ASSEMBLY JUDICIARY COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

ASSEMBLY, No. 4979

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  FEBRUARY 20, 2025

      The Assembly Judiciary Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 4979.

      This bill requires law enforcement officers to complete training regarding the identification of machine gun conversion devices.

      Under current law, the Police Training Commission is to require all law enforcement officers as a condition of continued employment or appointment as a law enforcement officer to receive periodic commission-approved continuing officer education training.  The training is to be mandated or prescribed by the commission.

      Under this bill, the training required under current law is to include training regarding the identification of machine gun conversion devices and associated firearm components used to convert a semiautomatic firearm into a machine gun.

      The bill implements Recommendation 6 of the State Commission of Investigation’s 2024 report, “Illegal Firearms Use & Trends in New Jersey.”