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Utah committee backs substitute to tighten pretrial bail rules, clarifies judges' duties
Summary
The House substitute for HB 562, advancing from the Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee, narrows grounds for no-bail holds, requires written judicial findings and clarifies use of bail schedules while leaving some statutory language for further drafting.
Representative Kelly Lisonbee presented the first substitute for House Bill 562 to the Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee, saying the measure aims to rebalance pretrial decision-making after several years of incremental changes to Utah’s bail laws.
The bill would bar use of unsecured bonds for conditions of release, allow judges to consider bail after a preliminary hearing, require written findings within five days when ordering detention without bail, clarify that an initial appearance is not the only time a defendant may request release, direct magistrates to consult a bail schedule and require prosecutors to disclose information that may be favorable to a defendant when seeking a no-bail…
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