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Senate approves pretrial release changes shifting some bail-setting authority to sheriffs and adding protections
Summary
Second Substitute House Bill 317 passed after debate. The bill clarifies bail-setting at booking, creates a presumption that bail is unaffordable after seven days in custody, allows expedited appeal of detention decisions, and modifies standards for reexamining detention status.
The Senate passed Second Substitute House Bill 317, a package of pretrial-release modifications that changes several procedures for bail and detention.
Sponsor Senator Cullimore explained that the bill makes the county sheriff (or designee) the person who sets bail at booking in many cases, adds a definition for "material change" in circumstances for reexamining…
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