Bill > A2502

Introduced Session

This bill makes it a crime to use a defaced or stolen firearm in causing serious bodily injury or bodily injury to a law enforcement officer. This new law, to be known as "MarcAnthony's Law," in honor of slain Jersey City Detective MarcAnthony DiNardo, makes it a crime of the first degree to use a defaced or stolen firearm to cause serious bodily injury to a law enforcement officer and a crime of the second degree to use a defaced or stolen firearm to cause bodily injury to a law enforcement officer. The bill specifies that a firearm is deemed not to be defaced if it is refinished, rusted, or damaged from ordinary wear and tear and it has not been used in the commission of a crime. The bill also increases the penalties for defacing a firearm and for acquiring or possessing a defaced firearm. The penalty for defacing a firearm is upgraded from a crime of the third degree to a crime of the second degree, which is punishable by a term of imprisonment of between five and 10 years; a fine of not more than $150,000; or both. The penalty for acquiring or possessing a defaced firearm is upgraded from a crime of the fourth degree to a crime of the third degree, which is punishable by a term of imprisonment of between three and five years; a fine of not more than $15,000; or both.

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John Allen (D)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee (on 01/09/2024)

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