Designates month of April of each year as "Donate Life Month."
SJR 19 designates April each year as "Donate Life Month" in New Jersey. The resolution aims to promote organ and tissue donor registration and honor those impacted by donation, without changing existing registration processes or healthcare access. It requests the Governor issue an annual proclamation encouraging public awareness campaigns during April, aligning with national efforts to address the critical shortage of donors (with 4,000 New Jersey residents currently awaiting transplants). This symbolic resolution does not create new laws but seeks to increase donor registration, which can save up to eight lives per donor and enhance over 75 others through tissue donation.
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Introduced Jan 13, 2026
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Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
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John Burzichelli
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