IN SB0008 | 2022 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: Engrossed on January 26 2022 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-01-31 - First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
Pending: House Courts and Criminal Code Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Status: Engrossed on January 26 2022 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-01-31 - First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
Pending: House Courts and Criminal Code Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Summary
Nonprofit bail funding. Allows a charitable organization to pay bail on behalf of a defendant if the organization meets certain criteria. Exempts from the certification requirement a charitable organization that pays bail for not more than two individuals in any 180 day period. Prohibits the state and a political subdivision from: (1) posting bail for any person; or (2) providing a grant to any entity that provides funding for any person. Requires a court to apply the bail to certain court costs. Prohibits an entity that has received a grant from the state or a political subdivision from posting bail for any person or providing a grant, directly or indirectly, to an entity that posts bail for any person.
Title
Nonprofit bail funding.
Sponsors
Sen. Aaron Freeman [R] | Sen. Kyle Walker [R] | Sen. Michael Crider [R] | Sen. Michael Young [R] |
Sen. Jack Sandlin [R] | Sen. Scott Baldwin [R] | Sen. Eric Koch [R] | Rep. Peggy Mayfield [R] |
Roll Calls
2022-01-25 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 32 N: 14 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2022-01-18 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 7 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-01-18 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 7 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2022-01-31 | House | First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code |
2022-01-26 | Senate | Referred to the House |
2022-01-25 | Senate | Senator Koch added as coauthor |
2022-01-25 | Senate | House sponsor: Representative Mayfield |
2022-01-25 | Senate | Third reading: passed; Roll Call 63: yeas 32, nays 14 |
2022-01-24 | Senate | Amendment #1 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote |
2022-01-24 | Senate | Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed |
2022-01-20 | Senate | Committee report: amend do pass, adopted |
2022-01-04 | Senate | Senator Baldwin added as coauthor |
2022-01-04 | Senate | First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law |
2022-01-04 | Senate | Coauthored by Senators Young M and Sandlin |
2022-01-04 | Senate | Authored by Senators Freeman, Walker K, Crider |