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Senate passes HB206 to expand judges' pretrial tools beyond cash bail
Summary
The Utah Senate approved House Bill 206, which preserves monetary bail but directs judges to use the least restrictive, reasonably available conditions to ensure appearance and public-safety goals, after proponents cited wide support from prosecutors, sheriffs and civil-rights groups.
The Utah Senate passed third substitute House Bill 206 on voice and roll-call votes after a sustained floor debate that framed the measure as an effort to modernize pretrial decision-making.
Sponsor Senator Wyler said the bill "preserves monetary bail as a condition of release, but also expands the tools available to judges to adequately address an individual's public safety risk," and listed endorsements from the Statewide Association of Prosecutors, the Sheriffs Association, chiefs of police, the Judicial Council, CCJJ, the Utah State Bar, the Criminal Defense Attorneys Association, the Utah Association of Counties,…
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