LEGISLATIVE HISTORY CHECKLIST
Compiled by the NJ State Law Library

LAWS OF: 1998

CHAPTER: 26

NJSA: 2C:39-4.1
"Firearms -- use in drug offenses"

BILL NO: A1848 (Substituted for S944)

SPONSOR(S): Holzapfel and Barnes

DATE INTRODUCED: March 23, 1998

COMMITTEE:
ASSEMBLY: Law & Public Safety
SENATE: ~~~~

AMENDED DURING PASSAGE:No

DATE OF PASSAGE:
ASSEMBLY: May 18, 1998
SENATE: May 28, 1998

DATE OF APPROVAL: June 24, 1998


THE FOLLOWING ARE ATTACHED IF AVAILABLE:

FINAL TEXT OF BILL:   Original
(Amendments during passage denoted by superscript numbers)

A1848

SPONSORS STATEMENT: Yes (Begins on page 3 of original bill)

COMMITTEE STATEMENT:
ASSEMBLY:Yes
SENATE: No

FLOOR AMENDMENT STATEMENTS: No

LEGISLATIVE FISCAL ESTIMATE: No

S944

SPONSORS STATEMENT: Yes (Begins on page 3 of original bill)

COMMITTEE STATEMENT:
ASSEMBLY: No
SENATE: Yes

FLOOR AMENDMENT STATEMENTS: No

LEGISLATIVE FISCAL ESTIMATE: No

VETO MESSAGE: No

GOVERNOR'S PRESS RELEASE ON SIGNING: Yes


THE FOLLOWING WERE PRINTED:
To check for circulating copies contact New Jersey State Government Publications at the State Library (609) 292-6294 or
blupp@njstatelib.org

REPORTS:
Report, referred to in statement to S944:
974.90 N222 1996i
New Jersey. Dept. of Law and Public Safety.
Report to the Governor...update the Comprehensive Drug Refom Act of 1987.
December 9, 1996. Trenton, 1996.

HEARINGS: No

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES:
"Whitman signs crime bill that increases sentences,"
6-25-98, New York Times, p. B6.


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