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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Establishes crime of possessing digital instructions to illegally manufacture firearms and firearm components."
+description: "Establishes crime of possessing digital instructions to illegally manufacture firearms and firearm components."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "221"
+identifier: "A 4975"
+citation: "New Jersey A 4975 (221)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CRIMES"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Carter, Linda S.", "Karabinchak, Robert J.", "Park, Ellen J.", "Turner, Shirley K."]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 9
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2024-10-21T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5847dde6-a136-44f6-9e0f-9d1a51df7baf"
+source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
+source_hash: "af876bbcda51731a992b684925d8630ef8f8b70c0fe512a0d2f353e27d8301a8"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
+---
+
+# New Jersey A 4975 (221) — Establishes crime of possessing digital instructions to illegally manufacture firearms and firearm components.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A5000/4975_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint AAP 3/20/25 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A5000/4975_R2.HTM)
+3. **Reprint AJU 2/20/25 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A5000/4975_R1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **3–1** (pass) · upper
+- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **4–2** (pass) · lower
+- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **7–4** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **50–26** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **25–12** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Carter, Linda S. — primary (person)
+- Karabinchak, Robert J. — primary (person)
+- Park, Ellen J. — primary (person)
+- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
+- Burgess, Renee C. — cosponsor (person)
+- Haider, Shama A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Moriarty, Paul D. — cosponsor (person)
+- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
+- Sampson, William B. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (50-26-1) `passage`
+- **2025-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3894 (1R)
+- **2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (25-12) `passage`
+- **2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.255. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5847dde6-a136-44f6-9e0f-9d1a51df7baf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
+