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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 817

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Relating to: bail for a criminal defendant who is charged with bail jumping.

Court — Procedure Crime and criminals Judge

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, a judge may release a person charged with a crime without

bail, or may release the defendant only if he or she executes an unsecured appearance

bond. Under current law, a judge also has discretion to require a defendant to

execute a secured bond to be released. Under this bill, a judge may not release a

defendant without bail or on an unsecured bond if the defendant is charged with bail

jumping. Such a defendant may be released only if he or she executes a secured bond.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Brandtjen (R) , Dittrich (R) , Duchow (R) , Horlacher (R) , Kerkman (R) , Knodl (R) , Ott (R) , Plumer (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Wichgers (R)

3 cosponsors

Jacque (R) , Nass (R) , Stroebel (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 9, Noes 5

Passed 9–5 Feb 6, 2020 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 9, Noes 5

Passed 9–5 Feb 6, 2020 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 61, Noes 37

Passed 61–37 Feb 11, 2020 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: PASSAGE

Passed 62–36 Feb 11, 2020 official source full page

Aye · 62

Not voting · 1

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Insurance, Financial Services, Government Oversight and Courts, Ayes 4, Noes 1

Passed 4–1 Mar 17, 2020 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Jan 28, 2020 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Ott, Horlacher, Sanfelippo, Kerkman, Duchow, Wichgers, Dittrich, Knodl, Brandtjen and Plumer; cosponsored by Senators Stroebel, Nass and Jacque

  2. Jan 28, 2020 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

  3. Jan 30, 2020 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Feb 4, 2020 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Sortwell

  5. Feb 5, 2020 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Crowley

  6. Feb 6, 2020 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Feb 6, 2020 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 9, Noes 5

  8. Feb 6, 2020 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 9, Noes 5

  9. Feb 6, 2020 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Feb 6, 2020 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-11-2020 by Committee on Rules

  11. Feb 11, 2020 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  12. Feb 11, 2020 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Crowley, Bowen, Hintz, Hesselbein, Spreitzer, Doyle, B. Meyers, McGuire, Neubauer, Fields, Pope, Ohnstad, Sargent, Subeck, Sinicki, C. Taylor, Emerson, Cabrera, Goyke, Brostoff and Stuck

  13. Feb 11, 2020 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 61, Noes 37

  14. Feb 11, 2020 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  15. Feb 11, 2020 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  16. Feb 11, 2020 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  17. Feb 11, 2020 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 62, Noes 36

  18. Feb 11, 2020 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  19. Feb 12, 2020 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  20. Feb 28, 2020 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Insurance, Financial Services, Government Oversight and Courts

  21. Mar 17, 2020 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  22. Mar 17, 2020 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Insurance, Financial Services, Government Oversight and Courts, Ayes 4, Noes 1

  23. Mar 17, 2020 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  24. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1