NJ A4403

Amends New Jersey's Open Public Records Act (P.L.1995, c.23) to explicitly classify law enforcement guidelines, standard operating procedures, and practices for processing firearms permit applications as government records subject to public disclosure

Requires these documents to be available upon public records requests, addressing a gap in current law that does not specifically address accessibility to firearms permitting procedures

Responds to a recent Superior Court decision that exempted the New Jersey State Police Firearms Investigation Guidebook from public access based on administrative regulations

Aims to enable public review of whether firearms permitting laws are enforced uniformly across the state and in compliance with legal requirements

Sponsored by Assemblyman Jay Webber (District 26, Morris and Passaic) and introduced February 19, 2026 in the 222nd Legislature