SENATE, No. 4801

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

221st LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED NOVEMBER 6, 2025

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  PATRICK J. DIEGNAN, JR.

District 18 (Middlesex)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires ambulances be equipped with lock box to store firearm.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

  

An Act concerning transportation of a firearm and supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes.  

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

      1.   a.     As used in this section:

      "Basic life support" means the same as that term is defined by section 2 of P.L.1992, c.96 (C.26:2K-49).

      "Volunteer first aid, rescue and ambulance squad" shall have the same meaning as provided in section 3 of P.L.1987, c.284 (C.27:5F-20). 

      b.   Each basic life support ambulance and each volunteer first aid, rescue and ambulance squad vehicle shall be equipped with a securely locked box or container which shall be used to safely store a firearm.  The firearm shall be stored in the locked box or container when a person in possession of the firearm is transported in the basic life support ambulance or ambulance squad vehicle.  

      c.   The Commissioner of Health may promulgate rules and regulations, in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), as are necessary to effectuate the provisions of this act.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect on the first day of the fourth month next following the date of enactment. 

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill requires each basic life support ambulance and volunteer first aid, rescue and ambulance squad vehicle to be equipped with a securely locked box or container used to safely store a firearm.  The bill requires a firearm to be stored in a locked box or container when a person in possession of the firearm is transported in the basic life support ambulance or ambulance squad vehicle.