New Jersey S 3085: Expands culpability requirements for firearms trafficking offenses and violations of regulatory provisions relating to firearms.*

Bill Text

S3085 

SENATE, No. 3085 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Senator BENJIE E. WIMBERLY

District 35 (Bergen and Passaic)

SYNOPSIS

���� Increases fines for selling single cigarettes and 
cigarettes in packs of less than 20.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative 
Counsel.

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An Act concerning loose cigarettes and amending 
P.L.2004, c.96.

���� Be It 
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of 
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� Section 1 of P.L.2004, 
c.96 (C.54:40A-4.2) is amended to read as follows:

���� 1.��� a.� A person shall not 
sell, offer for sale, give away, or deliver single cigarettes, as 
defined in section 102 of P.L.1948, c.65 (C.54:40A-2) or cigarettes in packs of 
less than 20 cigarettes from a vending machine or in a retail establishment.

���� b.��� A person who owns a 
vending machine that dispenses, sells, offers for sale, gives away, or 
delivers single cigarettes or cigarettes in packs of less than 20 cigarettes 
shall be fined not less than [$100] $200 
or more than [$500] $1,000 
for each day that the vending machine is determined to be in violation of 
subsection a. of this section.

���� c.���� A person, either acting 
directly or indirectly through an agent, who, at retail, sells or offers for 
sale, gives away, delivers, or otherwise furnishes to a person a single 
cigarette or cigarettes in packs of less than 20 cigarettes shall be fined [$250] $500 
for a first offense and [$500] $1,000 
for a second or subsequent offense.

(cf:� P.L.2004, c.96, s.1)

���� 2.��� This act shall take 
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill doubles the 
penalties that apply to individuals who sell, offer for sale, give away, or 
deliver single cigarettes or cigarettes in packs of less than 20 cigarettes at 
retail or through a vending machine.� 

���� In the case of a vending 
machine that is in violation of this prohibition, the owner of the vending 
machine will be subject to a penalty of at least $200, but no more than $1,000, 
for each day that the vending machine is in violation.� The current penalty 
that applies to vending machine violations is $100 to $500 per day.

���� In the case of retail sales in 
violation of the prohibition, the applicable penalty will be $500 for a first 
offense and $1,000 for a second or subsequent offense; the current penalty for 
retail violations is $250 for a first offense and $500 for a second or 
subsequent offense.