June 10 will now be Christina Grimmie Day in New Jersey, permanently honoring the Evesham Township singer and former Cherokee High School student who was shot and killed after a concert a decade ago.

Gov. Mikie Sherrill signed the bipartisan Joint Resolution SJR137 into law on July 30, according to a statement from the New Jersey Senate Democrats. The measure designates the anniversary of Grimmie's 2016 murder as an annual day of recognition in her home state.

"This means so much to our family because we want people to remember who Christina was as an artist and as a person, not just what happened to her," Marcus Grimmie, Christina's brother and co-founder of the Christina Grimmie Foundation, told the Courier-Post. "To have a day in our home state dedicated to celebrating and honoring her life is something Christina would have loved."

Grimmie grew up in Marlton, just minutes from Cherry Hill, and attended Marlton Middle School before enrolling at Cherokee High School. She left Cherokee after her sophomore year to be homeschooled as her music career took off. By 2009, the then-15-year-old was posting YouTube covers that would eventually draw 3.9 million subscribers and videos with as many as 33 million views.

She finished in the top three on season 6 of NBC's "The Voice" in 2014, won an American Music Award for New Media: Best Female in 2011 and toured with Selena Gomez on the "We Own the Night Tour" that same year. She left Burlington County in 2012 to move with her family to Los Angeles.

On June 10, 2016, Grimmie was signing autographs after a show at Orlando's Plaza Live Theater when Kevin James Loibl, 27, of St. Petersburg, Florida, shot and killed her. She was 22. Loibl killed himself after being tackled by Marcus Grimmie.

The resolution was co-sponsored by state Sen. Troy Singleton (D-Burlington) and state Sen. Latham Tiver (R-Atlantic, Burlington), whose district office sits in Evesham. In a statement, Singleton said the measure ensures New Jersey remembers "not only Christina's remarkable career, but also the importance of continuing the fight against gun violence and supporting victims and their loved ones."

Christina's childhood best friend, Lauren Longo, provided advocacy throughout the legislative effort, according to Tiver's office.

Since its founding in 2017, the Christina Grimmie Foundation has distributed approximately $600,000 in grants to families affected by gun violence. Marcus Grimmie, his father Bud and his late mother Tina, who died in 2018, established the organization.

The law calls on the governor to issue a formal proclamation each June 10. Grimmie's YouTube channel, still active with 3.9 million subscribers, carries the covers she recorded from her Evesham Township bedroom.