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Proposed New Jersey Firearm Legislation S568

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Legislation Overview

Title: Requires notification of local law enforcement prior to expungement of certain mental health records of prospective firearms purchasers.

Subject: Law and Public Safety

Description: Requires notification of local law enforcement prior to expungement of certain mental health records of prospective firearms purchasers.

Session: 2020-2021 Regular Session

Last Action: Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee

Last Action Date: June 9, 2021

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'.

2 sponsors: Fred Madden (D); Stephen Sweeney (D);

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 5% (2 of 40)

History
Chamber Date Action
Assembly Jun 9, 2021 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee
Senate Jun 3, 2021 Passed by the Senate (38-0)
Senate Mar 11, 2021 Reported from Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
Senate Jan 14, 2020 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Amended Mar 12, 2021 state link bill text
Introduced Jan 14, 2020 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
03/11/2021 6 0 0 0 Yes
  • Bucco, Anthony (R) Yea
  • Cryan, Joseph (D) Yea
  • Gill, Nia (D) Yea
  • Greenstein, Linda (D) Yea
  • O'Scanlon, Declan (R) Yea
  • Sacco, Nicholas (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
06/3/2021 38 0 2 0 Yes
  • Addiego, Dawn (R) Yea
  • Bateman, Christopher (R) Yea
  • Beach, James (D) Yea
  • Brown, Chris (R) Yea
  • Bucco, Anthony (R) Yea
  • Codey, Richard (D) Yea
  • Connors, Christopher (R) Yea
  • Corrado, Kristin (R) Yea
  • Cruz-Perez, Nilsa (D) Yea
  • Cryan, Joseph (D) Yea
  • Cunningham, Sandra (D) Yea
  • Diegnan, Patrick (D) Yea
  • Doherty, Michael (R) Yea
  • Gill, Nia (D) NV
  • Gopal, Vin (D) Yea
  • Greenstein, Linda (D) Yea
  • Holzapfel, James (R) Yea
  • Kean, Thomas (R) Yea
  • Lagana, Joseph (D) Yea
  • Madden, Fred (D) Yea
  • O'Scanlon, Declan (R) Yea
  • Oroho, Steven (R) Yea
  • Pennacchio, Joseph (R) Yea
  • Pou, Nellie (D) Yea
  • Rice, Ronald (D) NV
  • Ruiz, M. Teresa (D) Yea
  • Sacco, Nicholas (D) Yea
  • Sarlo, Paul (D) Yea
  • Schepisi, Holly (R) Yea
  • Scutari, Nicholas (D) Yea
  • Singer, Robert (R) Yea
  • Singleton, Troy (D) Yea
  • Smith, Robert (D) Yea
  • Stack, Brian (D) Yea
  • Sweeney, Stephen (D) Yea
  • Testa, Michael (R) Yea
  • Thompson, Samuel (R) Yea
  • Turner, Shirley (D) Yea
  • Vitale, Joseph (D) Yea
  • Weinberg, Loretta (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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