Florida House Bill 967 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Failed on March 10 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-03-10 - Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Determining Bail

Rep. Ramon Alexander [D]

Rep. Patricia Hawkins-Williams [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-03-10	House	Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
2018-03-10	House	Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2018-01-09	House	Introduced
2017-12-20	House	Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee
2017-12-11	House	Filed

S1490 (Similar To) 2018-03-10 - Died in Criminal Justice
S1882 (Similar To) 2018-03-10 - Died in Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
790	065		Amended Code	See Bill Text
903	046		Amended Code	See Bill Text
907	041		Amended Code	See Bill Text
943	0585		Amended Code	See Bill Text
943	059		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/967
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/967/BillText/Filed/PDF