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
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Apr 2021
Senate Passage
Apr 2021
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 3, 2021
Last action Apr 20, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Apr 14, 2021
How they voted
20–7
Passed
Total votes 27
Apr 14, 2021
D
Democratic10
70% Nay
R
Republican17
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
29
Key actions
7
Committee
6
Amendments
3
Apr 20, 2021
Committee
Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
lower
Apr 20, 2021
Introduced
Read first time
lower
Apr 15, 2021
Introduced
Received from the Senate
lower
Apr 14, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
Apr 14, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed to engrossment as amended
upper
Apr 14, 2021
Amended
Amendment withdrawn
upper
Apr 14, 2021
Upper · Passed
Amended
upper
Apr 14, 2021
Introduced
Amendment(s) offered
upper
Apr 8, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee report printed and distributed
upper
Apr 8, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably as substituted
upper
Mar 18, 2021
Upper · Passed
Left pending in committee
upper
Mar 18, 2021
Upper · Passed
Testimony taken in committee
upper
Mar 3, 2021
Committee
Referred to Jurisprudence
upper
Mar 3, 2021
Introduced
Read first time
upper
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Joan Huffman
RRepublican
Co
JN
Jane Nelson
RRepublican
Co
Paul Bettencourt
RRepublican
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