SJR 33 New Jersey Senate · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Designates March 16 as "Paws Healing Heroes Day" in New Jersey.

SJR 33 designates March 16 each year as "Paws Healing Heroes Day" in New Jersey to raise public awareness of service dogs that assist veterans with conditions like PTSD, traumatic brain injury, military sexual trauma, and seizures. The resolution recognizes that 29% of veterans from recent conflicts experience PTSD and 28% experience TBI, and highlights how service dogs - trained by nonprofits like Paws Healing Heroes - help manage these conditions at a cost of $3,000-$5,000 per dog (not covered by insurance). It requests the Governor issue an annual proclamation encouraging public observance of the day. This is a recognition resolution, not a law creating new requirements or funding.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
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Jan 2024
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Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Last action Oct 21, 2024
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Oct 21, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
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Jan 9, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee
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