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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the release on personal bond of certain defendants |
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charged with, or released on bail or community supervision for, |
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certain family violence misdemeanors. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 17.03(b-2), Code of Criminal Procedure, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(b-2) Except as provided by Articles 15.21, 17.033, and |
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17.151, a defendant may not be released on personal bond if the |
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defendant: |
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(1) is charged with: |
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(A) an offense involving violence; or |
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(B) an offense under Section 22.01(a)(1), Penal |
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Code, punishable as a Class A misdemeanor and involving family |
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violence as defined by Section 71.004, Family Code; or |
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(2) while released on bail or community supervision |
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for an offense described by Subdivision (1) [involving violence], |
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is charged with committing: |
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(A) any offense punishable as a felony; or |
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(B) an offense under the following provisions of |
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the Penal Code: |
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(i) Section 22.01(a)(1) (assault); |
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(ii) Section 22.05 (deadly conduct); |
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(iii) Section 22.07 (terroristic threat); |
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or |
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(iv) Section 42.01(a)(7) or (8) (disorderly |
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conduct involving firearm). |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a person who is arrested on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. A person arrested before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the person was arrested, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |