SB 150-PRETRIAL RELEASE; NON-AK CRIM HISTORY  2:37:28 PM CHAIR COGHILL announced the consideration of SB 150 and noted that in a previous meeting the department spoke to his proposed amendment on the five-year lookback. 2:39:22 PM At ease 2:42:22 PM CHAIR COGHILL reconvened the meeting. 2:42:31 PM CHAIR COSTELLO moved Amendment 1, work order 30-GS2814\O.6. AMENDMENT 1 OFFERED IN THE SENATE TO: CSSB 150(JUD), Draft Version "O" Page 5, lines 13 - 14: Delete "within the previous five years" CHAIR COGHILL objected for discussion purposes. SENATOR COSTELLO said she appreciates the amendment because it allows the data to be collected and become validated data in the future. CHAIR COGHILL removed his objection and Amendment 1 was adopted. 2:43:43 PM SENATOR WIELECHOWSKI moved Amendment 2, work order 30- GS2814\O.3. AMENDMENT 2 OFFERED IN THE SENATE BY SENATOR WIELECHOWSKI TO: CSSB 150(JUD), Draft Version "O" Page 3, line 14: Delete "to moderate" Insert "[TO MODERATE]" Page 3, line 17, following "(2)": Insert "moderate to SENATOR COGHILL objected. SENATOR WIELECHOWSKI explained that the amendment deletes the requirement for mandatory release where a person is arrested for a misdemeanor and is deemed by the pretrial assessment tool to be a moderate risk. He pointed out that a person who has multiple failure to appear warrants in the last several years and multiple arrests could still be deemed a moderate risk. He said it's a reasonable approach to say, we're not going to mandate that judges let these people go free. He opined that most prosecutors and judges would agree with this amendment. He said he supports giving people second chances but the people who score high enough to be deemed a moderate risk have already been given multiple chances. He reminded members that the attorney general testified that we're seeing a situation where people are getting arrested and released multiple times. SENATOR WIELECHOWSKI posited that changes could be made in the future if the Department of Corrections (DOC) develops a more reliable assessment tool, but until that happens a fix is needed. 2:48:59 PM CHAIR COGHILL maintained his objection. He pointed out that if somebody violates a condition of release based on mandatory OR, they would automatically not qualify for the mandatory release provision. Their score would be high if they had multiple prior failures to appear. He said the tool may need to be refined but it is working well. The implication that there is no supervision under the mandatory release provision is not true. If a person fails supervision, they never again qualify for mandatory release. He also pointed out that for the first time, people who fail to appear are being caught. That wasn't the case before DOC implemented the pretrial assessment tool. CHAIR COGHILL asked for a roll call on Amendment 2 to SB 150. 2:50:22 PM A roll call vote was taken. Senators Wielechowski, Costello, and Shower voted in favor of Amendment 2 for SB 150 and Senators Kelly and Coghill voted against it. Therefore, Amendment 2 passed by a 3:2 vote. 2:50:50 PM CHAIR COGHILL adjourned the Senate Judiciary Standing Committee meeting at 2:50 p.m.