AJR 47 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Designates Saturday before Thanksgiving Day as "National Adoption Day" and designates November as "National Adoption Month" in New Jersey.

This resolution symbolically designates the Saturday before Thanksgiving as "National Adoption Day" and November as "National Adoption Month" in New Jersey. It does not create new policies or funding but requests the Governor issue an annual proclamation to raise public awareness about adoption services and celebrate finalized adoptions. The resolution aims to highlight the foster care system and encourage adoption, referencing existing annual events where counties finalize adoptions during this period.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Dec 2025
General Assembly Passage
Dec 2025
Senate Passage
Dec 2025
Signed into Law
Jan 2026
Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Signed Jan 12, 2026
Floor votes · Senate Dec 22, 2025 · General Assembly Dec 8, 2025

How they voted

370
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 40
Dec 22, 2025
D Democratic25
25 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican15
12 Yea 3
80% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
8
Key actions
4
Committee
2
Jan 12, 2026
Signed into law
Approved P.L.2025, JR-16.
executive
Dec 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0)
upper
Dec 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (76-0-0)
lower
Dec 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
lower
Dec 4, 2025
Committee
Transferred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee
lower
Jan 9, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Children, Families and Food Security Committee
lower
5 primary · 4 co-sponsors

Sponsors