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Proposed New Jersey Firearm Legislation A4981

  this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Permits court to take additional time to consider pretrial release or pretrial detention when firearm offense is involved.

Subject: 2nd Reading in the Assembly

Description: Permits court to take additional time to consider pretrial release or pretrial detention when firearm offense is involved.

Session: 2024-2025 Regular Session

Last Action: Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments, 2nd Reading

Last Action Date: February 20, 2025

Companion Bill: S3900

Sponsors

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2 sponsors: William Spearman (D); Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D);

Percentage of General Assembly sponsoring bill: 3% (2 of 80)

History
Chamber Date Action
Assembly Feb 20, 2025 Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments, 2nd Reading
Assembly Oct 21, 2024 Introduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Introduced Oct 22, 2024 state link bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
Description Vote Date Yea Votes Nay Votes No Votes Absent Passed
02/20/2025 5 1 0 0 Yes
  • Auth, Robert (R) Nay
  • Flynn, Victoria (R) Yea
  • Murphy, Carol (D) Yea
  • Park, Ellen (D) Yea
  • Swain, Lisa (D) Yea
  • Venezia, Michael (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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