republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/217/s-2337.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Permits law enforcement agencies to buy firearms directly from manufacturers; clarifies permits and identification cards not required.*	Permits law enforcement agencies to buy firearms directly from manufacturers; clarifies permits and identification cards not required.*	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	217	S 2337	New Jersey S 2337 (217)	bill	CRIM PROCED CRIMES WEAPONS	enacted	Allen, Diane B. Benson, Daniel R. Jimenez, Angelica M. Mukherji, Raj O'Scanlon, Declan J. Peterson, Erik Sacco, Nicholas J.	2	8	4	2016-06-09T04:00:00+00:00	2016-12-05T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/931eead6-21ea-4f4b-9f32-dfec04f9bde4	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	9b6aac1dd4a07c77ad086a7e9d78f438214d59bf0072b7e330c1f6dbb366075d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey S 2337 (217) — Permits law enforcement agencies to buy firearms directly from manufacturers; clarifies permits and identification cards not required.*

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Reprint (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported favorably out of committee — 8–0 (pass) · legislature
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 73–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported out of Senate committee with amendments — 5–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Allen, Diane B. — primary (person)
• Benson, Daniel R. — primary (person)
• Jimenez, Angelica M. — primary (person)
• Mukherji, Raj — primary (person)
• O'Scanlon, Declan J. — primary (person)
• Peterson, Erik — primary (person)
• Sacco, Nicholas J. — primary (person)
• Beck, Jennifer — cosponsor (person)
• Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-06-09T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2016-06-20T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (40-0) passage
• 2016-06-30T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee referral-committee
• 2016-10-06T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2016-10-20T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for A3985 (1R)
• 2016-10-20T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (73-0-0) passage
• 2016-12-05T05:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2016, c.74. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/931eead6-21ea-4f4b-9f32-dfec04f9bde4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).