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  89R11468 BCH-D     By: Dutton H.B. No. 2778       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the release on bail of certain persons charged with a   violation of a condition of the person's release from the Texas   Department of Criminal Justice.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 508.254(d) and (e), Government Code,   are amended to read as follows:          (d)  A magistrate of the county in which the person is held in   custody :                 (1)     shall release the person on personal bond pending   the hearing if:                       (A)     the person is arrested or held in custody on a   charge that the person violated a condition of release by   committing a new offense; and                       (B)     the person has been released on bond for that   offense; and                 (2)   may release the person on bond pending the hearing   if:                       (A)  [ (1) ]  the person is arrested or held in   custody only on a charge that the person committed an   administrative violation of release;                       (B)  [ (2) ]  the division, in accordance with   Subsection (e), included notice on the warrant for the person's   arrest that the person is eligible for release on bond; and                       (C)  [ (3) ]  the magistrate determines that the   person is not a threat to public safety.          (e)  The division shall include a notice on the warrant for   the person's arrest indicating that the person is eligible for   release on bond under Subsection (d)(2) [ (d) ] if the division   determines that the person:                (1)  has not been previously convicted of:                      (A)  an offense under Chapter 29, Penal Code;                      (B)  an offense under Title 5, Penal Code,   punishable as a felony; or                      (C)  an offense involving family violence, as   defined by Section 71.004, Family Code;                (2)  is not on intensive supervision or super-intensive   supervision;                (3)  is not an absconder; and                (4)  is not a threat to public safety.          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.