Labor revealed more detail around its beefed-up reforms on Tuesday before legislation was introduced in the lower house.
A first bill will remove the principle of remand as a last resort, make community safety an overarching principle for bail decision-makers and reintroduce bail offences.
Under the changes, the crime of committing an indictable offence while on bail for another indictable offence and breaching a bail condition will face up to three months in prison.
Bail tests will also be toughened up for serious offences such as aggravated burglary, home invasion and knife crime.
However, a new bail test for serious, repeat offenders and strengthened bail test for those who commit an indictable offence while on bail for an indictable offence will be split off into a second bill.
That bill will be introduced in mid-2025 and the government has vowed to develop "safeguards" so the tougher bail test is proportionate.
The first reforms package will take effect as soon as the bill is passed and proclaimed, aside from the tougher bail tests for serious offences which are at least another three months away.
"We won't be leaving parliament this week until these tough new bail laws are passed," Premier Jacinta Allan told reporters.
Shadow Attorney-General Michael O'Brien said the opposition wouldn't stand in the way of passing the bill but it would try to amend the reforms in the upper house.
The amendments will centre on toughening consequences for breaching bail conditions and committing an indictable offence on bail.
Mr O'Brien was briefed on the bill on Tuesday morning after abruptly leaving an online meeting for non-government MPs on Monday afternoon, citing the government's refusal to provide a copy of the legislation.
Attorney-General Sonya Kilkenny accused Mr O'Brien of chucking a "tantrum" and said the bill was provided later in the afternoon.
"I offered another opportunity for a briefing last night," she said.
Mr O'Brien said he told Ms Kilkenny he couldn't attend a later briefing as he had a function and spent the evening pouring over the bill.
"The purpose of a bill briefing isn't for the attorney-general to sit up there like a kindergarten teacher and say these are the things I want you to focus on," he said.
Opposition Leader Brad Battin, meanwhile, has conceded he should have been more up front before jetting off for a holiday last week as the bail reforms were announced.
When asked by reporters on Saturday, Mr Battin said he was visiting his cyclone-affected parents and failed to mention he went on a four-day cruise with his wife.
The Liberal leader said he wasn't trying to be evasive and pointed out he wasn't aware the Allan government would go on a policy blitz last week.Â
"I could have been more up front with it ... I have to take a lesson from that," he said.
He denied it was his "ScoMo moment", a reference to when former prime minister Scott Morrison was widely condemned for holidaying in Hawaii while bushfires burnt across the nation in 2019.
Former Victorian Liberal leader Matthew Guy said MPs were entitled to a holiday but John Pesutto, who lost the leadership to Mr Batton in December, appeared to take a subtle dig at his successor.
"I didn't get a chance to take any leave, (I) worked pretty hard," Mr Pesutto said.
Human rights and youth advocates will hold a snap rally outside parliament on Tuesday to protest the proposed bail changes.
