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Sponsor proposes 10% minimum premium for bail bonds after a fatal incident cited as rationale
Summary
House Bill 729 would establish a 10% minimum premium on surety bail bonds to prevent predatory ‘0‑down’ offers and financial coercion of defendants; sponsor cited a case in Butte she said could have been prevented by a minimum premium.
Representative Nellie Nicholl introduced House Bill 729 to set a statutory minimum premium — 10 percent of the bond amount — for surety bail bonds. The sponsor said the change would prevent predatory practices such as “0‑down” advertising and the use of outstanding bond debt to coerce defendants into unlawful or dangerous activity.
Nicholl recounted a Butte case…
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