---
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).