87R2333 ADM-D
 
  By: González of Dallas H.B. No. 4433
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to public access to hearings or other proceedings for
  setting bail.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 17, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended by adding Article 17.50 to read as follows:
         Art. 17.50.  PROCEEDING OPEN TO PUBLIC. (a) Any hearing or
  other proceeding at which a magistrate sets the amount of bail for a
  defendant, including a proceeding under this chapter or Article
  15.17, must be open to the public.
         (b)  A magistrate may satisfy the requirements of this
  article by ordering that the proceeding be broadcast by closed
  circuit equipment to a location that is reasonably close to the
  proceeding.
         (c)  A broadcast made under Subsection (b) must be recorded
  by the magistrate and the recording maintained for a period of not
  less than one year.
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies only to a hearing or proceeding
  that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.