KY HB718 | 2024 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on February 26 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-02-26 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Amend KRS 431.066 to limit the use of money bail to certain high-risk defendants and create a preventive detention process for defendants of select risk levels and charge types; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to establish a preventive detention hearing process and define the limited circumstances in which money bail can be imposed; amend various statutes to conform; repeal KRS 431.021.

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Title

AN ACT relating to pretrial release.

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History

DateChamberAction
2024-02-26Houseto Committee on Committees (H)
2024-02-26Houseintroduced in House

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