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NJ A1913

NJ A1913
Prohibits use of firearms and firearms-related items as raffle prizes.


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Introduced
01/09/2024
In Committee
01/09/2024
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
01/12/2026

Introduced Session

2024-2025 Regular Session

Bill Summary

This bill prohibits the offering of any firearm or firearm-related item as a prize in any raffle. Under the bill, "firearm" has the same meaning as that term is defined under N.J.S.2C:39-1: "any handgun, rifle, shotgun, machine gun, automatic or semi-automatic rifle, or any gun, device or instrument in the nature of a weapon from which may be fired or ejected any solid projectable ball, slug, pellet, missile or bullet, or any gas, vapor or other noxious thing, by means of a cartridge or shell or by the action of an explosive or the igniting of flammable or explosive substances." This term also includes, without limitation, "any firearm which is in the nature of an air gun, spring gun or pistol or other weapon of a similar nature in which the propelling force is a spring, elastic band, carbon dioxide, compressed or other gas or vapor, air or compressed air, or is ignited by compressed air, and ejecting a bullet or missile smaller than three-eighths of an inch in diameter, with sufficient force to injure a person." The bill defines a "firearm-related item" as any item or paraphernalia used in connection with the firing, alteration, display, storage, maintenance, and use of a firearm.

AI Summary

This bill prohibits the offering of any firearm or firearm-related item as a prize in any raffle. The term "firearm" is defined broadly to include any gun, device, or instrument that can fire or eject a projectile, and "firearm-related item" refers to any item used in connection with the firing, alteration, display, storage, maintenance, and use of a firearm. The bill aims to prevent firearms and related items from being given away as prizes, likely to promote public safety.

Committee Categories

Business and Industry

Sponsors (1)

Last Action

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Committee (on 01/09/2024)

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