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NJ S 3972 2025-2026 senate

Removes capacity limit for ammunition magazines.

First chamber Not law yet bank: queued

Not law yet. Pending legislation.

Sen. Parker Space

Bill summary

Official digest is not on this card.

Now vs if chaptered

NOW: pending Senate referral; 2C:39-3(j) still live. IF chaptered: LCM possession/manufacture counts and the 2018 magazine-registration apparatus go away.

Defender utility

NJ PDs on 2C:39-3(j) / 2C:39-9 magazine calendars: this print is a pending full LCM repeal, not present law. Current charging statute remains the >10-round fourth-degree count with the 2018 registration / assault-firearm exceptions. Portable LCM analogue for CA/NY/VA challenge work — not a California charge.

Who this is for. NJ PDs on LCM calendars — pending magazine-capacity repeal, not present law; not a California charge.

Penalties (if chaptered)

Would repeal the current fourth-degree LCM possession/manufacture counts. Never enacted.

Bank hints

  • LCM
  • 2C:39-3
  • magazine-capacity
S-3972 New-Jersey LCM magazine-capacity 10-round 2C:39-3 2C:39-17 A-5128-twin not-chaptered challenge-vehicle