87R6178 ADM-D
By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 532
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the release of certain defendants on personal bond or on
bail.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the Caitlynne Rose
Infinger Guajardo Act.
SECTION 2. Article 17.03, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (b-2) to
read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), [or] (b-1), or
(b-2), a magistrate may, in the magistrate's discretion, release
the defendant on personal bond without sureties or other security.
(b-2) A magistrate may not release on personal bond a
defendant who is charged with:
(1) an offense alleged to have been committed while
the defendant was released on personal bond for another offense; or
(2) an offense punishable as a felony if two or more
other felony charges are pending against the defendant.
SECTION 3. Chapter 17, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by adding Article 17.1501 to read as follows:
Art. 17.1501. MINIMUM AMOUNT OF BAIL FOR DEFENDANT CHARGED
WITH MULTIPLE FELONIES. The amount of bail required for a defendant
who is charged with three or more felony offenses, regardless of
whether each charge is pending before the same court, shall be set
in an amount not less than $10,000 for each felony offense charged
against the defendant.
SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a person who is arrested on or after the effective date of this
Act. A person arrested before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the person was arrested,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.