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NJ AJR99
Joint Resolution
Status
1/13/2026
Primary Sponsor
Brian Rumpf
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AI Summary
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Designates February 12th of each year as "Carly Day" in New Jersey to raise awareness about congenital heart defects
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Honors Carly Fetzer, a Bayville resident born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome who underwent three surgeries in early childhood and lived 18 years before passing away
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Requests the Governor to annually issue a proclamation recognizing the day
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The date falls within national Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week (February 7-14), affecting 9 out of every 1,000 babies born in the US
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The Carly Fetzer Queen of Hearts Foundation was established in her memory to provide food vouchers to families at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and fund congenital heart defect research
Legislative Description
Designates February 12th of each year as "Carly Day" in NJ.
Health
Last Action
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health Committee
1/13/2026