Establishes crime of possessing digital instructions to illegally manufacture firearms and firearm components.
Chaptered. Effective date is not on the official record yet.
Asw. Ellen J. Park (primary) et al.
Bill summary
Official digest is not on this card.
Now vs if chaptered
Already chaptered via P.L.2025, c.255. The 2026 A-1399 refile is withdrawn and is not a second charge.
Defender utility
New Jersey defenders: CAD / STL / 3-D-print-file counts are a 2C:39-3(o) fourth-degree possession-with-intent crime, not a completed unlicensed-manufacture count unless the State also pleads 2C:39-9. Demand proof (1) the files meet the statutory digital-instructions definition, (2) the client is unlicensed, (3) specific intent to manufacture. Portable analogue to CA AB 1263 / WA HB 2320 / CO HB 1144 PMF cards — still New Jersey elements. bank_signal queued for Data.
Who this is for. NJ PDs on CAD / STL / 3-D-print-file calendars; CA/WA/CO PDs as portable PMF analogue — not a California charge.
Penalties (if chaptered)
Unlicensed knowing possession of firearm digital instructions with intent to manufacture: crime of the fourth degree (up to 18 months / $10,000).
Bank hints
- Motion 86: state PMF framing — NJ P.L.2025 c.255 / 2C:39-3(o) is files-plus-intent, not CA §29186 aiding and not completed 2C:39-9 manufacture.
- Motion 153: homemade/PMF tradition (related_topics only; no NJ twin body).