Requires public safety assessment to consider certain offenses involving firearms as violent offenses when assessing risk factors.

This bill (A4920) amends New Jersey's pretrial risk assessment process to require that certain firearm-related offenses be classified as violent crimes when determining a defendant's risk of reoffending or failing to appear in court. It specifically mandates that offenses involving unlawful firearm possession, threats with a firearm, discharged firearms, or illegal firearm transactions (including minor violations like municipal ordinances banning public firearm discharge) must now count as violent offenses in the assessment. This change directly affects defendants arrested for these specific firearm-related offenses who undergo pretrial risk evaluations under New Jersey's Criminal Justice Reform Law (P.L.2014, c.31). The bill implements a recommendation from the State Bureau of Investigation's September 2024 report, which found the current system underclassifies firearm-related offenses as violent.