RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- North Carolina lawmakers are set to discuss a new bill Monday ushering in a series of changes to criminal justice system.

This comes in response to last month's deadly stabbing of a woman on a Charlotte light rail. 34-year-old Decarlos Brown is now facing state and federal charges in connection to the case, which has drawn national attention.

House Bill 307 is called Iryna's Law. It is named after Iryna Zarutska, the 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee killed in that attack.

The proposed legislation has several components, including eliminating cashless bail for certain offenses and creating a new category of violent offenses in which a judge or magistrate must impose certain conditions for pretrial release, including GPS monitoring.

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