Became P.L.2025, c.363, on January 20, 2026.
2024–2025 Session
Assembly Bill 4974
Establishes criminal penalties for sale and possession of machine gun conversion devices.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the General Assembly
Sponsor from Oct 18
Verlina Reynolds-Jackson, Lisa Swain
Chief co-sponsors from Oct 17
4 co-sponsors
Rosaura Bagolie, Alixon Collazos-Gill, Shama A. Haider, Garnet R. Hall
In the Senate
Sponsor from Jan 12, 2026
Chief co-sponsor from Jan 12, 2026
3 co-sponsors
Its course
October 21, 2024 to January 20, 2026, 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 action9 actions on 8 days
In the General AssemblyOct 21 to Mar 24154 days
JudiciaryOct 21 to Feb 20122 days
AppropriationsFeb 20 to Mar 2028 days
In the SenateMar 24 to Jan 12294 days
Law and Public SafetyMay 12 to Jun 1938 days
With the GovernorJan 12 to Jan 208 days
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
General Assembly, third reading53–22
Passed · Mar 24, 2025 · 3 present
Do pass · Jun 19, 2025
Who voted how
Yea Angela V. McKnight, Linda R. Greenstein, Paul D. Moriarty
Nay Owen Henry
Not voting Declan J. O'Scanlon Jr.
Senate, third reading24–13
Passed · Jan 12, 2026
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
General Assembly committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Mar 20, 2025
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 Oct 21 – Mar 24, 2025
- Oct 21Introduced in the General Assembly and sent to Judiciary
- Feb 20, 2025Judiciary recommended it
- Sent to Appropriations
- Mar 20, 2025Appropriations recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Mar 24, 2025Passed the General Assembly, 53 to 22
In the Senate May 12, 2025 – Jan 12, 2026
- May 12, 2025Arrived in the Senate
- Sent to Law and Public Safety
- Jun 19, 2025Law and Public Safety recommended it
- Read a second time
- Jan 12, 2026Passed the Senate, 24 to 13, and so both houses
To the Governor Jan 20, 2026
- Jan 20, 2026Signed by the Governor
- Became P.L.2025, c.363