Bill Text: NJ A444 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates "New Jersey State Song" as State song.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-09 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee [A444 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2024-A444-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman JOE DANIELSEN
District 17 (Middlesex and Somerset)
SYNOPSIS
Designates "New Jersey State Song" as State song.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act designating "New Jersey State Song" as the State song and supplementing chapter 9A of Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The State song shall be the words and music of the song entitled "New Jersey State Song," composed by Dr. Violet Barrett Paterson.
The Secretary of State shall maintain the printed music or sound recordings of the designated song in the State Library, or in another suitable archive, as a resource for the people of New Jersey.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill designates "New Jersey State Song," composed by Dr. Violet Barrett Paterson, as the State song. Under the bill, the Secretary of State is required to maintain the printed music or sound recordings of the designated song in the State Library, or in another suitable archive, as a resource for the people of New Jersey.
