The new bill instructs judges to consider a person's risk level, as well as their likelihood to appear in court, when setting their conditions of release from jail before their trial instead of a monetary based system.

The court’s rulebook largely didn’t change after a bail reform law was repealed earlier this year. Lawmakers are letting that slide for now, but there could be a power struggle down the road.

Defense attorneys are divided on what role monetary bail should play going forward under compromise bail reform legislation a group of stakeholders are working on.

As lawmakers and representatives from Utah’s criminal justice system try to craft a compromise bail reform policy, prosecutors are divided, especially when it comes to how to pay for the programs that replace monetary bail.

A group working on crafting bail reform policy says they agree with the same basic principle: poor people shouldn’t be held in jail just because they can’t afford to pay bail and rich people shouldn’t get out just because they have money.