Designates November of each year as "Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Awareness Month."
AJR 59 designates November each year as "Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Awareness Month" in New Jersey. The resolution requests the Governor issue a proclamation encouraging public education about the link between diabetes (affecting over 29 million Americans) and cardiovascular disease (the leading cause of death for people with type 2 diabetes). It aims to improve public understanding of this connection, particularly for communities disproportionately impacted like African American and Hispanic/Latino populations in New Jersey. This is a symbolic resolution with no new funding or policy changes.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Apr 2024
General Assembly Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2024
Last action Apr 11, 2024
Floor votes · General Assembly Mar 18, 2024
How they voted
77–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 80
Mar 18, 2024
D
Democratic52
94% Yea
R
Republican28
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Apr 11, 2024
Committee
Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
upper
Mar 18, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (77-0-0)
lower
Feb 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
lower
Jan 9, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Health Committee
lower
3 primary · 7 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
HC
Herb Conaway
DDemocratic
P
Linda Carter
DDemocratic
P
Tennille McCoy
DDemocratic
Co
Annette Quijano
DDemocratic
Co
Clinton Calabrese
DDemocratic
Co
Roy Freiman
DDemocratic
Co
Shama Haider
DDemocratic
Co
Shanique Speight
DDemocratic
Co
Sterley Stanley
DDemocratic
Co
Verlina Reynolds-Jackson
DDemocratic
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