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Senate Judiciary advances amendment to HB57 to send more felony arrests to judge for arraignment
Summary
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance an amended HB57 that narrows which arrested persons can be processed by a bail commissioner and requires arraignment before a judge for specified felony offenses, with sponsors citing public-safety concerns and critics warning of greater court and jail burdens.
The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced an amended version of HB57 at a committee meeting, moving to require that people arrested for certain felony offenses be detained for arraignment before a judge rather than processed solely by a bail commissioner, sponsors said.
Senator Victoria Sullivan, sponsor of the amendment, told the committee the change “shall not be brought before a bail commissioner and shall upon request be detained pending arraignment before the court.” She said the amendment specifies that arraignment “shall occur no later than 36 hours after the arrest,” language she said was intended to limit how long someone can be held before seeing a judge.
The amendment (identified in committee discussion as 2182s/2183s in its replace-all form) originally listed a broader set of offenses; sponsors said later changes removed several categories so the list focuses on…
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