H.B. No. 767
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the entry into the Texas Crime Information Center of
  certain information regarding conditions of bond for stalking
  offenses.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  The heading to Article 17.50, Code of Criminal
  Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
         Art. 17.50.  ENTRY INTO TEXAS CRIME INFORMATION CENTER OF
  CERTAIN INFORMATION IN CASES INVOLVING VIOLENT OFFENSES OR
  STALKING; DUTIES OF MAGISTRATES, SHERIFFS, AND DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
  SAFETY.
         SECTION 2.  Articles 17.50(b) and (f), Code of Criminal
  Procedure, are amended to read as follows:
         (b)  As soon as practicable but not later than the next day
  after the date a magistrate issues an order imposing a condition of
  bond on a defendant under this chapter for a violent offense or an
  offense under Section 42.072, Penal Code, the magistrate shall
  notify the sheriff of the condition and provide to the sheriff the
  following information:
               (1)  the information listed in Section 411.042(b)(6),
  Government Code, as that information relates to an order described
  by this subsection;
               (2)  the name and address of any named person the
  condition of bond is intended to protect, and if different and
  applicable, the name and address of the victim of the alleged
  offense;
               (3)  the date the order releasing the defendant on bond
  was issued; and
               (4)  the court that issued the order releasing the
  defendant on bond.
         (f)  The Department of Public Safety shall:
               (1)  modify the database to enable the database to
  accept and maintain detailed information on active conditions of
  bond regarding the requirements and status of a condition of bond
  imposed by a magistrate for a violent offense or an offense under
  Section 42.072, Penal Code, including information described by
  Subsections (b) and (c); and
               (2)  develop and adopt a form for use by magistrates and
  sheriffs to facilitate the data collection and data entry required
  by this article.
         SECTION 3.  Article 17.50, Code of Criminal Procedure, as
  amended by this Act, applies only to condition of bond imposed on or
  after the effective date of this Act. A condition of bond imposed
  before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
  effect on the date the condition was imposed, and the former law is
  continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 767 was passed by the House on April
  13, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 3 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 767 was passed by the Senate on May
  17, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor