BAIL: Requests the La. State Law Institute to study the feasibility of statewide bail schedules

This bill asks the Louisiana State Law Institute to study whether it is practical to create a single, statewide list of bail amounts for different crimes. Currently, bail decisions are made by local courts in each of the state's sixty-four parishes, which can lead to inconsistent outcomes depending on where a person is arrested. The study would examine how a uniform system might work and provide recommendations to the legislature by May 2025. If the institute finds such a system feasible, the legislature could later decide to adopt it to standardize bail across the state.