Prohibiting cashless bail in the district of columbia

The District of Columbia shall not have in effect a policy or practice that— (1) fails to allow for cash bail at the highest level necessary to ensure public safety, as appropriate, as a condition of pretrial release for a defendant that poses a clear threat to public safety and order, including— (A) a defendant charged with an offense involving— (i) a failure to appear; (ii) obstruction of justice; (iii) fleeing from a law enforcement officer; (iv) rioting or inciting to riot; (v) sexual abuse; (vi) destruction of another’s property; (vii) stalking; or (viii) aggravated assault; and (B) a defendant charged with such an offense on multiple occasions; or (2) fails to mandate or impose an automatic presumption of pretrial detention for all defendants charged with violent offenses, such as murder, rape, carjacking, sexual abuse of a minor, robbery, or burglary.