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Read. Follow. Verify.New Jersey Bill A1075 Redirects Firearms Permit Application Fees to the General Fund
Last action · January 13, 2026: Introduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary CommitteeSponsor: Venezia, Michael
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What This Bill Would Do
This bill requires that fees collected for state firearms permits and purchaser identification cards issued by the Superintendent of State Police be deposited into the state's General Fund instead of the Victims of Crime Compensation Office account. The measure applies to fees for handgun purchase permits, firearms purchaser identification cards, and carry permits issued at the state level.
The change alters where state revenue from firearm permitting fees is directed, shifting funds away from victim compensation accounts to general state revenues in response to recent federal appellate court rulings regarding fee structures.
- The legislation responds to legal challenges regarding the allocation of firearms permit fee revenues to specific administrative accounts. context
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
applicants for firearms permits
Permit applicants continue to pay existing fee amounts, but the destination of state-collected fee revenue is changed from the VCCO account to the General Fund.
Victims of Crime Compensation Office
The office ceases to receive revenue deposits derived from state-level firearms permit application fees.
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Where do firearms permit fees currently go under this bill?
Does this bill change how much municipal police departments keep from carry permit applications?
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Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
1 action- Jan 13, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee
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Redirecting Firearms Fees Due to Appellate Ruling
The state is shifting firearm permit fee revenue from a dedicated victim compensation fund to the general treasury following a Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruling.
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