NJ A 442
2025-2026
Assembly
Strengthens State's assault weapons ban.
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: introduced/referred; current AWB is the 2C:39-1 list plus two-feature regs. IF chaptered: one-feature test plus added thumbhole/second-grip criteria would expand what counts as an assault firearm.
Defender utility
NJ PDs on 2C:39-5 assault-firearm calendars: live law remains the enumerated list plus the two-feature 'substantially identical' regs, not this one-feature expansion. If charged under a feature-test theory, demand the current two-feature regulation and the named-model list. Senate twin is S 2309. Not a California AWCA charge.
Who this is for. NJ PDs on assault-firearm / 2C:39-5 calendars — pending one-feature expansion, not present law; not a California charge.
New Jersey
assault-weapon
AWB
expansion
A-442
New-Jersey
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2C:39-1
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substantially-identical
thumbhole
S-2309-twin
not-chaptered
challenge-vehicle