Bail reform was one of the lieutenant governor's emergency items.
Here's an update.
- Click here for the article.
. . . the proposal’s momentum in the House this session reflects a years long shift in Texas away from efforts to curtail mass incarceration, reduce wealth-based detention and keep nonviolent offenders out of jail. Instead, under Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, state leaders have swerved toward a tough-on-crime approach to legislating, including through bills that would likely grow the state’s incarcerated population, increase penalties for various crimes and exempt police from deadly conduct charges. And while they have failed to amend the Constitution’s bail provisions, GOP lawmakers have approved more modest changes restricting access to cashless personal bonds, needing only majority support to send the legislation to Abbott’s desk.
Some relevant legislation:
- SB 9.
- SB 40.
- SJR 1.
- SJR 5.
For a list of all bills related to crime, click on any of the subjects below:
- Crime Prevention
- Crime Victims Compensation
- Crimes--Against Morals
- Crimes--Against Persons
- Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual
- Crimes--Against Property
- Crimes--Capital Punishment
- Crimes--Drugs
- Crimes--Juvenile
- Crimes--Miscellaneous
- Criminal Procedure--Bail & Pretrial Release
- Criminal Procedure--Defense Counsel
- Criminal Procedure--General
- Criminal Procedure--Insanity Defense
- Criminal Procedure--Post trial Procedure
- Criminal Procedure--Pretrial Procedure
- Criminal Procedure--Sentencing & Punishment
- Criminal Procedure--Trial
