S 1492

SENATE, No. 1492
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator JOSEPH P. CRYAN
District 20 (Union)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senator Burgess
SYNOPSIS
���� Prohibits sale of ammunition by vending machine.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.
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An Act concerning ammunition and supplementing Title 2C of the
New Jersey Statutes.
���� Be It
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
���� 1.��� a.� A person shall not
sell, give, transfer, assign or otherwise dispose of ammunition, as defined in
section 1 of P.L.2007, c.318 (C.2C:58-3.3), in a manner that dispenses the
ammunition to a consumer from a vending machine. As used in this section,
�vending machine� means a machine or other mechanical device that accepts
payment and directly dispenses an item to a customer.
���� b.��� A violation of this
section is a crime of the fourth degree.
���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.
STATEMENT
���� This bill prohibits the sale
of ammunition in vending machines. Under the bill, it is a fourth degree crime
to sell, give, transfer, assign or otherwise dispose of ammunition in a manner
that dispenses the ammunition to a consumer from a vending machine.
���� The bill defines a vending
machine to mean �a machine or other mechanical device that accepts payment and
directly dispenses an item to a consumer.�
���� A fourth degree crime is
punishable by a term of imprisonment of up to 18 months, a fine of up to
$10,000, or both.