Bill Text: TX SB532 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the release of certain defendants on personal bond or on bail.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-11 - Referred to Jurisprudence [SB532 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB532-Introduced.html
87R6178 ADM-D | ||
By: Bettencourt | S.B. No. 532 |
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relating to the release of certain defendants on personal bond or on | ||
bail. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the Caitlynne Rose | ||
Infinger Guajardo Act. | ||
SECTION 2. Article 17.03, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (b-2) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), [ |
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(b-2), a magistrate may, in the magistrate's discretion, release | ||
the defendant on personal bond without sureties or other security. | ||
(b-2) A magistrate may not release on personal bond a | ||
defendant who is charged with: | ||
(1) an offense alleged to have been committed while | ||
the defendant was released on personal bond for another offense; or | ||
(2) an offense punishable as a felony if two or more | ||
other felony charges are pending against the defendant. | ||
SECTION 3. Chapter 17, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
amended by adding Article 17.1501 to read as follows: | ||
Art. 17.1501. MINIMUM AMOUNT OF BAIL FOR DEFENDANT CHARGED | ||
WITH MULTIPLE FELONIES. The amount of bail required for a defendant | ||
who is charged with three or more felony offenses, regardless of | ||
whether each charge is pending before the same court, shall be set | ||
in an amount not less than $10,000 for each felony offense charged | ||
against the defendant. | ||
SECTION 4. 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 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |