Bail

State (Maryland)
Maryland 2018 Regular Session

Criminal Procedure – Pretrial Release – Assault on a Law Enforcement Officer (Police Protection Act) [SB-736] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ]
Prohibiting a District Court commissioner from authorizing the pretrial release of a defendant who is charged with assault in the first degree or assault in the second degree against a victim who is a law enforcement officer; providing that a judge may authorize the pretrial release of a certain defendant on suitable bail or certain other conditions or both; requiring a judge to order the continued detention of a defendant who is considered a flight risk or one who poses a danger to another person or community; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bob Cassilly Hearing 2/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/28/2018

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2018 Regular Session

Criminal Procedure - Pretrial Release - Assault on a Law Enforcement Officer (Police Protection Act) [HB-1128] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ]
Prohibiting a District Court commissioner from authorizing the pretrial release of a defendant who is charged with assault in the first degree or assault in the second degree against a victim who is a law enforcement officer; providing that a judge may authorize the pretrial release of a certain defendant on suitable bail or certain other conditions or both; requiring a judge to order the continued detention of a defendant who is considered likely to flee or one who poses a danger to another person or community; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Barrie Ciliberti Unfavorable Report By Judiciary on 03/15/2018

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2019 Regular Session

Criminal Procedure - Pretrial Release - Assault on a Law Enforcement Officer (Police Protection Act) [SB-408] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a District Court commissioner from authorizing the pretrial release of a defendant who is charged with assault in the first degree or assault in the second degree against a victim who is a law enforcement officer; providing that a judge may authorize the pretrial release of a certain defendant on suitable bail or certain other conditions or both; requiring a judge to order the continued detention of a defendant who is considered a flight risk or who poses a danger to another person or the community; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mary Carozza Hearing 2/21 At 12:00 P.m. on 02/06/2019

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State (Idaho)
Idaho 2019 Regular Session

Amends existing law to provide that bail shall be exonerated in certain instances. [SB-1120] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
BAIL -- Amends existing law to provide that bail shall be exonerated in certain instances.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Reported Printed; Referred To Judiciary & Rules on 02/15/2019

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State (Idaho)
Idaho 2019 Regular Session

Amends existing law to provide for an order withholding judgment and to provide for an infraction action. [SB-1021] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
BAIL -- Amends existing law to provide for an order withholding judgment and to provide for an infraction action.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Session Law Chapter 148 Effective: 07/01/2019 on 03/21/2019

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2019 Regular Session

Relating To Bail. [SB-1538] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Requires bail to be set in reasonable amounts based upon all available information, including the alleged offense, possible punishment upon conviction, and the offender's financial ability to afford bail. Repeals the requirement of an officer letting to bail to consider the punishment to be inflicted on conviction and the pecuniary circumstances of the party accused. Allows pretrial service officers to access other state agencies' data on an offender's wages and tax information for the limited purpose of determining an appropriate bail amount. (SD1)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lorraine Inouye Reported From Psm (stand. Com. Rep. No. 436) With Recommendation Of Passage On Second Reading, As Amended (sd 1) And Referral To Jdc. on 02/15/2019

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2019 Regular Session

Relating To Crime. [HB-294] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
Establishes a presumption that a person charged with a crime is entitled to unconditional release unless proven otherwise. Requires the consideration of nonfinancial conditions of release before bail is ordered.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura Introduced And Pass First Reading. on 01/22/2019

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State (Hawaii)
Hawaii 2019 Regular Session

Relating To Bail. [HB-1542] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Incorporates the statutory revisions suggested by the Criminal Pretrial Task Force established by House Concurrent Resolution No. 134, 2017 Regular Session.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura Referred To Pvm, Jud, Fin, Referral Sheet 6 on 01/28/2019

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Criminal Procedure - Petition for Writ of Actual Innocence - Appeal Right [SB-971] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Providing that a person aggrieved by an order on a petition for writ of actual innocence, including the Attorney General and a State's Attorney, may appeal to the Court of Special Appeals; requiring the appeal to be in a form set by the Maryland Rules; and providing that the court may stay the order and set bail under specified circumstances.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bob Cassilly Hearing 3/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/16/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Poultry Litter Management Act [SB-496] [Agriculture ] [Environmental ] [Waste Management / Recycling ] [Water ] [Food ]
Requiring a specified integrator to place poultry only at a contract operation that maintains a specified nutrient management plan; requiring an integrator to be responsible for the removal and delivery of all excess manure in accordance with specified requirements; requiring integrators, or manure brokers or manure transporters working under contract with an integrator, to deliver excess manure only to specified facilities; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley Hearing 2/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/23/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Surety Insurance - Application for Bonds [SB-470] [Insurance ] [Immigration ] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Altering the prohibition against a surety insurer inquiring about specified information in connection with an application for a bail bond or an immigration bond.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Reilly Favorable on 03/09/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Landlord and Tenant - Expedited Eviction Proceedings - Notice and Appeals [SB-463] [Housing ] [Real Estate ] [Consumer Protection ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
Reducing the notice period from 14 days to 5 days before a landlord may file an action to evict a tenant for a breach of the lease that involves specified dangerous behavior; reducing from 10 days to 4 days the amount of time after entry of a specified judgment during which a specified party may appeal to the circuit court in an eviction proceeding based on a breach of the lease that involves specified dangerous behavior; and making technical and stylistic changes.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. James Brochin Hearing 2/16 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/16/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Criminal Law - First Degree Murder - Sentencing (Geraldine's Law) [SB-402] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Requiring the court to impose lifetime supervision for a person sentenced to imprisonment for life for first degree murder; requiring the lifetime supervision to include at least 5 years of supervised probation, electronic monitoring for life following release, and specified conditions as determined by the court; authorizing a person to file a petition for discharge from lifetime supervision and requiring a court to hear and adjudicate the petition; prohibiting more than one petition for discharge in 1 year; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Stephen Waugh Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 03/07/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Criminal Procedure - Expungement [SB-328] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Authorizing a person to file a petition for expungement of specified misdemeanor convictions; requiring a person to file a petition for expungement in a specified court; providing that a petition for expungement of specified misdemeanor convictions may not be filed earlier than 10 years after the person satisfied the specified sentence or sentences imposed for all convictions for which expungement is requested; requiring the court to provided written notice of the petition to all victims listed in the case; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Conway Third Reading Passed (46-0) on 04/05/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Juvenile Court - Jurisdiction [SB-243] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Crime ]
Repealing provisions of law that exclude from the jurisdiction of the juvenile court a child of a specified age alleged to have committed specified offenses; repealing provisions of law governing the transfer of specified criminal cases to the juvenile court; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 02/29/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Juvenile Law - Adjudication of Delinquency - Collateral Consequences [SB-209] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ] [Crime ]
Requiring that, before a child admits to the commission of a delinquent act, the child's counsel inform the child in developmentally and age-appropriate language of specified collateral consequences that may result from an adjudication of delinquency.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 02/15/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Interstate Boating Violator Compact [SB-123] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Recreation ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
Authorizing the Governor to enter into the Interstate Boating Violator Compact; providing the purposes of the Compact are to provide a means for party states to participate in a specified reciprocal program and to provide for the fair and impartial treatment of boating violators operating within party states; providing for a Board of Boating Compact Administrators for specified purposes; requiring the Department of Natural Resources to adopt specified regulations; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Simonaire Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 04/05/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Criminal Procedure - Determination of Eligibility for Services - Office of the Public Defender [SB-1156] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Requiring a commissioner to determine the indigence of a specified individual at a specified proceeding under specified circumstances; and providing a presumption that an individual qualified as indigent by a commissioner at an initial appearance qualifies for the service of the Office of the Public Defender.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Zirkin Rereferred To Judiciary on 04/11/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Surety Insurance - Application for Bonds [HB-678] [Insurance ] [Immigration ] [Crime ] [Law Enforcement ]
Altering the prohibition against a surety insurer inquiring about specified information in connection with an application for a bail bond or an immigration bond.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Talmadge Branch Hearing 3/24 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/24/2016

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2016 Regular Session

Juvenile Law - Adjudication of Delinquency - Collateral Consequences [HB-634] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ] [Crime ]
Requiring that, before a child admits to the commission of a delinquent act, the child's counsel inform the child in developmentally and age-appropriate language of specified collateral consequences that may result from an adjudication of delinquency.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais Unfavorable Report By Judiciary; Withdrawn on 02/22/2016

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