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S3953 • 2026

Requires volunteer, nonvolunteer, and nonprofit ambulances be equipped with lock box to store firearm.

Requires volunteer, nonvolunteer, and nonprofit ambulances be equipped with lock box to store firearm.

Firearms
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Bucco, Anthony M.
Last action
2026-03-16
Official status
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires volunteer, nonvolunteer, and nonprofit ambulances be equipped with lock box to store firearm.

Requires volunteer, nonvolunteer, and nonprofit ambulances be equipped with lock box to store firearm.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires volunteer, nonvolunteer, and nonprofit ambulances be equipped with lock box to store firearm.
  • Topic: Law and Public Safety Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-16 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires volunteer, nonvolunteer, and nonprofit ambulances be equipped with lock box to store firearm.
Topic:
Law and Public Safety
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S3953

SENATE, No. 3953

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MARCH 16, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� ANTHONY M. BUCCO

District 25 (Morris and Passaic)

Senator� PATRICK J. DIEGNAN, JR.

District 18 (Middlesex)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires volunteer, nonvolunteer, and nonprofit
ambulances be equipped with lock box to store firearm.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

��

An Act
requiring the storage of firearms in an ambulance and
supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� a� Each first aid,
rescue, or emergency squad ambulance vehicle shall be equipped with a securely
locked box or container which shall be used to safely store a firearm.� The
firearm shall be stored in the locked box or container when any person in
possession of the firearm is transported in the ambulance vehicle.��

���� b.��� The Commissioner of
Health may promulgate rules and regulations, in accordance with the
�Administrative Procedure Act,� P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), as are
necessary to effectuate the provisions of this act.

���� c.���� As used in this
section, �first aid, rescue, or emergency squad� includes a volunteer or
nonvolunteer first aid, rescue, and ambulance squad as defined by section 3 of
P.L.1987, c.284 (C.27:5F-20), or a non-profit first aid, rescue, and ambulance
squad that bills or receives reimbursement for services that it provides.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect on the first day of the fourth month next following the date of
enactment.�

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires each first
aid, rescue, or emergency squad ambulance vehicle to be equipped with a
securely locked box or container used to safely store a firearm.� The bill
requires a firearm to be stored in the locked box or container when any person
in possession of the firearm is transported in the ambulance vehicle.

���� Under the bill, �first aid,
rescue, or emergency squad� includes a volunteer or nonvolunteer first aid,
rescue, and ambulance squad as defined by current law, or a non-profit first
aid, rescue, and ambulance squad that bills or receives reimbursement for
services that it provides.