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• Introduced by Rep. Marilyn E. Canavan (D) on February 8, 2007, this bill requires that a judicial officer must determine before ordering a pretrial release of a defendant for a crime bailable as of right preconviction whether the release will compromise the public safety. Therefore, a person with a conviction for a sexual offense would not be released if the judicial officer determined the person would compromise public safety if released.
  • Referred to the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee on February 8, 2007.
• Passed in the House by voice vote on February 8, 2007.
• Received in the Senate on February 8, 2007.
• Failed in the Senate by voice vote on May 29, 2007, the senate/or house decided against further actions and the bill is dead.