LEGISLATIVE FISCAL ESTIMATE
ASSEMBLY, No. 5323
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
DATED: MARCH 24, 2025
SUMMARY
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Synopsis: |
Requires State Police to inform local law enforcement if certain prohibited persons attempt to purchase firearm or ammunition. |
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Type of Impact: |
Potential State and local expenditure increase. |
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Agencies Affected: |
Department of Law and Public Safety; County and Municipal Law Enforcement. |
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Office of Legislative Services Estimate |
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Fiscal Impact |
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Potential State Expenditure Increase |
Indeterminate |
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Potential Local Expenditure Increase |
Indeterminate |
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· The Office of Legislative Services (OLS) estimates there will be a minimal expenditure increase, if any, to the State or local law enforcement to implement the provisions of this bill based on informal feedback from the Office Attorney General that this bill codifies current practice.
BILL DESCRIPTION
This bill requires the Superintendent of the Division of State Police to inform local law enforcement in a municipality in which a person resides if that person had previously been convicted of a serious crime or whose firearms were subject to seizure pursuant to a domestic violence restraining order or extreme risk protection order and that person attempts to purchase a firearm. If the municipality in which the person resides does not have a municipal law enforcement agency, the superintendent would be required inform the appropriate commanding law enforcement officer with jurisdiction over the municipality.
Under the bill, if a National Instant Criminal
Background Check System reveals that a person convicted of one of these crimes
attempted to purchase a firearm, the superintendent would notify a law
enforcement agency having jurisdiction over that person.
FISCAL ANALYSIS
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
A representative in the Office of the Attorney General informally verified that the New Jersey Division of State Police’s Firearms Investigation Unit currently adheres to this process. It was indicated that every National Instant Criminal Background Check System denial is reviewed by the Firearms Investigation Unit, and an informational package regarding the denial is sent to the police department that approved the resident’s Firearm Purchaser Identification Card or permit to purchase a handgun. The law enforcement agency with jurisdiction is then responsible for conducting an investigation to determine the next steps.
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE SERVICES
The OLS estimates there will be a minimal expenditure increase, if any, to the State or local law enforcement to implement the provisions of this bill based on the informal feedback from the Office Attorney General that this bill codifies current practice.
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Section: |
Law and Public Safety |
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Analyst: |
Lead Fiscal Analyst |
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Approved: |
Thomas Koenig Legislative Budget and Finance Officer |
This legislative fiscal estimate has been produced by the Office of Legislative Services due to the failure of the Executive Branch to respond to our request for a fiscal note.
This fiscal estimate has been prepared pursuant to P.L.1980, c.67 (C.52:13B-6 et seq.).