Bill Text: HI SB350 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Criminal Pretrial Reform.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-12-11 - Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. [SB350 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-SB350-Introduced.html
THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
350 |
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to criminal pretrial reform.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
The purpose of this Act is to eliminate the use of monetary bail and require defendants to be released on their own recognizance for traffic offenses, violations, nonviolent petty misdemeanor offenses, nonviolent misdemeanor offenses, and nonviolent class C felony offenses.
SECTION 2. Chapter 804, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§804- Monetary bail; nonviolent offenders. (a)
Any defendant arrested, charged, and held for a traffic offense,
violation, nonviolent petty misdemeanor offense, nonviolent misdemeanor offense,
or nonviolent class C felony offense shall be ordered by the court to be released
on the defendant's own recognizance at arraignment and plea conditioned upon:
(1) The defendant's appearance in court;
and
(2) Any other least restrictive, non-monetary
condition necessary to:
(A) Ensure the defendant's appearance in
court; and
(B) Protect the public.
(b) This section shall not apply if:
(1) The offense involves:
(A) Assault;
(B) Terroristic threatening;
(C) Sexual assault;
(D) Abuse of family or household
members;
(E) Violation of a temporary restraining
order;
(F) Violation of an order for
protection;
(G) Violation of
a restraining order or injunction;
(H) Operating a vehicle under the
influence of an intoxicant;
(I) Negligent homicide;
(J) A minor;
(K) Unauthorized entry into a dwelling;
or
(L) Any other crime of violence; or
(2) One or more of the following apply:
(A) The defendant has a history of
non-appearance in the last twenty-four months;
(B) The defendant has at least one prior
conviction for a misdemeanor crime of violence or felony crime of violence
within the last eight years;
(C) The defendant was pending trial or
sentencing at the time of arrest;
(D) The defendant was on probation,
parole, or conditional release at the time of arrest;
(E) The defendant is also concurrently
charged with a violent petty misdemeanor, a violent misdemeanor, or any felony
offense arising from the same or separate incident; or
(F) The defendant presents a risk of
danger to any identifiable person or persons or to the community, including but
not limited to a risk of infection.
(c) If any of the exceptions in subsection (b)
apply, and the court finds no condition or combination of non-monetary
conditions in section 804-7.1 will ensure the defendant's appearance or protect
against specific threats of imminent harm to an identifiable person or persons
or the community, bail may be set in a reasonable amount pursuant to section
804-9, taking into consideration the defendant's financial ability to afford
bail. If the defendant is unable to post
the amount of bail, the defendant shall be entitled to a prompt hearing under
section 804-7.5. If the defendant is
unable to post bail in the amount of $99 or less, the director of public safety
may, in the director's discretion, release the defendant.
(d) This section shall neither preclude law enforcement from setting an initial bail before arraignment, nor prevent a court from determining bail or conditions of release at arraignment should an initial bail be set by law enforcement before arraignment."
SECTION 3. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
SECTION 4. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2023.
INTRODUCED BY: |
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Report Title:
Bail; Release; Detention
Description:
Eliminates the use of monetary bail and requires defendants to be released on their own recognizance for traffic offenses; violations; and nonviolent petty misdemeanor, misdemeanor, and nonviolent class C felony offenses, with certain exceptions.
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