Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 577 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to authorize a magistrate to extend the time a person arrested for a family violence offense may be held after bond has been posted. The act allows a magistrate to order a person to be held more than 24 hours, but not more than 48 hours, if there is probable cause to believe that the person committed the offense and that during the previous 10 years the person has been arrested on more than one occasion for family violence or for any other offense if a deadly weapon was used or exhibited.