SB 806 West Virginia Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Reorganizing several provisions of bail statutes

SB 806 reorganizes West Virginia's bail statutes to clarify and update procedures for setting bail and pretrial release. It requires judicial officers to consider specific factors like offense severity, defendant’s criminal history, and health when determining bail, and mandates release on recognizance (without money deposit) for certain misdemeanors unless there’s good cause to deny it. The bill sets a maximum cash bail amount for misdemeanors, adds requirements for surety bonds (including net worth rules), and prohibits judges from suggesting relatives as sureties. These changes directly affect defendants facing criminal charges, courts, and bail bond providers by standardizing bail decisions and expanding pretrial release options for non-violent offenses.
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Mar 2025
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Governor
Introduced Mar 19, 2025 Last action Mar 19, 2025
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Mar 19, 2025
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1 primary · 5 co-sponsors

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