New Jersey A 3920: Provides for notification to new residents regarding banned weapons.

Bill Text

A3920 

ASSEMBLY, No. 3920 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman ROBERT J. KARABINCHAK

District 18 (Middlesex)

Assemblyman JOE DANIELSEN

District 17 (Middlesex and Somerset)

SYNOPSIS

���� Provides for notification to new residents regarding 
banned weapons.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act providing for notification to new residents regarding 
banned weapons and supplementing Title 52, Title 45, and Title 39 of the 
Revised Statutes, and Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes. 

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

���� 1.��� a.� The Office of the 
Attorney General in the Department of Law and Public Safety shall prepare a 
notice of weapons, components, and modifications thereof that are illegal or 
banned in the State.� The notice shall include a list of illegal or banned items 
and modifications, including but not limited to:

���� (1) weapons; 

���� (2) accessories; 

���� (3) types of ammunition; 

���� (4) paraphernalia;

���� (5) personal protective 
equipment; 

���� (6) barrel modification; 

���� (7) stock modification; 

���� (8) grip modification; 

���� (9) scope modification; 

���� (10) magazine modification; 
and 

���� (11) muzzle modification. 

���� b.��� The Attorney General 
shall create the notice, informational graphics, pamphlets and other relevant 
materials, and shall ensure the notice clearly states the illegal or banned 
items and modifications in subsection a. of this section.� The Attorney General 
shall update the notice as necessary, and the fines and penalties associated 
with non-compliance of State law. 

���� c.���� The Office of the 
Attorney General shall ensure all materials are available on its website in the 
five most commonly spoken languages in the State based on the most recently 
compiled federal decennial census.� The website shall include hyperlinks to 
digital and printable copies of the pamphlets and all printed materials created 
pursuant to subsection b. of this section. 

���� 2.��� All contracts and leases 
for residential and commercial real estate prepared by real estate licensees 
shall include the web address of the materials on illegal or banned weapons, 
components, and modifications as prepared by the Attorney General pursuant to 
section 1 of P.L.��� , c.��� (C.������� ) (pending before the Legislature as 
this bill).

���� 3.��� The Chief Administrator 
of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission shall provide information on illegal 
or banned weapons, components, and modifications as prepared by the Attorney 
General pursuant to section 1 of P.L.��� , c.��� (C.�������� ) (pending before 
the Legislature as this bill) on its website.� The chief administrator shall 
provide a link on its website to the Attorney General�s materials which shall 
be available to all applicants. 

���� 4.��� An institution of higher 
education within the State shall provide an online link to each enrolled 
student of the materials on illegal or banned weapons, components, and 
modifications as prepared by the Attorney General pursuant to section 1 of 
P.L.��� , 

c.��� (C.������� ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill). 

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires the Office 
of the Attorney General to create printed and online notices, informational 
graphics, pamphlets, and other relevant materials regarding weapons, 
components, and modifications thereof that are illegal or banned in this State.� 
The Attorney General is required to post hyperlinks on its website to digital 
and printable copies of all materials created pursuant to this bill. 

���� This bill further requires 
real estate licensees to include in all sales contracts and leases for 
residential and commercial real estate property the web address of the 
materials created by the Attorney General pursuant to this bill.� Additionally, 
this bill requires the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle 
Commission to publish on its website a link to the Attorney General�s materials 
on illegal or banned weapons, components, and modifications.� Finally, the bill 
requires institutions of higher education to publish a link to the Attorney 
General�s online materials on illegal or banned weapons, components, and 
modifications on their websites.