Criminal procedure, provides that an Aniah's Law hearing satisfies the right to a preliminary hearing

HB 537 modifies the process for preliminary hearings in criminal cases. Currently, individuals arrested for a felony have a right to a preliminary hearing to determine if there's enough evidence to proceed before being formally charged. This bill proposes that a pretrial detention hearing, specifically one held for certain serious offenses covered by "Aniah's Law," would satisfy this existing right. This means that for these specific felony cases, one hearing could serve as both a pretrial detention review and the required preliminary hearing.