CO HB1225

Prohibits courts from imposing monetary bail conditions for defendants charged with traffic offenses, petty offenses, or comparable municipal offenses, requiring release on personal recognizance instead.

Exempts property crimes with values under $50 that would constitute petty offenses under state law from monetary bail requirements if charged as municipal offenses.

Allows monetary bail to be imposed for traffic offenses involving death or bodily injury, eluding police officers, operating a vehicle with a circumvented interlock device, and municipal offenses with substantially similar elements to state misdemeanors.

Permits local pretrial release policies to require monetary conditions before individual judicial consideration if defendants are first informed they are entitled to personal recognizance bond release.

Authorizes courts to issue warrants with monetary bond conditions for defendants who fail to appear or violate release conditions, though such defendants must be released on personal recognizance if unable to post bond before next individualized consideration.