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NJ S 2309 2025-2026 Senate

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; not present law. IF chaptered: same one-feature expansion as A 442. Until then, two-feature regulation controls.

Defender utility

NJ PDs: live AWB remains the enumerated 2C:39-1 list plus two-feature regs. This Senate print is a parked expansion vehicle, not a second statute. Charge from current 2C:39-5, not S 2309. Assembly twin is A 442. Not a California AWCA charge.

Who this is for. NJ PDs — pending Senate twin of the one-feature AWB expansion, not present law; not a California charge.

New Jersey assault-weapon AWB expansion S-2309 New-Jersey assault-firearm 2C:39-1 one-feature substantially-identical thumbhole A-442-twin not-chaptered challenge-vehicle