H.B. No. 1442
AN ACT
relating to the release of certain defendants pending a motion for
new trial or an appeal from a misdemeanor conviction.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 44.04, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by adding Subsection (i) to read as follows:
(i) Notwithstanding any other law, pending the
determination of a defendant's motion for new trial or the
defendant's appeal from a misdemeanor conviction, the defendant is
entitled to be released after completion of a sentence of
confinement imposed for the conviction. The trial court may require
the defendant to give a personal bond but may not, either instead of
or in addition to the personal bond, require:
(1) any condition of the personal bond;
(2) another type of bail bond; or
(3) a surety or other security.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1442 was passed by the House on May 2,
2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1442 was passed by the Senate on May
19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor