Bail
Louisiana 2017 Regular Session
Requests the Louisiana District Attorneys Association to study the procedure of the constructive surrender of a defendant and the "reasonable costs" associated therewith [HR-138]
Requests the Louisiana District Attorneys Association to study the procedure of the constructive surrender of a defendant and the "reasonable costs" associated therewith
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Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To Bail. [HB-464]
Provides that no financial or property surety shall be required for bail in a case in which no felony is alleged. Provides that a person who commits a criminal offense while on bail for which no financial or property surety was required shall be guilty of a class C felony. (HB464 HD1)
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Hawaii 2017 Regular Session
Relating To Bail. [SB-568]
Requires that a defendant be denied bail when the charge is for a violent crime or the defendant has been previously convicted of a violent crime. Distinguishes between a serious crime for which the judge has the discretion to grant bail and a violent crime for which bail must be denied.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Pretrial Release - Financial Conditions [HB-1218]
Prohibiting a court in a county with a pretrial supervision program from including as a condition of pretrial release a specified financial condition; requiring each county in the State to establish a pretrial supervision program that provides pretrial supervision services, including agent supervision, location tracking services, and reminder notifications for court appearances; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Pretrial Release - Criteria [HB-1280]
Providing that a defendant is entitled to be released before verdict on personal recognizance or on bail, with or without conditions imposed, under specified circumstances; creating a presumption that a defendant who has been charged with specified crimes and has not failed to appear as required by a court within the past 3 years shall be released on personal recognizance; requiring a judicial officer to take specified information into account in making a specified determination; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Pretrial Release [HB-1215]
Altering a specified authorization for a court to release a specified defendant on personal recognizance to require that a defendant charged only with one or more misdemeanors be released on personal recognizance; altering the circumstances under which a defendant may not be released on personal recognizance; providing that the amount of a specified bail may not be higher than necessary to achieve specified purposes under specified circumstances; providing that a judicial officer may not set bail for specified reasons; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Bail Bond - Installment Contract - Form and Confessed Judgment Prohibition [HB-1494]
Requiring an agreement to accept payment for the premium charged for a bail bond in installments to be in a form approved by the Maryland Insurance Commissioner; prohibiting the agreement from including a confessed judgment clause that waives a consumer's right to assert a specified defense; prohibiting a bail bondsman from including a specified confessed judgment clause that waives a consumer's right to assert a specified defense in an agreement to accept payment for the premium charged for a bail bond in installments; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Baltimore City - Nonviolent Offenders - Release Without Bail [HB-1318]
Requiring a judicial officer in Baltimore City to authorize the pretrial release of a defendant not charged with a specified crime of violence under specified conditions; and prohibiting the use of secured monetary bail as a condition of pretrial release of a defendant not charged with a specified crime of violence.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Pretrial Release - Reform [HB-1390]
Altering a requirement for the construction of a specified provision of law relating to pretrial release of a specified defendant on personal recognizance and unsecured bond; requiring a judicial officer to impose a specified condition or combination of conditions of release under specified circumstances; authorizing a judicial officer to impose one or more specified nonfinancial conditions of release under specified circumstances; providing that a judicial officer may impose financial conditions only under specified circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Pretrial Release - Pilot Program and Conditions [HB-1157]
Requiring the Pretrial Release Services Program in the Division of Parole and Probation to establish a pretrial resource center; establishing a Pretrial Release Pilot Program in two counties and Baltimore City that utilizes a pretrial safety assessment tool in pretrial release considerations; authorizing a cash bond posted by a defendant or on behalf of a defendant by an individual other than a surety to be used for specified financial obligations; requiring the Division to report to the Governor and General Assembly; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Pretrial Release - Pilot Program and Conditions [SB-879]
Requiring the Pretrial Release Services Program in the Division of Parole and Probation to establish a pretrial resource center; establishing a Pretrial Release Pilot Program in two counties and Baltimore City that utilizes a pretrial safety assessment tool in pretrial release considerations; authorizing a cash bond deposited by a defendant or on behalf of a defendant by an individual other than a surety to be used for specified financial obligations; requiring the Division to report to the Governor and General Assembly; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Pretrial Release - Reform [SB-880]
Altering a requirement for the construction of a specified provision of law relating to pretrial release of a specified defendant on personal recognizance and unsecured bond; requiring a judicial officer to impose a specified condition or combination of conditions of release under specified circumstances; authorizing a judicial officer to impose one or more specified nonfinancial conditions of release under specified circumstances; providing that a judicial officer may impose financial conditions only under specified circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Pretrial Release [SB-983]
Requiring a judicial officer to make a specified determination regarding release or detention of a defendant before trial; requiring a judicial officer to consider specified information; prohibiting a judicial officer from imposing specified financial conditions of release on a defendant for a specified reason; establishing the Pretrial Services Workgroup to examine the financial impacts of pretrial release conditions, conduct public hearings, and study what pretrial release services were provided to defendants; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Office of the Public Defender - Representation at Bail Hearing - Provisional [HB-839]
Establishing that the representation provided by the Office of the Public Defender to an indigent individual at a bail hearing before a District Court or circuit court judge shall be limited solely to the bail hearing and shall terminate automatically at the conclusion of the hearing, with a specified exception.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Procedure - Indigent Individual - Indigency Determination [SB-714]
Requiring a District Court commissioner to determine whether a specified individual qualifies as indigent; authorizing an individual charged with a crime that carries a penalty of incarceration to apply for representation by the Office of the Public Defender; requiring the Office to represent an indigent individual if the initial appearance or bail review is before a judge; providing that representation terminates at the end of the initial appearance under specified conditions; etc.
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Louisiana 2017 Regular Session
Provides for presumptive pretrial release of a defendant on an unsecured personal surety or bail without surety except under certain circumstances [HB-81]
Provides for presumptive pretrial release of a defendant on an unsecured personal surety or bail without surety except under certain circumstances
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Bail Bond - Installment Contract - Form and Confessed Judgment Prohibition [SB-459]
Requiring an agreement to accept payment for the premium charged for a bail bond in installments to be in a form approved by the Maryland Insurance Commissioner; prohibiting the agreement from including a confessed judgment clause that waives a consumer's right to assert a specified defense; prohibiting a bail bondsman from including a specified confessed judgment clause that waives a consumer's right to assert a specified defense in an agreement to accept payment for the premium charged for a bail bond in installments; etc.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Insurance - Bail Bondsmen - Continuing Education Requirements [SB-375]
Requiring insurance producers who sell, solicit, or negotiate bail bonds to receive continuing education that directly relates to bail bond insurance.
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Insurance - Bail Bondsmen - Continuing Education Requirements [HB-451]
Requiring insurance producers who sell, solicit, or negotiate bail bonds to receive continuing education that directly relates to bail bond insurance.
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Louisiana 2017 Regular Session
Provides relative to constructive surrender and extradition costs with regard to bail [HB-523]
Provides relative to constructive surrender and extradition costs with regard to bail