SB 556 (2018)

Requires a court to consider the financial resources of a person when setting cash bail, and forbids the court from setting bail in an amount a low income person cannot pay. Under this bill, a court could only require a person to stay in jail before trial if the court finds - by a preponderance of the evidence - that the person will likely not appear in court or will endanger the community. This bill also explicitly states that homelessness does not constitute evidence that a person will not appear in court. This bill also makes some changes to the criminal records annulment process, generally requiring the court to annul violation-level offenses after one year and class B misdemeanors after two years.  Lastly, this bill establishes a commission to study pretrial detention.