Establishes rebuttable presumption of pretrial detention of defendant charged with aggravated assault of law enforcement officer.
This bill (S 918) creates a legal presumption that defendants charged with aggravated assault against law enforcement officers must be held in pretrial detention unless they can prove otherwise. It directly affects individuals facing this specific charge under New Jersey law (N.J.S.2C:12-1). The key mechanism establishes that for this offense, courts must assume no bail or conditions would ensure court appearance or community safety, shifting the burden to the defendant to rebut this presumption. The bill amends existing pretrial detention laws to explicitly include "aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer" in the list of offenses triggering this presumption. This is a procedural change affecting court decisions on bail for this narrow category of cases.
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Jan 2026
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Introduced Jan 13, 2026
Last action Jan 13, 2026
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Jan 13, 2026
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee
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1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
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Brian Stack
DDemocratic
Co
Kristin Corrado
RRepublican
Co
Owen Henry
RRepublican
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