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HB 498 Original 2023 Regular Session Stefanski
Abstract: Establishes a mandatory minimum bail amount for certain offenses and requires a judge
to provide written findings of fact and conclusions of law for setting bail in a less amount.
Proposed law requires the court to set bail in the following amounts, unless the defendant shows by
clear and convincing evidence that the mandatory minimum bail amount violates present law
(C.Cr.P. Art. 316, relative to factors in fixing bail):
(1)An amount no less than $100,000 for a crime of violence.
(2)An amount no less than $500,000 for a crime of violence and the defendant possessed a
firearm during the commission of the crime of violence.
Proposed law further requires the judge to provide written findings of fact and conclusions of law
for setting bail in an amount less than the amount provided in proposed law.
Proposed law does not apply to any defendant charged with a crime of violence for which the crime
provides that a defendant shall not be admitted to bail.
(Adds C.Cr.P. Art. 315.1)