Bills › 89th General Assembly
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 12, 2022
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 12, 2022
- Done: House committeeJanuary 24, 2022
- Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 2097
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became HF 2097 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 2097 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary If a person misses a required court date, the court can take the money used for their bail. Currently, the court must send a written notice to the person and their bail provider to explain why the money should not be taken. This bill changes the amount of time the court must give them to respond to that notice.1
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This bill relates to forfeiture of bail. Current law provides that if a defendant fails to appear in court at the defendant’s arraignment, trial, judgment, or other court proceedings where the defendant’s personal appearance is lawfully required, or to surrender in execution of the judgment, the court must enter a forfeiture judgment of the defendant’s bail. As a part of the entry the court is required to provide days’ notice in writing to the defendant and the defendant’s sureties to appear and show cause, if any, why judgment should not be entered for the amount of bail. _____ should not be entered for the amount of bail.
House subcommittee
Named January 12, 2022. On January 19, 2022 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 3-0.
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