republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/221/a-4975.md

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Bill	Establishes crime of possessing digital instructions to illegally manufacture firearms and firearm components.	Establishes crime of possessing digital instructions to illegally manufacture firearms and firearm components.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	221	A 4975	New Jersey A 4975 (221)	bill	CRIMES	enacted	Carter, Linda S. Karabinchak, Robert J. Park, Ellen J. Turner, Shirley K.	3	9	5	2024-10-21T04:00:00+00:00	2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/5847dde6-a136-44f6-9e0f-9d1a51df7baf	https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/	af876bbcda51731a992b684925d8630ef8f8b70c0fe512a0d2f353e27d8301a8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nj

New Jersey A 4975 (221) — Establishes crime of possessing digital instructions to illegally manufacture firearms and firearm components.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Reprint AAP 3/20/25 2R (committee substitute) — source
3. Reprint AJU 2/20/25 1R (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported favorably out of committee — 3–1 (pass) · upper
• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 4–2 (pass) · lower
• Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — 7–4 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 50–26 (pass) · lower
• 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — 25–12 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Carter, Linda S. — primary (person)
• Karabinchak, Robert J. — primary (person)
• Park, Ellen J. — primary (person)
• Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
• Burgess, Renee C. — cosponsor (person)
• Haider, Shama A. — cosponsor (person)
• Johnson, Gordon M. — cosponsor (person)
• Moriarty, Paul D. — cosponsor (person)
• Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
• Sampson, William B. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-10-21T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee introduction, referral-committee
• 2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2025-03-20T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00 Passed Assembly (50-26-1) passage
• 2025-05-12T04:00:00+00:00 Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee referral-committee
• 2025-06-19T04:00:00+00:00 Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading committee-passage
• 2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00 Substituted for S3894 (1R)
• 2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00 Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (25-12) passage
• 2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00 Approved P.L.2025, c.255. executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5847dde6-a136-44f6-9e0f-9d1a51df7baf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).