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      H.B. No. 2492         AN ACT   relating to the period for which a person arrested for certain   crimes involving family violence may be held after bond is posted.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Article 17.291(b), Code of Criminal Procedure,   is amended to read as follows:          (b)  Article 17.29 does not apply when a person has been   arrested or held without a warrant in the prevention of family   violence if there is probable cause to believe the violence will   continue if the person is immediately released. The head of the   agency arresting or holding such a person shall [ may ] hold the   person for a period of [ not more than ] four hours after bond has   been posted. This detention period may be extended for an   additional period not to exceed 48 hours, but only if authorized in   a writing directed to the person having custody of the detained   person by a magistrate who concludes that:                (1)  the violence would continue if the person is   released; and                (2)  if the additional period exceeds 24 hours,   probable cause exists to believe that the person committed the   instant offense and that, during the 10-year period preceding the   date of the instant offense, the person has been arrested:                      (A)  on more than one occasion for an offense   involving family violence; or                      (B)  for any other offense, if a deadly weapon, as   defined by Section 1.07, Penal Code, was used or exhibited during   commission of the offense or during immediate flight after   commission of the offense.          SECTION 2.  Article 17.291(b), Code of Criminal Procedure,   as amended 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. 2492 was passed by the House on May 7,   2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 2492 was passed by the Senate on May   23, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 1.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor