AT A GLANCE: Criminal justice reform issues

  • Criminal justice reform - Bail Bonds
    Criminal justice reform - Bail Bonds

    • Earlier this year, state lawmakers attempted to make changes in the system with Senate Bill 252. •

    • The measure would have increased the use of “recognizance bonds,” a written promise to appear in court without a monetary bail.

    • Despite bipartisan support, the measure failed in the House of Representatives on a 45-49 vote.

    Within the past few weeks, a joint House-Senate committee conducted an interim hearing on the bail bond system, which could lead to another round of legislation next year designed to change the bail bond system.