System updates will be applied on February 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM. These updates will include changes to the user interface. Work is expected to take approximately 30 minutes to complete, during which the site will be unavailable.
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.