RELATING TO BAIL.
Summary
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.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 20, 2017
Last action Jan 17, 2018
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
5
Key actions
0
Committee
2
Jan 17, 2018
Committee
Re-Referred to JDC, WAM.
upper
Jan 23, 2017
Committee
Referred to JDL, WAM.
upper
Jan 20, 2017
Introduced
Introduced.
upper
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Donna Kim
DDemocratic
P
Mike Gabbard
DDemocratic
P
RH
Rosalyn H. Baker
DDemocratic
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