A bill to provide grants to States and Indian tribes to reform their criminal justice system to encourage the replacement of the use of payment of secured money bail as a condition of pretrial release in criminal cases, and for other purposes.
The bill’s titles are written by its sponsor.
Sponsor and status
115th Congress (2017–2019)
This bill was introduced on July 20, 2017, in a previous session of Congress, but it did not receive a vote.
Although this bill was not enacted, its provisions could have become law by being included in another bill. It is common for legislative text to be introduced concurrently in multiple bills (called companion bills), re-introduced in subsequent sessions of Congress in new bills, or added to larger bills (sometimes called omnibus bills).
1 Cosponsor (1 Republican)
Position statements
What legislators are saying
“Curbelo, Lieu Lead Bipartisan Effort to Curb Costly, Unfair Bail Systems”
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Rep. Carlos Curbelo [R-FL26, 2015-2018]
on Oct 11, 2017
“ABA Journal: Boosting Bail Reform: ABA urges Congress to limit use of cash bail”
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Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA36]
on Oct 30, 2017
“reps. Lieu and curbelo lead bipartisan effort to curb costly and unfair bail systems”
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Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA36]
on Oct 10, 2017
History
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Jul 20, 2017
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Introduced
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S. 1593 (115th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
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This bill was introduced in the 115th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2017 to Jan 3, 2019. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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