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.
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
May 2021
House Passage
May 2021
Senate Passage
May 2021
Governor
Introduced Mar 11, 2021
Last action May 31, 2021
Floor votes · Senate May 22, 2021 · House May 4, 2021
How they voted
21–5
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 27
May 22, 2021
D
Democratic10
50% Nay
R
Republican17
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
72
Key actions
23
Committee
19
Amendments
9
May 30, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate adopts conference committee report
upper
May 30, 2021
Lower · Passed
Corrected Conference Committee Report distributed
lower
May 30, 2021
Upper · Passed
Corrected Conference committee report filed
upper
May 29, 2021
Upper · Passed
Conference committee report filed
upper
May 27, 2021
Upper · Passed
House requests conference committee-reported
upper
May 27, 2021
Lower · Passed
House requests conference committee
lower
May 27, 2021
Introduced
House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
lower
May 24, 2021
Introduced
Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
lower
May 24, 2021
Introduced
Senate Amendments distributed
lower
May 23, 2021
Introduced
Senate passage as amended reported
lower
May 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
May 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Amended
upper
May 22, 2021
Introduced
Amendment(s) offered
upper
May 17, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee report printed and distributed
upper
May 17, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably as substituted
upper
May 13, 2021
Upper · Passed
Testimony taken in committee
upper
May 10, 2021
Committee
Referred to Jurisprudence
upper
May 10, 2021
Introduced
Read first time
upper
May 5, 2021
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
May 4, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
May 3, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment as amended
lower
May 3, 2021
Lower · Passed
Amended
lower
May 3, 2021
Lower · Passed
Amendment adopted as amended
lower
May 3, 2021
Amended
Amendment amended
lower
May 3, 2021
Introduced
Amendment(s) offered
lower
Apr 20, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
Apr 20, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Apr 19, 2021
Lower · Passed
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
lower
Apr 9, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably as substituted
lower
Apr 9, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute considered in committee
lower
Apr 6, 2021
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Apr 6, 2021
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Apr 6, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute considered in committee
lower
Mar 11, 2021
Committee
Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
lower
Mar 11, 2021
Introduced
Read first time
lower
3 primary · 19 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
AM
Andy Murr
RRepublican
P
Joan Huffman
RRepublican
P
KK
Kyle Kacal
RRepublican
Co
Briscoe Cain
RRepublican
Co
Brooks Landgraf
RRepublican
Co
David Cook
RRepublican
Co
David Spiller
RRepublican
Co
Dennis Paul
RRepublican
Co
ET
Ed Thompson
RRepublican
Co
FP
Four Price
RRepublican
Co
JJ
Jacey Jetton
RRepublican
Co
JE
Jake Ellzey
RRepublican
Co
Jared Patterson
RRepublican
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