New Jersey legislation · 2026-2027 Regular Session
New Jersey SJR158: Deaf Awareness Month/Deaf Awareness Week-desig. Sept. & last full week of Sept.
Status: In committee, October 1, 2026
Designates month of September each year as "Deaf Awareness Month" in New Jersey.
What the bill says
A Joint Resolution designating the month of September each year as Deaf Awareness Month in New Jersey.
From the introduced text, October 1, 2026:
A Joint Resolution designating the month of September each year as Deaf Awareness Month in New Jersey. Whereas, Approximately one out of every 1,000 children in the United States is born with profound hearing loss; and Whereas, There are approximately 850,000 New Jersey residents with varying degrees of hearing loss ranging from mild to profound, including individuals who are born deaf and people who encounter late-stage hearing loss; and Whereas, New Jersey is home to many world-class institutions and programs for people who are deaf, including the Union Street School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Hackensack, the Bruce Street School for the Deaf in Newark, and the Marie Katzenbach School for the Deaf in Trenton; and Whereas, Linda Bove, famous for her role as Linda the Librarian on Sesame Street is a New Jersey native, having been born in Garfield and educated at the Marie Katzenbach School; and Whereas, There are many misconceptions about being deaf and the challenges people who are deaf face in their everyday lives, which can only be dispelled through greater public education and awareness; and Whereas, People who are deaf communicate using sign language, which is a fully fledged natural language with its own morphology, syntax, and structure; and Whereas, People who are deaf can work in almost any job and the …
Sponsors
- Latham Tiver (R, 8) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : INT 1RS REF SHH
Subjects: COMMEMORATIONS, HUMAN SERVICES - DISABLED
Common questions
- What is SJR158?
- SJR158 is a bill in the New Jersey Legislature (2026-2027 Regular Session): Deaf Awareness Month/Deaf Awareness Week-desig. Sept. & last full week of Sept.
- What does SJR158 do?
- In its own words: A Joint Resolution designating the month of September each year as Deaf Awareness Month in New Jersey.
- What is the status of SJR158?
- In committee as of October 1, 2026. Latest action: INT 1RS REF SHH (October 1, 2026).
- Who sponsored SJR158?
- Latham Tiver (R, 8).
- Where is the official record for SJR158?
- On the New Jersey Legislature website: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2026/SJR158
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