AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- SENTENCE AND EXECUTION
Summary
Requires the court to set reasonable bail for all those individuals who appear before it as probation violators and establish a presumption of personal recognizance unless the new alleged offense is a crime of violence as defined in the act.
Bill status
died
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 5, 2024
Last action Apr 24, 2024
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
5
Key actions
1
Committee
2
Apr 24, 2024
Committee
04/24/2024 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Apr 10, 2024
Legislature · Passed
04/10/2024 Committee postponed at request of sponsor (04/11/2024)
legislature
Mar 5, 2024
Introduced
03/05/2024 Introduced, referred to House Judiciary
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jose Batista
DDemocratic
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