04/20/2006 08:30 AM House FINANCE

SENATE BILL NO. 216                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
"An Act relating to bail."                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Representative Stoltze   MOVED   to  ADOPT  Work   Draft  24-                                                                   
LS1300\S,  Luckhaupt, 4/19/06.   There  being NO  OBJECTIONS,                                                                   
the Committee Substitute was ADOPTED.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
9:24:17 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
JOSH TEMPEL,  STAFF, SENATOR HUGGINS  spoke to the bill.   He                                                                   
gave serious  examples of  prisoners who  had been  placed on                                                                   
temporary  release and  either  did not  return or  committed                                                                   
other  crimes.   He discussed  the changes  in the  Committee                                                                   
Substitute:  making exceptions  for those with  misdemeanors,                                                                   
class  B or  C  felonies, family  death,  birth  of a  child,                                                                   
medical or dental treatments.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
9:26:59 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Meyer expressed  his   gratitude  for  Mr.  Tempel's                                                                   
active service in the Marines.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Representative Stoltze   stated  that  this  does not  impact                                                                   
the  general premise  of a  judge setting  bail, only  limits                                                                   
temporary  bail release  restrictions.   He noted  that if  a                                                                   
prisoner  appeared  trustworthy,  a  judge  might  use  their                                                                   
discretion in  setting temporary releases.  He  proposed that                                                                   
the bill  met the  mandates for  compassion, and pointed  out                                                                   
that  judges  may  sometimes   be  unaware  of  the  specific                                                                   
circumstances for  a particular case.   He thanked  the House                                                                   
Judiciary  Committee for  adding  exceptions.   He  confirmed                                                                   
that he was sponsoring a House companion bill.                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
9:29:13 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Meyer closed public testimony.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Representative Foster    MOVED  to REPORT HCS CS  SB216 (FIN)                                                                   
out of Committee with two previously  published fiscal notes:                                                                   
#1,  zero,  COR;  #2 indeterminate,  ADM.    There  being  NO                                                                   
OBJECTIONS, it was so ordered.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
HCS CS  SB216 (FIN)  was Reported Out  of Committee  with two                                                                   
fiscal notes:  #1, zero, (COR);  #2, indeterminate, (ADM) and                                                                   
individual recommendations.