A 4531 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Limits negotiated plea agreements for crime of burglary when firearm involved.

This bill prohibits prosecutors from negotiating plea agreements that reduce the sentence for burglary when a firearm was used during the offense. Currently, burglary involving a firearm is a second-degree crime, but the bill ensures defendants cannot receive a lighter sentence through plea deals - requiring them to face the standard sentencing for second-degree burglary as defined by law. The law defines "firearm" broadly to include items like air guns, spring guns, and other devices capable of causing injury. This directly affects individuals charged with burglary who used a firearm, eliminating the option of plea bargains for reduced penalties in these specific cases.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2024
Committee Review
Sep 2024
General Assembly Passage
Jun 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jun 3, 2024 Last action Sep 19, 2024
Floor votes · General Assembly Jun 28, 2024

How they voted

750
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 80
Jun 28, 2024
D Democratic52
50 Yea 2
96% Yea
R Republican28
25 Yea 3
89% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
4
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Sep 19, 2024
Committee
Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee
upper
Jun 28, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed Assembly (75-0-0)
lower
Jun 17, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading
lower
Jun 3, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee
lower
3 primary · 9 co-sponsors

Sponsors