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HB 20, 87th R.S.
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.

Last action: Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported

Author: Andrew Murr
Joint Author: Kyle Kacal
Coauthor: Briscoe Cain | David Cook | Jay Dean | Jake Ellzey | Sam Harless | Justin Holland | Lacey Hull | Jacey Jetton | Brooks Landgraf | Morgan Meyer | Jared Patterson | Dennis Paul | Four Price | David Spiller | Valoree Swanson | Ed Thompson | Tony Tinderholt | Steve Toth
Sponsor: Joan Huffman
CoSponsor: Paul Bettencourt

Companion:

SB 21 (Similar)

Bill Analyses:
Committee Report (TLC)
Engrossed (Senate Research Center)
Committee Report (Senate Research Center)
Committee Report (House Research Organization)

Conference Committee:

Conference Committee Report 
House Members: (appointed 05/27/2021) Andrew Murr (Chair) | David Cook | Kyle Kacal | Brooks Landgraf | Joe Moody |

Senate Members: (appointed 05/27/2021) Joan Huffman (Chair) | Paul Bettencourt | Juan Hinojosa | Bryan Hughes | Jane Nelson |

Gubernatorial documents:

Speaker of the House documents:

Subjects:
Charitable & Nonprofit Organizations
COURT ADMINISTRATION, OFFICE OF
Courts--Judges
Crimes--Against Persons--General
Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual
Criminal Procedure--Bail & Pretrial Release
MAGISTRATES
PUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OF

House Committee: Criminal Jurisprudence (Nicole Collier, Keith Bell, Jeff Cason, David Cook, Jasmine Crockett, Gina Hinojosa, Ann Johnson, Andrew Murr, Cody Vasut)
Minutes: April 6 2021 | April 9 2021
Senate Committee: Jurisprudence (Joan Huffman, Brandon Creighton, Juan Hinojosa, Bryan Hughes, Nathan Johnson)
Minutes: May 13 2021

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