Concerns pretrial detention for firearms offenses.*

This bill amends New Jersey's pretrial risk assessment system to require that any offense involving firearm use or possession be explicitly considered as a risk factor for both community danger and failure to appear in court. Currently, such charges aren't fully weighted in the Public Safety Assessment (PSA) tool used by courts to determine pretrial detention. It directly affects defendants facing charges like illegal firearm possession, discharge in public, or related offenses during pretrial hearings. The change aligns the PSA with a 2024 State Commission of Investigation report highlighting that firearm-related conduct - especially with "ghost guns" or conversion devices - is inherently dangerous but not adequately reflected in current risk scoring.