republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/218/a-2758.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	Codifies regulations defining justifiable need to carry handgun.	Codifies regulations defining justifiable need to carry handgun.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	218	A 2758	New Jersey A 2758 (218)	bill	CRIM PROCED WEAPONS	enacted	Greenstein, Linda R. Greenwald, Louis D. Holley, Jamel C. Moriarty, Paul D.	1	10	5	2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00	2018-06-13T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/27ef4df4-bd88-4b96-a3f6-c19a8a13e26d	http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp	b65f303388a4d353c6cda20a5a82a9c08e7407c850bce2ce0fa8c92243c8066b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 2758 (218) — Codifies regulations defining justifiable need to carry handgun.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 24–13 (pass) · upper
• Reported favorably out of committee — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• Reported favorably out of committee — 8–4 (pass) · upper
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 48–26 (pass) · lower
• Reported favorably out of committee — 5–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Greenstein, Linda R. — primary (person)
• Greenwald, Louis D. — primary (person)
• Holley, Jamel C. — primary (person)
• Moriarty, Paul D. — primary (person)
• Benson, Daniel R. — cosponsor (person)
• Caputo, Ralph R. — cosponsor (person)
• Chiaravalloti, Nicholas — cosponsor (person)
• Downey, Joann — cosponsor (person)
• Gusciora, Reed — cosponsor (person)
• Houghtaling, Eric — cosponsor (person)
• Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
• Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
• McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
• Mosquera, Gabriela M. — cosponsor (person)
• Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
• Pinkin, Nancy J. — cosponsor (person)
• Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
• Vainieri Huttle, Valerie — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-01T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2018-03-05T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2018-03-26T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (48-26-2) passage
• 2018-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee referral-committee
• 2018-04-16T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2018-04-16T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2018-05-21T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2018-06-07T04:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S2376
• 2018-06-07T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (24-13) passage
• 2018-06-13T04:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2018, c.37. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/27ef4df4-bd88-4b96-a3f6-c19a8a13e26d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).