Eliminates presumption of pretrial release for defendants charged with repeat home invasion offenses.

This bill eliminates the automatic presumption that defendants charged with repeat home invasion or residential burglary offenses can be released before trial. It specifically affects individuals with prior convictions for home invasion burglary (N.J.S.2C:18-2.1), residential burglary (N.J.S.2C:18-2.2), or burglary of a residence (N.J.S.2C:18-2) on one or more separate occasions. Under the bill, judges must now actively justify releasing such defendants - rather than assuming release is appropriate - by considering factors like flight risk, danger to the community, or potential obstruction of justice. The change modifies New Jersey’s pretrial release law (P.L.2014, c.31) to remove this specific exception from the default release presumption.