• Senate Joint Resolution 5 (Huffman, et al. | SP: Smithee, et al.) is a public safety measure that will enable judges and magistrates to hold defendants without bail in order to protect our communities from repeat violent criminals. The current options for denying bail effectively require a full trial on the merits at the time bail is denied, or shortly thereafter. If approved by the Texas voters, SJR 5 would amend Article I, Section 11, Texas Constitution, to expand the options available to include the authority to deny bail when defendants who have committed certain violent felonies pose a clear threat to the public.

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• Senate Bill 9 (Huffman | SP: Smithee) enhances the regulation of bail processes and magistrates in Texas by revising conditions and procedures for setting, modifying, or revoking bail. It expands access and use of the public safety report system and provides for certain crime victims' rights, including being informed whether the defendant has fully complied with any conditions of the defendant’s bail.

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• Senate Bill 40 (Huffman | SP: Smithee) is a bail reform measure that will prevent political subdivisions from using public taxpayer dollars to pay a nonprofit that uses those funds to help pay a defendant’s bail bond.

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• Senate Bill 1020 (Huffman | SP: Louderback) would enhance public safety by requiring supervision officers at personal bond offices to notify the court or magistrate with jurisdiction immediately upon becoming aware of a violation of a condition of community supervision related to an electronic monitoring device. The bill also requires personal bond pretrial release offices to maintain and update records and share information with the prosecutor and accused person’s attorney, such as any tampering with electronic monitoring devices.