Bill > A4917

Introduced Session

This bill establishes a third degree crime of possessing digital instructions that may be used to program a three-dimensional printer to manufacture or produce a firearm, firearm receiver, magazine, or firearm component. A third degree crime is punishable by three to five years imprisonment, a fine of up to $15,000, or both. Under current law, it is a crime to utilize digital instructions to illegally manufacture a firearm using a three-dimensional printer. This bill establishes a third degree crime for possessing those instructions. The bill defines digital instructions as a form of computer-aided design files or other code or instructions stored and displayed in electronic format as a digital model that may be used to program a three-dimensional printer to manufacture or produce a firearm, firearm receiver, magazine, or firearm component. This bill implements recommendation #2 made in the report "Illegal Firearms Use and Trends in New Jersey," issued in September 2024 by the New Jersey State Commission of Investigation.

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Michele Matsikoudis (R)*,  Nancy Muñoz (R)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Budget Committee (on 10/21/2024)

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