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Utah's bail and pretrial release laws would change in several ways under this bill. When someone is arrested without a warrant and booked into jail, jail staff or pretrial services employees would be required to collect and send the court detailed personal information, including the person's immigration status if they are not a U.S. citizen, along with employment, financial, and community-ties information, and this requirement would apply regardless of any other law that might otherwise limit such collection. The bill also creates a new restriction on releasing someone on their own recognizance (without bail or conditions): if a judge finds solid evidence supporting the current charge and determines the person has been charged with at least five non-traffic misdemeanors or felonies and convicted of at least one of those within the past three years, the judge could not release the person without conditions and would instead have to impose measures such as electronic monitoring, inpatient or outpatient treatment, supervised custody, or a financial bail requirement (other than an unsecured bond). Several other bail-related sections covering pretrial release, modification of release conditions, and release pending sentencing or appeal are renumbered or cross-referenced to fit these changes, but their underlying processes remain largely the same.