l9n/ New Jersey

2016–2017 Session

Assembly Bill 2938

Requires firearms seizure when mental health professional determines patient poses threat of harm to self or others.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Law and Public Safety Committee on May 1, 2017. The 2016–2017 session has ended.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the General Assembly

3 co-sponsors

John F. McKeon, Marlene Caride, Eric Houghtaling

Its course

February 16, 2016 to May 1, 2017, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action5 actions on 5 days

In the General AssemblyFeb 16 to Mar 23401 days

Law and Public SafetyFeb 16 to Sep 22219 days

In the SenateMar 23 to May 1 · stopped39 days

Law and Public SafetyMay 1 to May 1 · stopped0 days

Votes

Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.

  • General Assembly, third reading45–24

    Passed · Mar 23, 2017 · 5 present

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • General Assembly floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Jan 23, 2017

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the General Assembly Feb 16 – Mar 23, 2017

  1. Introduced in the General Assembly and sent to Law and Public Safety
  2. Law and Public Safety recommended it
  3. Read a second time
  4. Amended on the floor and read a second time
  5. Passed the General Assembly, 45 to 24

In the Senate May 1, 2017

  1. Arrived in the Senate
  2. Sent to Law and Public Safety
All 5 actions, as published