---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enhances protections for domestic violence victims by restricting access to firearms by certain persons; provides for minimum terms of incarceration for offenders who commit physically violent acts."
description: "Enhances protections for domestic violence victims by restricting access to firearms by certain persons; provides for minimum terms of incarceration for offenders who commit physically violent acts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "217"
identifier: "S 2483"
citation: "New Jersey S 2483 (217)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIM PROCED", "CRIME VICTIM", "CRIMES", "DOMESTIC REL"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beck, Jennifer", "Benson, Daniel R.", "Downey, Joann", "Greenwald, Louis D.", "Houghtaling, Eric", "Lampitt, Pamela R.", "Mosquera, Gabriela M.", "Munoz, Nancy F.", "Sumter, Shavonda E.", "Weinberg, Loretta", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 9
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-08-01T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95aef7ae-6502-4a28-b4b2-167fec77d741"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "e16768c96f0dde8cd64cadd732b8c9b981fd7c066747c1070bb9407fc519a7ed"
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 S 2483 (217) — Enhances protections for domestic violence victims by restricting access to firearms by certain persons; provides for minimum terms of incarceration for offenders who commit physically violent acts.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2016/Bills/S2500/2483_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **32–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **9–1** (pass) · legislature
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **61–2** (pass) · legislature
- Reported favorably out of committee — **5–1** (pass) · legislature
- EMERGENCY — **32–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Beck, Jennifer — primary (person)
- Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
- Downey, Joann — primary (person)
- Greenwald, Louis D. — primary (person)
- Houghtaling, Eric — primary (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — primary (person)
- Mosquera, Gabriela M. — primary (person)
- Munoz, Nancy F. — primary (person)
- Sumter, Shavonda E. — primary (person)
- Weinberg, Loretta — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Addiego, Dawn Marie — cosponsor (person)
- Allen, Diane B. — cosponsor (person)
- Bateman, Christopher — cosponsor (person)
- Holley, Jamel C. — cosponsor (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
- Jones, Patricia Egan — cosponsor (person)
- Kean, Thomas H. — cosponsor (person)
- Lagana, Joseph A. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Muoio, Elizabeth Maher — cosponsor (person)
- Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-08-01T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced, 1st Reading without Reference, 2nd Reading `introduction`
- **2016-08-01T04:00:00+00:00** Emergency Resolution (32-0) (Weinberg)
- **2016-08-01T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (32-0) `passage`
- **2016-09-08T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-10-06T04:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-10-27T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2016-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4126
- **2016-11-21T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (61-2-8) `passage`
- **2017-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2016, c.91. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95aef7ae-6502-4a28-b4b2-167fec77d741`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).