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Proposed New Jersey Firearm Legislation A1179

  this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Requires firearm owners who become New Jersey residents to obtain firearm purchaser identification card and register handguns acquired out-of-State.

Subject: Substituted by another Bill

Description: Requires firearm owners who become New Jersey residents to obtain firearm purchaser identification card and register handguns acquired out-of-State.

Session: 2022-2023 Regular Session

Last Action: Substituted by S1204 (1R)

Last Action Date: June 29, 2022

Sponsors

Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.

23 sponsors: Mila Jasey (D); Lisa Swain (D); Christopher Tully (D); Linda Carter (D); Pedro Mejia (D); Angelica Jimenez (D); John McKeon (D); Angela Mcknight (D); Reginald Atkins (D); Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D); Annette Chaparro (D); William Spearman (D); Benjie Wimberly (D); William Moen (D); Herbert Conaway (D); Paul Moriarty (D); Cleopatra Tucker (D); Annette Quijano (D); Sterley Stanley (D);Ellen Park (D); Shanique Speight (D); Pamela Lampitt (D); Britnee Timberlake (D);

Percentage of General Assembly sponsoring bill: 29% (23 of 80)

History
Chamber Date Action
Assembly Jun 29, 2022 Substituted by S1204 (1R)
Assembly Jun 23, 2022 Reported out of Asm. Comm. with Amendments, and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee
Assembly Jun 23, 2022 Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments, 2nd Reading
Assembly Jan 11, 2022 Introduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Amended Jun 24, 2022 state link bill text
Amended Jun 24, 2022 state link bill text
Amended Jun 24, 2022 state link bill text
Introduced Jan 6, 2022 state link bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
Description Vote Date Yea Votes Nay Votes No Votes Absent Passed
06/22/2022 3 2 0 0 Yes
  • Auth, Robert (R) Nay
  • Flynn, Victoria (R) Nay
  • McKeon, John (D) Yea
  • Mukherji, Raj (D) Yea
  • Murphy, Carol (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
06/23/2022 6 4 1 0 Yes
  • Bergen, Brian (R) Nay
  • Lampitt, Pamela (D) Yea
  • Marin, Eliana (D) Yea
  • McClellan, Antwan (R) Nay
  • Mosquera, Gabriela (D) NV
  • Mukherji, Raj (D) Yea
  • Rooney, Kevin (R) Nay
  • Schaer, Gary (D) Yea
  • Swain, Lisa (D) Yea
  • Tucker, Cleopatra (D) Yea
  • Webber, Jay (R) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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