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House Bill 1005 |
House Author: Leman et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-21 |
Senate Sponsor: Huffman |
House Bill 1005 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to require a bail bond for a defendant charged with a trafficking or prostitution-related offense to include certain identifying information for the defendant and any surety, in addition to statutory bond requirements. The bill sets a mandatory bond condition that a defendant charged with such an offense, excluding prostitution, committed against a person 18 years of age or older be barred from direct or indirect communication with the victim and certain proximity to the victim and the victim's child. The bill provides for the revocation of the bond and return to custody for a defendant who is found to have violated those conditions and for the discharge of any sureties on the bond.
House Bill 1005 raises the age at which a victim is considered a child for purposes of mandatory bond conditions for a defendant barring direct communication with and certain proximity to the victim from younger than 14 years of age to younger than 18 years of age. The bill includes trafficking offenses and all public indecency offenses among the offenses that trigger those bond conditions.