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NJ A 1175 2025-2026 assembly

Clarifies that BB guns are not firearms under New Jersey law.

First chamber Not law yet bank: queued

Not law yet. Pending legislation.

Bill summary

Official digest is not on this card.

Now vs if chaptered

Now: not law. If chaptered, only the .177 / <500 fps / non-pointed-pellet carve-out would drop those items out of 'firearm.'

Defender utility

NJ PDs on 2C:39 BB/air-gun calendars: Assembly twin of pending S 1719, not present law. If either print chapters, demand the caliber/velocity carve-out and keep hotter or pointed-pellet airguns inside 2C:39-1. Not a California charge.

Who this is for. NJ PDs on BB/air-gun 2C:39 calendars — pending Assembly twin of S 1719, not present law; not a California charge.

A-1175 New-Jersey BB-gun air-gun 2C:39-1 definition S-1719-twin not-chaptered