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A1169
ASSEMBLY, No. 1169
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman JOE DANIELSEN
District 17 (Middlesex and Somerset)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman Hutchison
SYNOPSIS
���� Requires AG to establish ballistics analysis device
pilot program in certain municipalities.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.
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An Act
establishing a ballistics analysis device pilot program
in the Department of Law and Public Safety.
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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
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1.�� a.�
The Attorney General shall establish a 90-day pilot program in the 10
municipalities with the highest violent crime rate, as set forth in the most
recent Uniform Crime Report data. Pursuant to the pilot program, each
participating local law enforcement agency shall receive a ballistics scanning
device. The device shall be used by each participating law enforcement agency
as part of the agency�s evidentiary and firearm intelligence and investigatory
processes.
���� b.��� No later than 30 days
following completion of the pilot program, the chief law enforcement officer of
each law enforcement agency shall submit a report to the Attorney General that
provides a detailed summary of each incident in which the agency used the
device and recommends whether the agency should continue to use the device.
���� c.���� No later than 60 days
following receipt of the reports submitted pursuant to subsection b. of this
section, the Attorney General shall issue a report to the Governor and the
Legislature, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), with a
recommendation concerning whether the pilot program should be made permanent
with an annual appropriation made to fund use of the devices in municipalities
with the highest violent crime rates.
���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect on the first day of second month next following the date of enactment.
STATEMENT
���� This bill requires the
Attorney General to establish a 90-day pilot program to assist with ballistics
analysis in the 10 municipalities with the highest violent crime rate based on
the Uniform Crime Report data collected by the New Jersey State Police.
���� Under the provisions of the
program, each municipality would receive a ballistics scanning device. These
devices allow law enforcement officers to scan cartridge cases at the scene of
an incident where a firearm has been discharged and immediately upload the
information to an investigative portal. Shortly after uploading the
information, an officer is provided with a crime scene analysis report to
assist in the timely investigation of the incident. The pilot program would
require each participating law enforcement agency to use the device as part of
the agency�s evidentiary and firearm intelligence and investigatory processes.
���� Following completion of the
pilot program, the bill requires the chief law enforcement officer of each
participating municipality to submit a report to the Attorney General within 30
days that provides a detailed summary of each incident in which the agency used
the device and recommends whether the agency should continue to use the device.
No later than 60 days following receipt of the reports, the bill requires the
Attorney General to issue a report to the Governor and the Legislature
recommending whether the pilot program should be made permanent with an annual
appropriation made to fund use of the devices in municipalities with the
highest violent crime rates.