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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Permits court to take additional time to consider pretrial release or pretrial detention when firearm offense is involved."
+description: "Permits court to take additional time to consider pretrial release or pretrial detention when firearm offense is involved."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "221"
+identifier: "A 4981"
+citation: "New Jersey A 4981 (221)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CRIM PROCED", "CRIMES"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bagolie, Rosaura", "Peterpaul, Luanne M.", "Singleton, Troy", "Spearman, William W."]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2024-10-21T04:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ebaa7b8-72e6-4ae7-bae9-4a6ebe223101"
+source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
+source_hash: "41a46bafc594ef49e41ce9b75a92798cfe97c54834f50e61d603de846422ec30"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
+---
+
+# New Jersey A 4981 (221) — Permits court to take additional time to consider pretrial release or pretrial detention when firearm offense is involved.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A5000/4981_I1.HTM)
+2. **Reprint AAP 3/20/25 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A5000/4981_R2.HTM)
+3. **Reprint AJU 2/20/25 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A5000/4981_R1.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **25–8** (pass) · upper
+- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **55–21** (pass) · lower
+- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **5–1** (pass) · lower
+- Reported favorably out of committee — **3–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bagolie, Rosaura — primary (person)
+- Peterpaul, Luanne M. — primary (person)
+- Singleton, Troy — primary (person)
+- Spearman, William W. — primary (person)
+- Atkins, Reginald W. — cosponsor (person)
+- Carter, Linda S. — cosponsor (person)
+- Hall, Garnet R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Murphy, Carol A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — cosponsor (person)
+- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
+- Tully, Chris — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-20T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Recommitted to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (55-21-0) `passage`
+- **2025-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-19T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S3900 (1R)
+- **2025-12-22T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (25-8) `passage`
+- **2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.256. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ebaa7b8-72e6-4ae7-bae9-4a6ebe223101`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
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