---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerns law enforcement officers' ability to possess and carry certain ammunition magazines."
description: "Concerns law enforcement officers' ability to possess and carry certain ammunition magazines."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "218"
identifier: "S 2846"
citation: "New Jersey S 2846 (218)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["POLICE", "WEAPONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beach, James", "Bucco, Anthony M.", "Greenwald, Louis D.", "Murphy, Carol A.", "Quijano, Annette", "Sweeney, Stephen M.", "Weinberg, Loretta"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-07-23T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-12-19T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b6c6f09-5476-43df-a08f-0b12a4c67671"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "90bf7880ca7d74dd67674d91dac12e423bad47071b0022c6678e605cacdec687"
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 2846 (218) — Concerns law enforcement officers' ability to possess and carry certain ammunition magazines.

## 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/S3000/2846_I1.HTM)

## Votes

- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- EMERGENCY — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beach, James — primary (person)
- Bucco, Anthony M. — primary (person)
- Greenwald, Louis D. — primary (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — primary (person)
- Quijano, Annette — primary (person)
- Sweeney, Stephen M. — primary (person)
- Weinberg, Loretta — primary (person)
- Bramnick, Jon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-07-23T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced, 1st Reading without Reference, 2nd Reading `introduction`
- **2018-07-26T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (30-0) `passage`
- **2018-07-30T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A4304
- **2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Emergency Resolution (Greenwald) (79-0-0)
- **2018-12-17T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (79-0-0) `passage`
- **2018-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2018, c.161. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b6c6f09-5476-43df-a08f-0b12a4c67671`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).