---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes commission to approve personalized handguns; requires firearm retailers to sell personalized handguns."
description: "Establishes commission to approve personalized handguns; requires firearm retailers to sell personalized handguns."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "S 101"
citation: "New Jersey S 101 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIM PROCED", "CRIMES", "WEAPONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Codey, Richard J.", "Eustace, Tim", "Johnson, Gordon M.", "Vainieri Huttle, Valerie", "Weinberg, Loretta", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 9
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-07-16T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b7f3a6e-35a6-414d-90e0-4e61f8f8c185"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "ddf058d050356945047d241a539bb6efd2fe4184ee9a926ff392543fe9fd7b07"
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 101 (218) — Establishes commission to approve personalized handguns; requires firearm retailers to sell personalized handguns.

## 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/2018/Bills/S0500/101_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2018/Bills/S0500/101_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **24–13** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR ASMB AMEND — **24–12** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **49–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Codey, Richard J. — primary (person)
- Eustace, Tim — primary (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — primary (person)
- Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — primary (person)
- Weinberg, Loretta — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
- Giblin, Thomas P. — cosponsor (person)
- Gopal, Vin — cosponsor (person)
- Greenwald, Louis D. — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Pintor Marin, Eliana — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced, 1st Reading without Reference, 2nd Reading `introduction`
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (24-13) `passage`
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Assembly Floor Amendment Passed (Johnson) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A1016 (1R)
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (49-23-4) `passage`
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2019-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (24-12) `passage`
- **2019-07-16T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2019, c.164. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b7f3a6e-35a6-414d-90e0-4e61f8f8c185`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).