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ENROLLED 2025 Legislature SB 2-C 20252Cer 523 903.046, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 524 903.046 Purpose of and criteria for bail determination. - 525 (2) When determining whether to release a defendant on bail 526 or other conditions, and what that bail or those conditions may 527 be, the court shall consider: 528 (c) The defendant's family ties, length of residence in the 529 community, immigration status, employment history, financial 530 resources, and mental condition. 531 Section 14. Subsections (1) and (3) and paragraph (e) of 532 subsection (5) of section 907.041, Florida Statutes, are 533 amended, subsection (6) is added to that section, and paragraph 534 (a) of subsection (5) of that section is republished, to read: 535 907.041 Pretrial detention and release. - 536 (1) LEGISLATIVE INTENT. -It is the policy of this state that 537 persons committing serious criminal offenses, posing a threat to 538 the safety of the community or the integrity of the judicial 539 process, e -r- failing to appear at trial, or posing a substantial 540 flight risk because of their status as unauthorized aliens be 541 detained upon arrest. However, persons found to meet specified 542 criteria shall be released under certain conditions until 543 proceedings are concluded and adjudication has been determined. 544 The Legislature finds that this policy of pretrial detention and 545 release will assure the detention of those persons posing a 546 threat to society while reducing the costs for incarceration by 547 releasing, until trial, those persons not considered a danger to 548 the community who meet certain criteria. It is the intent of the 549 Legislature that the primary consideration be the protection of 550 the community from risk of physical harm to persons. 551 (3) RELEASE ON NONMONETARY CONDITIONS. - Page 19 of 51 CODING: Wordsst-rie]een are deletions; words underlined are additions. 252