3.0.0 3375 2022-02-09T01:11:11Z 2022-02-09T01:11:11Z Senate S 2020-03-03 116 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-03-03T16:29:10Z State Justice Improvement Act 116 6061 HR 2020-03-03 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Identical bill CRS 2020-03-03 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2020-03-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI N W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2020-03-03 True J000300 Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL] Doug Jones D AL 2020-03-03 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2020-03-03 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2020-03-03 True Law Administrative law and regulatory procedures Census and government statistics Congressional oversight Correctional facilities and imprisonment Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Criminal justice information and records Criminal procedure and sentencing Detention of persons Employment and training programs Government studies and investigations Interest, dividends, interest rates Judicial procedure and administration National and community service State and local courts User charges and fees Voting rights Law 00 2020-03-03 Introduced in Senate 2020-11-10T17:59:31Z State Justice Improvement Act

This bill reauthorizes through FY2026 the State Justice Institute, a nonprofit corporation established by federal law, and authorizes the institute to award grants for the development and implementation of best policies and practices for the constitutional and equitable enforcement of fines, fees, and monetary bail.

Specifically, the institute may award these grants to state and local courts, nonprofit organizations, institutions of higher education, and other specified entities. The policies and practices must incorporate guidance that courts should, among other things, prohibit the use of monetary bail schedules and consider alternatives to incarceration for defendants who are unable to pay fines and monetary bail.

]]> State Justice Improvement Act Display Title State Justice Improvement Act Short Title(s) as Introduced State Justice Improvement Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 to provide technical assistance and training to State and local courts to improve the constitutional and equitable enforcement of fines, fees, and monetary bail, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3375is/xml/BILLS-116s3375is.xml 2020-03-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.