Bill > S00259

Enacts "Jilly's law"; adds criteria for determining whether to issue an order of recognizance or bail; grants court discretion to order a defendant on bail to submit to the use of an electronic monitoring device; allows the court to consider any record of violations of court orders; authorizes the court to consider any history or pattern of threats or violent acts against the alleged victim or towards others; provides that if the court denies bail, it shall place its reasons on the record.