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SB 534: Pretrial Release

GENERAL BILL by Brandes

Pretrial Release; Authorizing each county to establish a supervised bond program with the concurrence of the chief judge of the judicial circuit, the county’s chief correctional officer, the state attorney, and the public defender; authorizing the chief judge of each circuit, with the concurrence of the county’s chief correctional officer, the state attorney, and the public defender, to enter an administrative order for the use of a risk assessment instrument in pretrial release determinations; providing that a court retains sole discretion to determine the appropriateness of pretrial release and any necessary pretrial release conditions, etc.

Effective Date: 10/1/2019
 Last Action: 5/3/2019 Senate - Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Criminal Justice (CJ)
  2. Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice (ACJ)
  3. Appropriations (AP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/25/2019 Senate • Filed
    2/8/2019 Senate • Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Appropriations -SJ 70
    3/4/2019 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/04/19, 1:00 pm, 37 Senate Building --Temporarily Postponed
    3/5/2019 Senate • Introduced -SJ 69
    3/6/2019 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/11/19, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
    3/11/2019 Senate • Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 194
    • Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice
    5/3/2019 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice

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  • SB 534, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/25/2019 at 1:58 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Criminal Justice (Pre-Meeting) 3/1/2019 (pdf)
    Criminal Justice (Post-Meeting) 3/11/2019 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 1334 (c1) Criminal Justice Brandes Compare Last Action: 5/3/2019 S Died in Judiciary, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 595 (Ch. 2019-81), CS/HB 7125 (Ch. 2019-167) Track This Bill

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    3/11/2019 1:30 PM Criminal Justice 5 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    907.042 Page 1 (pdf)
    907.0421 Page 6 (pdf)

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