---
type: "Bill"
title: "Upgrades certain crimes related to manufacturing firearms from third degree to second degree."
description: "Upgrades certain crimes related to manufacturing firearms from third degree to second degree."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "S 2846"
citation: "New Jersey S 2846 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIM PROCED", "CRIMES", "WEAPONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cryan, Joseph P.", "Greenwald, Louis D.", "McKeon, John F.", "Scutari, Nicholas P.", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-06-13T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-07-05T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf145f77-29ab-4bcc-bb7e-6994e906c635"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "5537c4412a78f645bb5a5ede55367890bf7c7e1c6d4acfbd24e6253141a417f5"
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 (220) — Upgrades certain crimes related to manufacturing firearms from third degree to second degree.

## 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/S3000/2846_I1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Cryan, Joseph P. — primary (person)
- Greenwald, Louis D. — primary (person)
- McKeon, John F. — primary (person)
- Scutari, Nicholas P. — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Codey, Richard J. — cosponsor (person)
- Gill, Nia H. — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Park, Ellen J. — cosponsor (person)
- Pou, Nellie — cosponsor (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)
- Tucker, Cleopatra G. — cosponsor (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-13T04:00:00+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, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (33-6) `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 A4367
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (64-14-0) `passage`
- **2022-07-05T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2022, c.53. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf145f77-29ab-4bcc-bb7e-6994e906c635`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).