2021 House Bill 5453

Expand/revise no-bail pretrial prisoner release options

Introduced in the House

Oct. 21, 2021

Introduced by Rep. Tenisha Yancey (D-1)

To require courts when setting sentences for individuals convicted of a crime to consider whether a defendant had actively sought to disengage from the crime before its commission, or had warned the victim, or took “no affirmative action in facilitating the offense”.

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary