2021 Senate Joint Resolution K

Restrict requiring arrestees to post bail to get out of jail

Introduced in the Senate

Oct. 19, 2021

Introduced by Sen. Betty Alexander (D-5)

To place before voters in the next general election a constitutional amendment that would prohibit courts from requiring a person charged with a crime to pay or pledge money to be released on bail unless the individual is “highly likely to willfully flee, poses a specific real and present threat to a person, or has violated a protection order or an existing condition of release,” as indicated by circumstances beyond a simple history” of not appearing in court as ordered.

Referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety