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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