Bill Text: TX HB196 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced

Texas House Bill 196 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the release of a defendant when the state is not ready for trial.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-07-09 - Filed [HB196 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB196-Introduced.html



	By: Crockett	H.B. No. 196



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the release of a defendant when the state is not ready
	for trial.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 1, Article 17.151, Code of Criminal
	Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 1. A defendant who is detained in jail pending trial of
	an accusation against the defendant [~~him~~] must be released either
	on personal bond or by reducing the amount of bail required, if the
	state is not ready for trial of the criminal action for which the
	defendant [he] is being detained within:
	(1) 60 [90] days from the commencement of the [~~his~~]
	detention if the defendant [he] is accused of a felony;
	(2) 10 [30] days from the commencement of the [~~his~~]
	detention if the defendant [he] is accused of a misdemeanor
	punishable by a sentence of imprisonment in jail for more than 180
	days;
	(3) five [15] days from the commencement of the [~~his~~]
	detention if the defendant [he] is accused of a misdemeanor
	punishable by a sentence of imprisonment for 180 days or less; or
	(4) three [~~five~~] days from the commencement of the
	[~~his~~] detention if the defendant [he] is accused of a misdemeanor
	punishable by a fine only.
	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.