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A4606
ASSEMBLY, No. 4606
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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INTRODUCED MARCH 10, 2026
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman� CAROL A. MURPHY
District 7 (Burlington)
SYNOPSIS
���� Exempts certain veterans from field or live-fire
range portion of hunter gun safety course.�
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� As introduced.
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An Act
concerning gun safety course for veterans and
amending P.L.1954, c.57.
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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
���� 1.��� Section 1 of P.L.1954,
c.57 (C.23:3-4.2) is amended to read as follows:
���� 1.��� a.� Notwithstanding any
provisions contained in sections 23:3-1 to 23:3-22 of the Revised Statutes,
concerning the issuance of resident or nonresident firearm hunting licenses, at
the time an application for a firearm hunting license that is not an apprentice
license is made by an applicant above the age of 10, to whom a license other
than an apprentice license has not previously been issued, such applicant shall
present to the issuing agent a certificate stating that the applicant has
satisfactorily completed a course in gun safety, which shall be signed by an
agent of the Division of Fish and Wildlife designated for the purpose whose
fitness to give instructions in safe gun handling has been determined by the
Division of Fish and Wildlife of the Department of Environmental Protection.� A
person above the age of 10 who previously has held a license to engage in
hunting, other than an apprentice license, shall not be entitled to purchase
another such license in a subsequent year unless at the time of making application
he shall submit to the license issuing agent his license of a previous year, or
a certification from the Division of Fish and Wildlife stating that he held
such a license.
���� b.��� An applicant for an
apprentice firearm hunting license shall be exempt from the requirement to show
that the person has completed a course in gun safety as provided in subsection
a. of this section.
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c.� A �veteran shall not be
required to complete the field or live-fire range portion of the course in gun
safety in order to receive the certificate required pursuant to subsection a.
of this section.� The division may require the veteran to provide proof of
service and honorable discharge prior to authorizing the exemption pursuant to
this subsection.
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d.� As used in this
section, �veteran" means any resident of the State who has been honorably
discharged or released under honorable circumstances from active military
service in any of the Armed Forces of the United States, or reserves component
thereof, or any honorably discharged member of the American Merchant Marine who
served during World War II and is declared by the United States Department of Defense
to be eligible for federal veterans' benefits.
(cf:� P.L.2015, c.83, s.4)
���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.
STATEMENT
���� The bill exempts a veteran
from completing the field or live-fire range portion of the required course in
gun safety.� The bill also allows the Division of Fish and Wildlife to require
the veteran to provide proof of service and honorable discharge prior to the
division�s authorization of the exemption.� The bill defines �veteran" as
any resident of the State who has been honorably discharged or released under
honorable circumstances from active military service in any of the Armed Forces
of the United States, or reserves component thereof, or any honorably
discharged member of the American Merchant Marine who served during World War
II and is declared by the United States Department of Defense to be eligible
for federal veterans' benefits.