Amend CSHB 20 (senate committee printing) as follows:
(1)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____.  Article 1.07, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
Art. 1.07.  RIGHT TO BAIL. Any person [All prisoners] shall be eligible for bail [bailable] unless denial of bail is expressly permitted by the Texas Constitution or by Chapter 17 [for capital offenses when the proof is evident]. This provision may [shall] not be [so] construed [as] to prevent bail after indictment found upon examination of the evidence, in such manner as may be prescribed by law.
(2)  In SECTION 4 of the bill, amending Article 17.15, Code of Criminal Procedure (page 4, between lines 3 and 4), insert the following:
(c)  For purposes of determining whether clear and convincing evidence exists to deny a person bail under Section 11d, Article I, Texas Constitution, a magistrate shall consider all information relevant to the factors listed in Subsection (a).
(3)  Strike SECTION 14 of the bill, adding the effective date provision of the bill (page 7, line 5), and substitute the following appropriately numbered SECTION:
SECTION ____.  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
(b)  Article 17.15(c), Code of Criminal Procedure, as added by this Act, takes effect December 1, 2021, but only if the constitutional amendment proposed by the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, authorizing the denial of bail under some circumstances to a person accused of a violent or sexual offense or of continuous trafficking of persons is approved by the voters. If that amendment is not approved by the voters, Article 17.15(c), Code of Criminal Procedure, has no effect.