---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expands culpability requirements for firearms trafficking offenses and violations of regulatory provisions relating to firearms."
description: "Expands culpability requirements for firearms trafficking offenses and violations of regulatory provisions relating to firearms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "221"
identifier: "S 1425"
citation: "New Jersey S 1425 (221)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES", "WEAPONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greenstein, Linda R.", "Park, Ellen J.", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina", "Singleton, Troy"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 8
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45871692-9b97-4bde-8d36-a43b3ad9c1c2"
source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
source_hash: "c9d51e57fea5aa28e3989b5e3f19b9a5a690e3da05ed25ab1418cc4606f40f73"
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 1425 (221) — Expands culpability requirements for firearms trafficking offenses and violations of regulatory provisions relating to firearms.

## 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/2024/S1500/1425_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint SLP 2/9/24 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/S1500/1425_R1.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported favorably out of committee — **4–2** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **21–15** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **47–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
- Park, Ellen J. — primary (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
- McKeon, John F. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (21-15) `passage`
- **2024-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-12-15T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for A3789 (1R)
- **2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (47-25-0) `passage`
- **2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.203. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45871692-9b97-4bde-8d36-a43b3ad9c1c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).