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2004 SESSION
HB 647 Bonds; forfeiture for failure to appear and to meet conditions of recognizance.
Introduced by: Robert B. Bell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Forfeiture on recognizance. Clarifies that a criminal defendant's bond may be forfeited not only upon his failure to appear in court as required but upon his failure to meet the conditions of his recognizance, as well.
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- 01/14/04 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/13/04 046474232
- 01/14/04 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/02/04 House: Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/04 House: Read first time
- 02/05/04 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/06/04 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/04 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/04 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/09/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/09/04 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/18/04 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice w/amd (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/20/04 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (36-Y 0-N 1-A)
- 02/23/04 Senate: Read third time
- 02/23/04 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/23/04 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/23/04 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/23/04 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/24/04 Senate: Motion to recommit to committee agreed to
- 02/24/04 Senate: Recommitted to Courts of Justice
- 03/03/04 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in C. J. (8-Y 1-N 5-A)