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FL SB 1534

Title: Pretrial Release and Detention
Author: Jonathan Allen Martin

Summary
Specifying that only a judge is authorized to set, reduce, or alter a defendant’s bail; authorizing the chief judge of a judicial circuit to petition the Florida Supreme Court for approval of a countywide or circuitwide bond schedule that sets a lower bond amount than required by the uniform statewide bond schedule; revising the requirements with which a defendant must comply as conditions of pretrial release imposed by the court; prohibiting persons arrested for, rather than charged with, a dangerous crime from being granted nonmonetary pretrial release at a first appearance hearing, etc.

Status
Introduced

Bill Documents
FL SB 1534 - Original Filed Version
2023-03-03 - FL SB 1534 (Original Filed Version)


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