HB2190 S JUD AMT #1 3-4

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The Committee on Judiciary moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. Com. Sub. for House Bill 2190—A Bill to amend and reenact §62-1C-1a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating generally to bail in criminal cases; requiring a court to first consider a personal recognizance or unsecured monetary bond; establishing possible conditions of release if a court deems release on one’s own recognizance or an unsecured bond insufficient to assure that the person charged will appear as directed, assure his or her safety or the safety of others and the community; establishing factors to be considered in setting bail; establishing required conditions of release for felony offenses involving minor victims and violations of the sex offender registration law; prohibiting setting financial conditions solely to keep a charged person incarcerated; and clarifying that a judicial officer may modify conditions of bail at any time.

Adopted

Rejected