Amend CSHB 2020 (house committee printing) as follows:
(2) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
SECTION ____. Chapter 17, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended by adding Article 17.0281 to read as follows:
Art. 17.0281. DEFENDANT RELEASED IN ACCORDANCE WITH BAIL SCHEDULE. Notwithstanding Article 17.028 or any other provision of this chapter, a magistrate is not required to order a pretrial risk assessment for a defendant if the defendant is released on bail in accordance with a standing order setting out a schedule of suggested bail amounts.
SECTION ____. Article 17.03(b-1), Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
(b-1) A defendant is not eligible to be released [magistrate may not release] on personal bond if the [a] defendant:
(1) [who,] at the time of the commission of the charged offense, is civilly committed as a sexually violent predator under Chapter 841, Health and Safety Code;
(2) has, in the preceding two years, failed to appear after being released on personal bond or has had a bond found to be insufficient;
(3) is charged with committing any offense while released on bail, community supervision, or parole for another offense;
(4) is charged with any offense under Title 5, Penal Code, in which there is an identifiable victim;
(5) is charged with an offense that involves possession of four or more grams of a controlled substance;
(6) is charged with, or in the preceding five years was charged with, an offense under Section 38.06, Penal Code;
(7) has been charged with or convicted of an offense under Section 22.011 or 22.021, Penal Code, that caused serious bodily injury to a child; or
(8) is charged with any offense involving the use of a firearm.