---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes rebuttable presumption of pretrial detention for defendants who commit certain firearm offenses under Graves Act. **"
description: "Establishes rebuttable presumption of pretrial detention for defendants who commit certain firearm offenses under Graves Act. **"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
session: "220"
identifier: "A 2426"
citation: "New Jersey A 2426 (220)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["JUDICIARY", "WEAPONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cryan, Joseph P.", "Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina", "Schaer, Gary S.", "Turner, Shirley K.", "Wimberly, Benjie E."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46612abc-4371-465c-b8ef-8dd457da3216"
source_url: "http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/downloads.asp"
source_hash: "e57a292c4a86a2d1fdc8f341f5bdc2e617a83b0894ebcfe2047d2cf99729fc16"
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 2426 (220) — Establishes rebuttable presumption of pretrial detention for defendants who commit certain firearm offenses under Graves Act. **

## 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/2022/A2500/2426_I1.HTM)
2. **Reprint** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A2500/2426_R1.HTM)
3. **Reprint SLP 6/13/22 2R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/A2500/2426_R2.HTM)

## Votes

- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **50–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cryan, Joseph P. — primary (person)
- Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina — primary (person)
- Schaer, Gary S. — primary (person)
- Turner, Shirley K. — primary (person)
- Wimberly, Benjie E. — primary (person)
- Bramnick, Jon M. — cosponsor (person)
- Conaway, Herb — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham, Sandra B. — cosponsor (person)
- Jasey, Mila M. — cosponsor (person)
- Lagana, Joseph A. — cosponsor (person)
- McKnight, Angela V. — cosponsor (person)
- Singleton, Troy — cosponsor (person)
- Tully, Chris — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-02-07T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Transferred to Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-14T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (50-27-0) `passage`
- **2022-05-12T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Law and Public Safety Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-13T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
- **2022-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S513 (1R)
- **2022-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (35-1) `passage`
- **2022-06-16T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Assembly, 2nd Reading on Concurrence
- **2022-06-29T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (Passed Both Houses) (69-8-1) `passage`
- **2022-06-30T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2022, c.43. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/46612abc-4371-465c-b8ef-8dd457da3216`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).