Hawaii Senate Bill 1538 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on January 24 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-15 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Requires bail to be set in reasonable amounts based upon all available information, including the alleged offense, possible punishment upon conviction, and the offender's financial ability to afford bail. Repeals the requirement of an officer letting to bail to consider the punishment to be inflicted on conviction and the pecuniary circumstances of the party accused. Allows pretrial service officers to access other state agencies' data on an offender's wages and tax information for the limited purpose of determining an appropriate bail amount. (SD1)

Relating To Bail.

Sen. Clarence Nishihara [D]

Sen. Rosalyn Baker [D]

Sen. Lorraine Inouye [D]

Sen. Dru Kanuha [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-15	Senate	Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.
2019-02-15	Senate	Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 436) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
2019-02-05	Senate	The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Nishihara, Wakai, Baker, Harimoto, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
2019-02-01	Senate	The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 02-05-19 1:15PM in conference room 229.
2019-01-28	Senate	Referred to PSM, JDC.
2019-01-28	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2019-01-24	Senate	Introduced.

SB1538 (Carry Over) 2019-02-15 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1538&year=2019
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB1538_.HTM
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB1538_SD1_.HTM