A 5345 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Requires use of merchant category codes for purchases of firearms and ammunition.

This bill requires payment processors to use a specific international code (established by ISO) for all firearm and ammunition sales by businesses where such sales represent the majority of revenue. It directly affects firearms merchants (like gun stores) and payment networks (such as banks or credit card companies) by mandating this code starting May 2027. The key mechanism is standardizing transaction categorization to improve tracking of firearm-related purchases. The Attorney General enforces compliance, with penalties including $10,000 per violation for non-compliance after a 30-day correction period.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
General Assembly Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 13, 2025 Last action Jun 19, 2025
Floor votes · General Assembly Mar 24, 2025

How they voted

4727
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 78
Mar 24, 2025
D Democratic50
45 Yea 2 Nay 3
90% Yea
R Republican28
2 Yea 25 Nay 1
89% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
6
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Jun 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
upper
May 12, 2025
Committee
Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee
upper
Mar 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (49-27-2)
lower
Mar 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Committee
Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee
lower
Feb 13, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors