---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes strict liability criminal penalties for firearm trafficking that results in injury or death."
description: "Establishes strict liability criminal penalties for firearm trafficking that results in injury or death."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "S 3150"
citation: "New Jersey S 3150 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIM PROCED", "CRIMES", "WEAPONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atkins, Reginald W.", "Carter, Linda S.", "Greenstein, Linda R.", "Singleton, Troy", "Stanley, Sterley S."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-10-03T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-08-23T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce776ebf-38b3-405b-b81b-9eb2cccf07ac"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "33975a92213eca4b332d0de4a4db4fb598c460931da77bf2a4d7292e5c33bb9a"
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 3150 (220) — Establishes strict liability criminal penalties for firearm trafficking that results in injury or death.

## 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/S3500/3150_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint SLP 10/27/22 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/S3500/3150_R1.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Atkins, Reginald W. — primary (person)
- Carter, Linda S. — primary (person)
- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
- Stanley, Sterley S. — primary (person)
- Coughlin, Craig J. — cosponsor (person)
- Jaffer, Sadaf F. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
- Tully, Chris — cosponsor (person)
- Verrelli, Anthony S. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-10-03T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-10-27T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-10-27T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-05T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-12-19T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (37-0) `passage`
- **2023-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-15T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-20T04:00:00+00:00** Recommitted to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-22T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A5064
- **2023-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (75-0-1) `passage`
- **2023-08-23T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2023, c.148. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce776ebf-38b3-405b-b81b-9eb2cccf07ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).