republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/221/a-4981.md

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Bill	Permits court to take additional time to consider pretrial release or pretrial detention when firearm offense is involved.	Permits court to take additional time to consider pretrial release or pretrial detention when firearm offense is involved.	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	221	A 4981	New Jersey A 4981 (221)	bill	CRIM PROCED CRIMES	enacted	Bagolie, Rosaura Peterpaul, Luanne M. Singleton, Troy Spearman, William W.	3	11	5	2024-10-21T04:00:00+00:00	2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/4ebaa7b8-72e6-4ae7-bae9-4a6ebe223101	https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/	41a46bafc594ef49e41ce9b75a92798cfe97c54834f50e61d603de846422ec30	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Reprint AAP 3/20/25 2R (committee substitute) — source
3. Reprint AJU 2/20/25 1R (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/4ebaa7b8-72e6-4ae7-bae9-4a6ebe223101. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).