---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires training prior to issuance of firearms purchaser identification card and permit to purchase handgun under certain circumstances; provides that firearms purchaser identification card is valid for ten years.*"
description: "Requires training prior to issuance of firearms purchaser identification card and permit to purchase handgun under certain circumstances; provides that firearms purchaser identification card is valid for ten years.*"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "A 4370"
citation: "New Jersey A 4370 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["WEAPONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Codey, Richard J.", "Greenwald, Louis D.", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-06-20T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-07-05T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/babc31cb-a2c0-4fe2-bc15-b25b13547da0"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "2af5841a3bc0f0c3085e686ed1ec344ef4f97c4ab451cbd88ba67e343ca84e23"
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 4370 (220) — Requires training prior to issuance of firearms purchaser identification card and permit to purchase handgun under certain circumstances; provides that firearms purchaser identification card is valid for ten years.*

## 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/2022/A4500/4370_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint AAP 6/23/22 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A4500/4370_R1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Codey, Richard J. — primary (person)
- Greenwald, Louis D. — primary (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Gill, Nia H. — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Park, Ellen J. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)
- Tully, Chris — cosponsor (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (48-28-1) `passage`
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2906 (1R)
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (24-16) `passage`
- **2022-07-05T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2022, c.58. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/babc31cb-a2c0-4fe2-bc15-b25b13547da0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).