SENATE, No. 3953

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED MARCH 16, 2026

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  ANTHONY M. BUCCO

District 25 (Morris and Passaic)

Senator  PATRICK J. DIEGNAN, JR.

District 18 (Middlesex)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires volunteer, nonvolunteer, and nonprofit ambulances be equipped with lock box to store firearm.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

  

An Act requiring the storage of firearms in an ambulance 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  Each first aid, rescue, or emergency squad ambulance 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 any person in possession of the firearm is transported in the ambulance vehicle.  

     b.    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.

     c.     As used in this section, "first aid, rescue, or emergency squad" includes a volunteer or nonvolunteer first aid, rescue, and ambulance squad as defined by section 3 of P.L.1987, c.284 (C.27:5F-20), or a non-profit first aid, rescue, and ambulance squad that bills or receives reimbursement for services that it provides.

 

     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 first aid, rescue, or emergency squad ambulance 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 the locked box or container when any person in possession of the firearm is transported in the ambulance vehicle.

     Under the bill, "first aid, rescue, or emergency squad" includes a volunteer or nonvolunteer first aid, rescue, and ambulance squad as defined by current law, or a non-profit first aid, rescue, and ambulance squad that bills or receives reimbursement for services that it provides.