S 2495
110th Congress
Senate
Crime and Law Enforcement
Bail
Criminal procedure
Forfeiture
Bail Bond Fairness Act of 2007
Introduced: December 18, 2007
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Became law
Dec 18, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Dec 18, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S15913-15914)
Dec 18, 2007
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Bail Bond Fairness Act of 2007 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit a judicial officer from declaring forfeited a bail bond for violation of specified collateral release conditions other than failing to appear in court. Makes forfeiture of a bail bond for violation of such collateral release conditions unavailable as a sanction.
Amends the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to provide that if a defendant fails to appear physically before the court (currently, if there is a breach of a condition of a bond), the court shall declare a forfeiture of the bail.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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