AJR 109 New Jersey General Assembly · 2026-2027 Regular Session

Designates month of April of each year as "Donate Life Month."

AJR 109 designates April each year as "Donate Life Month" in New Jersey to raise awareness about organ and tissue donation. The resolution requests the Governor issue an annual proclamation encouraging New Jersey residents to register as donors and participate in related activities. It directly affects all New Jersey residents by promoting donor registration at motor vehicle agencies or online through the National Donate Life Registry. The bill does not create new laws or funding but aims to support existing donation efforts, noting that one donor can save eight lives and enhance over 75 others through tissue donation.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

May 2026

General Assembly Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Last action May 4, 2026

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What changed between versions

Introduced → Reprint · 5 edits

MODERATE

This is a first reprint of AJR 109 after it was reported by the Assembly Aging and Human Services Committee on March 16, 2026. The substantive change updates the organ donation statistics from 2022 figures (283 donors, 670 lives saved) to 2025 figures (351 donors, 869 lives saved) and adds Gift of Life Donor Program alongside NJ Sharing Network as a state organ procurement organization. Two co-sponsors were added and the non-binding statement section was removed, which is standard for committee reprints.

TECHNICAL

Updated the year from 2022 to 2025 in the statistic about all-time high organ donor records.

Increased the number of organ donors cited from 283 to 351 and lives saved from 670 to 869, reflecting more recent data.

Added Assemblywoman Drulis and Assemblyman Freiman as co-sponsors.

Removed the non-binding STATEMENT section at the end of the resolution, which is standard practice when a bill is reprinted after committee action.

SCOPE

Expanded the reference from only NJ Sharing Network to include both state nonprofit organ procurement organizations: NJ Sharing Network and Gift of Life Donor Program.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the General Assembly by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Committee

May 4, 2026

Committee

Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee

upper

Mar 23, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed by the Assembly (73-0-0)

lower

Jan 13, 2026

Introduced

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Aging and Human Services Committee

lower

2 primary · 2 co-sponsors