Texas Legislature

Author:

Huffman

Smith | Cook | Harless | Kacal

09/17/2021 E See remarks for effective date

Relating to rules for setting the amount of bail, to the release of certain defendants on a monetary bond or personal bond, to related duties of certain officers taking bail bonds and of a magistrate in a criminal case, to charitable bail organizations, and to the reporting of information pertaining to bail bonds.

Author:

Huffman

Kacal | Smith | Cook

08/30/2021 H Failed of adoption

Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring a judge or magistrate to impose the least restrictive conditions of bail that may be necessary and authorizing the denial of bail under some circumstances to a person accused of a violent or sexual offense or of continuous trafficking of persons.