Texas HB 20: Relating to rules for fixing the amount of bail, to the release of certain defendants on a bail bond or personal bond, to related duties of certain officers taking bail bonds and of a magistrate in a criminal case, to charitable bail organizations, and to the reporting of information pertaining to bail bonds.

Status: Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported (as of 2021-05-31)

State: Texas · Session: 87 · Bill: HB 20

Subjects: COURT ADMINISTRATION, OFFICE OF (V8690), Charitable & Nonprofit Organizations (I0055), Courts--Judges (I0140), Crimes--Against Persons--General (I0170), Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171), Criminal Procedure--Bail & Pretrial Release (I0202), MAGISTRATES (S1592), PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)

Sponsors: Huffman, Kacal, Murr, Bettencourt, Cain, Cook, Dean, Ellzey, Harless, Holland, Hull, Jetton, Landgraf, Meyer, Patterson, Paul, Price, Spiller, Swanson, Thompson, Ed, Tinderholt, Toth

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