Appeal from bail, bond, or recognizance order; a court may stay the execution.
Summary
Appeal from bail, bond, or recognizance order.Provides that a court may stay the execution of a bail order,in all bail decisions, for as long as reasonably practicable, butin no event more than three days, for a party to obtain an expeditedappeal before the next higher court. Under current law, there isno maximum time for the stay unless the bail decision was governedby the bail presumption provisions.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2020
Last action Feb 11, 2020
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Committee
2
Jan 26, 2020
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
lower
Jan 8, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 8, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103170D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Don Scott
DDemocratic
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