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H.B. No. 413 AN ACT relating to the release of certain defendants detained in jail pending trial. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 17, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended by adding Article 17.1511 to read as follows: Art. 17.1511. RELEASE OF CERTAIN DEFENDANTS DETAINED LONGER THAN POTENTIAL PUNISHMENT. (a) Notwithstanding any other law and except as provided by Subsection (b), a defendant charged with an offense punishable as a Class B misdemeanor or any higher category of offense may not be detained in jail pending trial for a cumulative period that, when considering the maximum credit toward the defendant's sentence to which the defendant would be entitled to earn as a result of the defendant's conduct while confined in the county jail of the county in which the offense occurred, exceeds the maximum term of confinement that may be imposed on conviction of the offense of which the defendant is accused. (b) This article does not apply to a defendant who is being evaluated for competency or subject to an order of commitment issued under Chapter 46B. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to a person who is arrested on or after the effective date of this Act. A person arrested before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the person was arrested, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 413 was passed by the House on May 13, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 115, Nays 23, 3 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 413 was passed by the Senate on May 25, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________ Date _____________________ Governor
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