,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bbcc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #aj1 #bjai,mr4
 ,danny ,k4 ,davis of ,illinois 7for    
himself and ,mr4 ,evans7 introduced the 
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to require that ,states release
 persons charged with a misdemeanor on  
non-monetary conditions only prior to   
court adjudication4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,bail    
,fairness ,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,no       
monetary conditions of release to be    
applied to persons charged with         
misdemeanors ,section #eja of title ,i  
of the ,omnibus ,crime ,control and     
,safe ,streets ,act of #aifh 7#cd       
,u4,s4,c4 #ajaeb7 is amended--  7#a7 in 
subsection 7a77#a71 by adding at the end
 the following3  7,i7 ,bail fairness    
programs4  2 and  7#b7 by adding at the 
end the following3  7h7 ,definition ,for
 purposes of this section1 the term bail
 fairness program means a program under 

the law of a ,state that complies with  
the following3  7#a7 ,bail for          
misdemeanors ,monetary conditions of    
release from custody of a person may not
 be imposed if that person is held in   
custody by reason of having been        
arrested for the commission of a        
misdemeanor4  7#b7 ,pre-trial diversion 
,any criminal charges filed against an  
offender described in paragraph 7#a7 may
 be dismissed if-- 7,a7 the offender    
qualifies for and satisfactorily        
completes a ,state-authorized mental    
health diversion program2  7,b7 the     
offender qualifies for and              
satisfactorily completes a              
,state-authorized drug_/alcohol abuse   
diversion program2  7,c7 the offender   
qualifies for and satisfactorily        
completes a ,state-authorized community 
service diversion program2 or  7,d7 the 
offender qualifies for and              
satisfactorily completes any other      
,state-authorized diversion program that
 is appropriate to the age of the       

offender and the offense charged4  4    
#c4 ,department of ,justice review of   
research related to bail reform and     
pretrial release programs  7a7 ,in      
general ,the ,attorney ,general shall   
review research and the results of      
studies which have been completed as of 
the date of the enactment of this ,act  
related to bail reform and pretrial     
release programs in order to determine  
best practices1 and shall make such best
 practices publicly available4  7b7     
,preventing waste ,not later than #ahj  
days after completing the review under  
subsection 7a71 the ,attorney ,general  
shall publish guidelines for ,states    
related to reducing and preventing the  
waste of ,federal resources in          
connection with bail reform and pretrial
 release programs4