co-sponsors
In the Senate
Sponsor from Jan 12, 2026
Chief co-sponsor from Jan 12, 2026
1 co-sponsor
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
General Assembly, adoption71–0
Passed · Dec 22
Senate, adoption39–0
Passed · Jan 12, 2026
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the General Assembly Nov 17 – Dec 22
- Nov 17Introduced in the General Assembly and sent to State and Local Government
- Dec 11Sent to Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations
- Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations recommended it
- Read a second time
- Dec 22Passed the General Assembly, 71 to 0
In the Senate Jan 6, 2026 – Jan 12, 2026
- Jan 6, 2026Arrived in the Senate
- Read a second time
- Jan 12, 2026Passed the Senate, 39 to 0, and so both houses
With the Governor Jan 20, 2026
- Jan 20, 2026Signed by the Governor
- Became P.L.2025, J.R.22