AB 3125: Bail: schedules.

Existing law provides for the manner in which superior court judges are required to prepare, adopt, and revise a uniform countywide schedule of bail for all bailable felony offenses and for all misdemeanor and infraction offenses, except Vehicle Code infractions. Existing law requires that, in adopting a uniform countywide schedule of bail, the judges consider the seriousness of the offense charged, as specified.

This bill would require, in adopting or revising a uniform countywide schedule of bail, the judges to, if a person is booked or charged with 2 or more offenses, require bail to be the amount computed under the bail schedule for the charge having the highest amount of bail or, in certain circumstances, the sum of the amount scheduled for each offense, as specified. The bill would additionally require the amount of bail for applicable enhancements to be added only once per victim and the amounts for prior convictions, if applicable, to be added only once per case for a person charged with 2 or more offenses.