H1627: Pretrial Release and Detention

Legislative Summary

Provides for setting, reduction, & alteration of bail; requires Supreme Court to create statewide uniform bail bond schedule; provides for chief judge of judicial circuit to establish lower bail bond schedule; provides certain arrested persons may not be released until first appearance; provides court may revoke pretrial release & order detention if defendant materially violates release condition; requires court to order pretrial detention in certain circumstances; provides requirements for detention hearings; removes requirement for pretrial detention for defendants charged with illegally manufacturing controlled substances in certain cases.