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| 1 | 1 | 86R2294 ADM-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Israel H.B. No. 1601 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the release on personal bond of a person who is | |
| 8 | 8 | pregnant. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Chapter 17, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Article 17.034 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Art. 17.034. RELEASE ON PERSONAL BOND OF PREGNANT | |
| 13 | 13 | DEFENDANT. A magistrate shall release a defendant on personal bond | |
| 14 | 14 | without sureties or other security if the defendant is pregnant, | |
| 15 | 15 | unless good cause is shown otherwise. | |
| 16 | 16 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 17 | 17 | to a person who is arrested on or after the effective date of this | |
| 18 | 18 | Act. A person arrested before the effective date of this Act is | |
| 19 | 19 | governed by the law in effect on the date the person was arrested, | |
| 20 | 20 | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |