Sent to Community Development and Women's Affairs, on May 28, 2026.
2026–2027 Session
Senate Joint Resolution 62
Designates October of each year as "Menopause Awareness Month," October 11 of each year as "Perimenopause Day," and October 18 of each year as "Postmenopause Day" 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 Senate
Sponsor from Jan 13
Chief co-sponsor from Jan 13
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
Senate, adoption36–0
Passed · May 28
Who voted how
Yea Angela V. McKnight, Anthony M. Bucco, Benjie E. Wimberly, Bob Smith, Brian P. Stack, Britnee N. Timberlake, Carmen F. Amato Jr., Douglas J. Steinhardt, Gordon M. Johnson, Holly T. Schepisi, James Beach, James W. Holzapfel, John F. McKeon, John J. Burzichelli, Jon M. Bramnick, Joseph A. Lagana, Joseph F. Vitale, Joseph P. Cryan, Joseph Pennacchio, Kristin M. Corrado, Latham Tiver, Linda R. Greenstein, M. Teresa Ruiz, Michael L. Testa Jr., Nicholas P. Scutari, Parker Space, Patrick J. Diegnan Jr., Paul A. Sarlo, Paul D. Moriarty, Raj Mukherji, Renee C. Burgess, Robert W. Singer, Shirley K. Turner, Troy Singleton, Vin Gopal, Vincent J. Polistina
Not voting Andrew Zwicker, Declan J. O'Scanlon Jr., Nilsa I. Cruz-Perez, Owen Henry
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 Senate Jan 13 – May 28
- Jan 13Introduced in the Senate and sent to Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
- May 11Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens recommended it
- Read a second time
- May 28Passed the Senate, 36 to 0
In the General Assembly May 28
- May 28Arrived in the General Assembly
- Sent to Community Development and Women's Affairs