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Amend CSSB 6 (house committee report) as follows:
(1) On page 5, strike lines 15 and 16, and substitute
"(i) offenses described by Article 17.03(b-2)".
(2) Strike page 14, line 13, through page 21, line 16, and substitute the following:
SECTION 6. Article 17.03, Code of Criminal Procedure, as effective September 1, 2021, is amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-2) to read as follows:
(b) Only the court before whom the case is pending may release on personal bond a defendant who:
(1) is charged with an offense under the following sections of the Penal Code:
(A) [Section 19.03 (Capital Murder);
[(B)] Section 20.04 (Aggravated Kidnapping);
(B) [(C)
Section 22.021 (Aggravated Sexual Assault);
[(D)
Section 22.03 (Deadly Assault on Law Enforcement or Corrections Officer, Member or Employee of Board of Pardons and Paroles, or Court Participant);
[(E)] Section 22.04 (Injury to a Child, Elderly Individual, or Disabled Individual);
(C) [(F)] Section 29.03 (Aggravated Robbery);
(D) [(G)] Section 30.02 (Burglary); or
(E) [(H)] Section 71.02 (Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity);
[(I)
Section 21.02 (Continuous Sexual Abuse of Young Child or Disabled Individual); or
[(J)
Section 20A.03 (Continuous Trafficking of Persons);]
(2) is charged with a felony under Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, or Section 485.033, Health and Safety Code, punishable by imprisonment for a minimum term or by a maximum fine that is more than a minimum term or maximum fine for a first degree felony; or
(3) does not submit to testing for the presence of a controlled substance in the defendant's body as requested by the court or magistrate under Subsection (c) of this article or submits to testing and the test shows evidence of the presence of a controlled substance in the defendant's body.
(b-2) Notwithstanding any other law, a defendant may not be released on personal bond if the defendant is charged with an offense under the following provisions of the Penal Code:
(1) Section 19.02 (Murder);
(2) Section 19.03 (Capital Murder);
(3) Section 20A.02 (Trafficking of Persons);
(4) Section 20A.03 (Continuous Trafficking of Persons);
(5) Section 21.02 (Continuous Sexual Abuse of Young Child or Disabled Individual);
(6) Section 21.11 (Indecency with a Child);
(7) Section 22.021 (Aggravated Sexual Assault);
(8) Section 43.04 (Aggravated Promotion of Prostitution), if the defendant is not alleged to have engaged in conduct constituting an offense under Section 43.02(a);
(9) Section 43.05 (Compelling Prostitution); or
(10) Section 43.25 (Sexual Performance by a Child).
(3) On page 22, strike lines 15 and 16, and substitute the following:
(A) is an offense described by Article 17.03(b-2); or
(4) On page 23, line 27, through page 24, line 1, strike "involving violence as defined by Article 17.03" and substitute "described by Article 17.03(b-2)".
(5) On page 24, lines 23 and 24, strike "involving violence as defined by Article 17.03" and substitute "described by Article 17.03(b-2)".
(6) On page 33, line 22, between "as added by this Act," and "and Sections", insert "Article 17.03, Code of Criminal Procedure, as amended by this Act,".
(7) Renumber the remaining SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.