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NJ A1600
Bill
Status
1/13/2026
Primary Sponsor
Sean Kean
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AI Summary
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Courts may impose any combination of monetary bail and non-monetary conditions when prosecutors do not seek pretrial detention, regardless of existing court rules or directives
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Defendants and prosecutors gain the right to request monetary bail conditions and receive due consideration from the court
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Expands the rebuttable presumption of pretrial detention to include first and second degree violent crimes such as aggravated assault, robbery, carjacking, aggravated sexual assault, kidnapping, and firearms trafficking
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Current law's pretrial detention presumption applies only to murder and life-imprisonment crimes; this bill significantly broadens that category to over 20 additional offense types
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Takes effect 90 days following enactment
Legislative Description
Clarifies court's discretion in imposing monetary conditions of bail; establishes rebuttable presumption that person charged with violent crime be detained prior to trial.
Judiciary
Last Action
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee
1/13/2026