Bill Text: TX HB1008 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to conditions of release on bond for a defendant charged with certain offenses committed against a child.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-04 - Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence [HB1008 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1008-Introduced.html
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By: Leman | H.B. No. 1008 |
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relating to conditions of release on bond for a defendant charged | ||
with certain offenses committed against a child. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Article 17.41(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) This article applies to a defendant charged with an | ||
offense under any of the following provisions of the Penal Code, if | ||
committed against a child younger than 18 [ |
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(1) Chapter 20A (Trafficking of Persons), 21 (Sexual | ||
Offenses), [ |
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or | ||
(2) Section 25.02 (Prohibited Sexual Conduct) [ |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to a person who is arrested on or after the effective date of this | ||
Act. A person arrested before the effective date of this Act is | ||
governed by the law in effect on the date the person was arrested, | ||
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |