Bill Text: TX HB4234 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to public access to hearings or proceedings for setting bail.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-25 - Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence [HB4234 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4234-Introduced.html
86R13636 ADM-D | ||
By: González of Dallas | H.B. No. 4234 |
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relating to public access to hearings or proceedings for setting | ||
bail. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 17, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
amended by adding Article 17.50 to read as follows: | ||
Art. 17.50. PROCEEDING OPEN TO PUBLIC. (a) Any hearing or | ||
other proceeding at which a magistrate sets the amount of bail for a | ||
defendant, including a proceeding under this chapter or Article | ||
15.17, must be open to the public. | ||
(b) A magistrate may satisfy the requirements of this | ||
article by ordering that the proceeding be broadcast by closed | ||
circuit equipment to a location that is reasonably close to the | ||
proceeding. | ||
(c) A broadcast made under Subsection (b) must be recorded | ||
by the magistrate and the recording maintained for a period of not | ||
less than one year. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act applies only to a hearing or proceeding | ||
that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |