SB 857

This bill requires the Department of Justice to collect from the Director of State

Courts all of the following information for each crime charged: 1) the county in which

charges were filed; 2) the name of the prosecuting attorney assigned to the case; 3)

the name of the judge assigned to the case; 4) the criminal charge filed; 5) for each

criminal charge filed, whether the judge released the defendant without bail, upon

the execution of an unsecured appearance bond, upon the execution of an appearance

bond with sufficient solvent sureties, or upon the deposit of cash in lieu of sureties,

or denied release under s. 969.035; 6) for each criminal charge for which a judge

required the execution of an appearance bond with sufficient solvent sureties, the

monetary amount of the bond; 7) for each criminal charge for which a judge required

the deposit of cash in lieu of sureties, the monetary amount of cash required; and 8)

for each criminal charge filed, any other conditions of release imposed on the

defendant.

Under the bill, DOJ must publish an annual report using the data collected on

its Internet site in an interactive format, and also submit a report on the data to the

chief clerk of each house of the legislature for distribution to the appropriate

standing committees.