Battle over bail bond as session wraps up - The Denver Post
Battle over bail bond as session wraps up - The Denver Post Colorado's bail bondsmen are determined to kill a bill due up in a House committee Tuesday, but one sponsor is afraid time will run out on the bill whether it gets committee approval or not. Senate Bill 186 won final Senate approval by an 18-17 vote last week, and would allow some suspected criminals to post bond without using a bail agent. The state's bail bondsmen have rallied at the Capitol to protest a bill they say would cost them business. The bill, sponsored in the Senate by Sen. John Morse, D-Colorado Springs, and in the House by Rep. Mark Waller, R-Colorado Springs, would allow defendants to post an "alternative bond" directly to the government instead of paying a bail bond agent to guarantee their appearances at Professional Bail Agents of Colorado Vice President Steve Mares called the bill "ugly" and "an attempt to abolish the bail bond industry in Colorado." With the legislature set to adjourn Wednesday, Mares said he was hopeful time would run out before the House could approve the bill. "Hopefully the bill will run off into the 'sunset' and die," he said.
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