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

ASSEMBLY, No. 444

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.

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