SB 1538 Hawaii Senate · 2019 Regular Session

RELATING TO BAIL.

Summary

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)

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2019

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Governor

Introduced Jan 24, 2019 Last action Feb 15, 2019

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Committee

Feb 15, 2019

Committee

Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.

upper

Feb 15, 2019

Committee

Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 436) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.

upper

Feb 5, 2019

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Nishihara, Wakai, Baker, Harimoto, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Feb 1, 2019

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 02-05-19 1:15PM in conference room 229.

upper

Jan 28, 2019

Committee

Referred to PSM, JDC.

upper

Jan 24, 2019

Introduced

Introduced.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors