Proposed Florida Firearm Legislation H0967
Legislation Overview
Title: Determining Bail
Description: Specifies purpose of bail; creates presumption for release of arrested individuals awaiting trial; requires release of individuals if no substantial risk of flight or harm; authorizes reasonable nonmonetary bail conditions; requires consideration of certain factors when determining whether to release defendant; removes prohibition of release on nonmonetary conditions under certain supervision; prohibits court from granting pretrial release for person charged with dangerous crime; revises list of offenses that are deemed to be dangerous crimes; specifies that state must show need for pretrial detention by certain standard of evidence; requires written findings & conclusion.
Session: 2018 Regular Session
Last Action: Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Last Action Date: March 10, 2018
Sponsors
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2 sponsors: Ramon Alexander (D); Patricia Hawkins-Williams (D);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 2% (2 of 120)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Mar 10, 2018 | Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration |
| House | Mar 10, 2018 | Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee |
| House | Jan 9, 2018 | Introduced |
| House | Dec 20, 2017 | Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee |
| House | Dec 11, 2017 | Filed |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Dec 11, 2017 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
