Introduced
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To place before voters in the next general election a constitutional amendment that would prohibit courts from requiring an individual charged with a criminal offense to post cash bail as a condition of release. Instead, courts would have to release the suspect on his own recognizance unless a hearing finds the person is highly likely to flee, poses a specific real and present threat, or has violated a protection order or an existing condition of release. Courts could impose nonmonetary conditions that reasonably ensure appearance at trial.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
