Criminal Justice (Human Trafficking)

Relates to the housing of transgender or intersex incarcerated individuals; authorizes the sheriff to assign a transgender or intersex incarcerated individual to any facility housing unit which shall ensure the incarcerated individual's health and safety.

This bill expands the list of offenses for which courts may deny pretrial release or require bail, directly affecting defendants charged with these specific crimes. Key additions include sex trafficking, witness intimidation/tampering, certain hate crimes, crimes involving family members (like assault or strangulation), and offenses committed while on probation or after violating release conditions. The law specifies that courts can order pretrial detention for these qualifying offenses instead of releasing defendants on their own recognizance or under non-monetary conditions. It does not change bail amounts or sentencing but alters when pretrial detention becomes an option for these listed offenses.