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A2279 • 2026

Requires AG to report data regarding shootings that did not result in bodily injury.

Requires AG to report data regarding shootings that did not result in bodily injury.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Donlon, Margie, M.D.
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Withdrawn Because Approved P.L.2025, c.365.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires AG to report data regarding shootings that did not result in bodily injury.

Requires AG to report data regarding shootings that did not result in bodily injury.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires AG to report data regarding shootings that did not result in bodily injury.
  • Topic: Withdrawn Because Approved Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee

  2. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Withdrawn Because Approved P.L.2025, c.365.

Official Summary Text

Requires AG to report data regarding shootings that did not result in bodily injury.
Topic:
Withdrawn Because Approved
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A2279

ASSEMBLY, No. 2279

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman MARGIE DONLON, M.D.

District 11 (Monmouth)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywomen Reynolds-Jackson, Bagolie, Murphy and Park

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires AG to report data regarding shootings that
did not result in bodily injury.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.

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An Act

concerning the use of firearms and supplementing
Title 52 of the Revised Statues.

����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� a.�

The prosecutor of each county shall collect, record, and report data to
the Attorney General concerning a crime or, in the case of a juvenile, an act
which if committed by an adult would constitute a crime involving the use of a
firearm, as defined in subsection f. of N.J.S.2C:39-1, that did not result in
bodily injury.

���� b.��� The prosecutor of each
county shall provide information to the Attorney General regarding criminal
complaints pursuant to subsection a. of this section, which shall include:

���� (1)�� the complaint number;

���� (2)�� the date and time of the
incident;

���� (3)�� the location of the
incident, including the county, municipality, and address;

���� (4)�� the statutory citation
and degree of all offenses charged; and

���� (5)�� whether the defendant
lawfully or unlawfully used the firearm subject to the charge.

���� The prosecutor of each county
shall provide the information required in this subsection for criminal
complaints, regardless of whether the case is prosecuted, dismissed, or
downgraded.�

���� 2.��� Beginning on January 1
next following the effective date of P.L.��� , c. ���(C.������� ) (pending
before the Legislature as this bill), the prosecutor of each county shall
provide the information required pursuant to section 1 of P.L.��� , c.� ��(C.�������
) (pending before the Legislature as this bill) to the Attorney General on a
quarterly basis for a period of three years, in a manner prescribed by the
Attorney General.� At the end of the three years, the Attorney General shall
submit a report that compiles the information collected to the Governor, and the
Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), and shall
publish the report on the Internet website of the Department of Law and Public
Safety.

���� 3.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

����� This bill
requires each county prosecutor to
provide to the Attorney General data pertaining to criminal complaints
concerning crimes, or in the case of a juvenile, an act which if committed by
an adult would constitute a crime, involving the use of a firearm that did not
result in bodily injury.� In addition, the bill requires each county prosecutor
to report this data to the Attorney General every quarter for three years in a
manner prescribed by the Attorney General.� At the end of the three years, the
Attorney General is to submit a report to the Governor and the Legislature and
publish the report on the Internet website of the Department of Law and Public
Safety.