CRIM PRO-BAIL RETURN-ACQUITTAL
Summary
Amends the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963. Provides that if the defendant is acquitted, the court shall order 100% of the defendant's bail deposit returned to the defendant or to the defendant's designee by an assignment executed at the time the bail amount is deposited. Deletes provision that in no event shall the amount retained by the clerk of the court as bail bond costs be less than $5 and deletes in counties with a population of 3,000,000 or more in no event shall the amount retained by the clerk of the court as bail bond costs exceed $100.
Bill status
failed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2021
Committee Review
May 2021
House Passage
Apr 2021
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 23, 2021
Last action Jan 10, 2023
Floor votes · House Apr 22, 2021
How they voted
103–0
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 108
Apr 22, 2021
D
Democratic66
96% Yea
R
Republican42
92% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
28
Key actions
2
Committee
6
May 21, 2021
Committee
Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
upper
May 10, 2021
Committee
Assigned to Criminal Law
upper
Apr 23, 2021
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
Apr 23, 2021
Introduced
Arrive in Senate
upper
Apr 22, 2021
Lower · Passed
Third Reading - Consent Calendar - Passed 113-000-000
lower
Mar 19, 2021
Lower · Passed
Do Pass / Consent Calendar Judiciary - Criminal Committee; 019-000-000
lower
Mar 16, 2021
Committee
Assigned to Judiciary - Criminal Committee
lower
Feb 22, 2021
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
2 primary · 6 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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