---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires firearm owners who become New Jersey residents to obtain firearm purchaser identification card and register handguns acquired out-of-State."
description: "Requires firearm owners who become New Jersey residents to obtain firearm purchaser identification card and register handguns acquired out-of-State."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "S 1204"
citation: "New Jersey S 1204 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["WEAPONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cryan, Joseph P.", "Jaffer, Sadaf F.", "Jasey, Mila M.", "Swain, Lisa", "Zwicker, Andrew"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 7
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-07-05T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f94db62-f334-479e-ac6f-3942c003bde3"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "a5926d20140e0e2533ae31b958a2062954d66b1c4de197d240df1891cc270c57"
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 1204 (220) — Requires firearm owners who become New Jersey residents to obtain firearm purchaser identification card and register handguns acquired out-of-State.

## 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/S1500/1204_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint SLP 6/23/22 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S1500/1204_R1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Cryan, Joseph P. — primary (person)
- Jaffer, Sadaf F. — primary (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — primary (person)
- Swain, Lisa — primary (person)
- Zwicker, Andrew — primary (person)
- Atkins, Reginald W. — cosponsor (person)
- Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
- Chaparro, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham, Sandra B. — cosponsor (person)
- Jimenez, Angelica M. — cosponsor (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Mejia, Pedro — cosponsor (person)
- Moen, William F. — cosponsor (person)
- Moriarty, Paul D. — cosponsor (person)
- Park, Ellen J. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Ruiz, M. Teresa — cosponsor (person)
- Sampson, William B. — cosponsor (person)
- Spearman, William W. — cosponsor (person)
- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)
- Timberlake, Britnee N. — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)
- Tully, Chris — cosponsor (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-03T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-23T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (23-15) `passage`
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly without Reference, 2nd Reading
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A1179 (2R)
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (51-27-0) `passage`
- **2022-07-05T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2022, c.52. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f94db62-f334-479e-ac6f-3942c003bde3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).