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Committee adopts and advances bill limiting own‑recognizance release for defined high‑utilizers
Summary
HB593 would require judges to impose supervisory or financial release conditions for defendants who meet high‑utilizer thresholds (prior convictions plus multiple new charges within a window); the committee adopted a first substitute and amendment and favorably recommended the bill unanimously after mixed testimony from defenders, prosecutors and advocates.
Representative McPherson presented HB593 to address a small population of defendants who, he said, cycle frequently through arrests and pretrial services and strain local resources. The bill would require judges to consider supervisory or financial release conditions (for example, GPS monitoring, inpatient treatment, or bail) for individuals meeting specified high‑utilizer…
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