Became P.L.2025, J.R.16, on January 12, 2026.
2024–2025 Session
Assembly Joint Resolution 47
Designates Saturday before Thanksgiving Day as "National Adoption Day" and designates November as "National Adoption Month" in New Jersey.
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 Jan 9
Yvonne Lopez, Sterley S. Stanley
Chief co-sponsors from Jan 9
3 co-sponsors
In the Senate
Sponsor from Dec 22, 2025
Chief co-sponsor from Dec 22, 2025
1 co-sponsor
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
General Assembly, adoption76–0
Passed · Dec 8, 2025
Senate, adoption37–0
Passed · Dec 22, 2025
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
General Assembly committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Dec 4, 2025
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 Jan 9 – Dec 8, 2025
- Jan 9Introduced in the General Assembly and sent to Children, Families and Food Security
- Dec 4, 2025Sent to State and Local Government
- State and Local Government recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Dec 8, 2025Passed the General Assembly, 76 to 0
In the Senate Dec 11, 2025 – Dec 22, 2025
- Dec 11, 2025Arrived in the Senate
- Read a second time
- Dec 22, 2025Passed the Senate, 37 to 0, and so both houses
With the Governor Jan 12, 2026
- Jan 12, 2026Signed by the Governor
- Became P.L.2025, J.R.16