Amend CSHB 2020 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) Strike "Article 17.15(a)(6)" and substitute "Article 17.1501" in each of the following places it appears:
(A) page 3, line 13;
(B) page 6, line 23; and
(C) page 7, line 5.
(2) Strike page 8, lines 1 through 3.
(3) On page 8, line 4, strike "(7)" and substitute "(6)".
(4) On page 8, line 21, strike "applies" and substitute "and Article 17.15, Code of Criminal Procedure, as amended by this Act, apply".
(5) Strike page 8, lines 23 through 26.
(6) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Chapter 17, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended by adding Article 17.1501 to read as follows:
Art. 17.1501. RULES FOR SETTING AMOUNT OF BAIL: PRETRIAL RISK ASSESSMENT. In addition to the requirements of Article 17.15, in setting the amount of bail to be required in any case, the court, judge, magistrate, or officer taking the bail shall consider the results of a pretrial risk assessment conducted using the validated pretrial risk assessment tool adopted for statewide use under Article 17.021(k).
SECTION ____. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
(b) Articles 17.028 and 17.1501, Code of Criminal Procedure, as added by this Act, take effect September 1, 2020.