HB130 Summary

• Establishes "Aniah's Law" to expand offenses for which judges may deny bail after a pretrial detention hearing, including murder, kidnapping, rape, sexual torture, human trafficking, burglary, arson, robbery, terrorism, and aggravated child abuse.

• Requires prosecutors to prove by clear and convincing evidence that no condition or combination of conditions will ensure defendant appearance in court or protect community safety before bail can be denied for the enumerated offenses.

• Mandates courts hold pretrial detention hearings immediately upon defendant's first appearance unless continuance is requested, with defendant continuances limited to five days and prosecutor continuances to three days, excluding weekends and holidays.

• Grants defendants at pretrial detention hearings the right to counsel, testify, present witnesses and evidence, and cross-examine witnesses, with judges having discretion over witness selection.

• Specifies judges must make written findings or state findings of fact and reasons for denying bail within 48 hours of the hearing, and provides that defendant testimony at the hearing is inadmissible in subsequent proceedings except for perjury or impeachment.