Bill Text: NJ A4129 | 2024-2025 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designates "New Jersey's For You and Me" by Kathleen Golden Murphy and Shannon Murphy Flannery as New Jersey State song.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-04 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly State and Local Government Committee [A4129 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2024-A4129-Introduced.html

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ASSEMBLY, No. 4129

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

221st LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED APRIL 4, 2024

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  CHRISTIAN E. BARRANCO

District 25 (Morris and Passaic)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Designates "New Jersey's For You and Me" by Kathleen Golden Murphy and Shannon Murphy Flannery as New Jersey State song.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

  

An Act designating "New Jersey's For You and Me" by Kathleen Golden Murphy and Shannon Murphy Flannery as the New Jersey State song.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    "New Jersey's For You and Me" by Kathleen Golden Murphy and Shannon Murphy Flannery is designated as the New Jersey State song.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill designates "New Jersey's For You and Me" by Kathleen Golden Murphy and Shannon Murphy Flannery as the New Jersey State song.

     The State of New Jersey does not have an official State song commemorating our founding, history, traditions, and natural beauty.  In the 1990s, New Jersey residents Kathleen Murphy and her daughter, Shannon, composed a song named "New Jersey's For You and Me" as a show of pride for our great State.  The lyrics of "New Jersey's For You and Me" pay homage to State symbols, such as the Eastern goldfinch, red oak, and violet.  There are two published performances of the song by former New Jersey Senator Dick LaRossa and the St. Thomas the Apostle Choir of Oak Ridge. 

     Unity and State pride are important themes expressed throughout the song, which emphasizes the State's love for freedom and justice.  Each performance has been viewed over a thousand times on YouTube.  In recognition of the artistry of residents Kathleen Golden Murphy and Shannon Murphy Flannery expressed through their song "New Jersey's For You and Me," the bill designates the aforementioned song to be the official State Song of New Jersey.