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Proposed New Jersey Firearm Legislation A5454

  this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Criminalizes purchase, transfer, or possession of certain weapons and ammunition by persons convicted of certain crimes; establishes crime of transferring or possessing firearm without serial number.*

Subject: Substituted by another Bill

Description: Criminalizes purchase, transfer, or possession of certain weapons and ammunition by persons convicted of certain crimes; establishes crime of transferring or possessing firearm without serial number.*

Session: 2018-2019 Regular Session

Last Action: Substituted by S3897 (1R)

Last Action Date: June 20, 2019

Companion Bill: S3897

Sponsors

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4 sponsors: Louis Greenwald (D); Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D); John McKeon (D); Mila Jasey (D);

Percentage of General Assembly sponsoring bill: 5% (4 of 80)

History
Chamber Date Action
Assembly Jun 20, 2019 Substituted by S3897 (1R)
Assembly Jun 13, 2019 Reported out of Asm. Comm. with Amendments, and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee
Assembly Jun 13, 2019 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
Assembly May 23, 2019 Introduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Amended Jun 14, 2019 state link bill text
Introduced May 23, 2019 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
06/13/2019 7 3 1 0 Yes
  • Burzichelli, John (D) Yea
  • Conaway, Herbert (D) Yea
  • DeAngelo, Wayne (D) Yea
  • DiMaio, John (R) Nay
  • Marin, Eliana (D) Yea
  • Rooney, Kevin (R) Nay
  • Schaer, Gary (D) Yea
  • Spearman, William (D) Yea
  • Tucker, Cleopatra (D) Yea
  • Webber, Jay (R) NV
  • Wirths, Harold (R) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
06/13/2019 4 0 2 0 Yes
  • Carroll, Michael (R) NV
  • Carter, Linda (D) Yea
  • Johnson, Gordon (D) Yea
  • Peterson, Erik (R) NV
  • Quijano, Annette (D) Yea
  • Spearman, William (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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