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2005 SESSION

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HB 2117 Bail bondsmen; bonds allowed to write, and time frame must return defendant to court.

Introduced by: Onzlee Ware | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Bail bondsmen; equity ratio of property and outstanding bonds; time within which to produce defendant.  Allows a bail bondsman to write bonds up to four times the value of his financial holdings (current law requires a 1:1 ratio), and provides that no single bond shall represent more than 25 percent of his collateral.

FULL TEXT

• 01/11/05  House: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 059081538  pdf
• 01/25/05  House: Committee substitute printed 058014538-H1  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/11/05  House: Prefiled & ordered printed; offered 01/12/05 059081538
• 01/11/05  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/14/05  House: Assigned to C. J. sub-committee: Criminal Law
• 01/24/05  House: Reported from C. J. with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
• 01/25/05  House: Committee substitute printed 058014538-H1
• 01/26/05  House: Read first time
• 01/27/05  House: Read second time
• 01/27/05  House: Committee substitute agreed to 058014538-H1
• 01/27/05  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2117H1
• 01/28/05  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N)
• 01/28/05  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (96-Y 0-N)
• 01/28/05  House: Communicated to Senate
• 01/31/05  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 01/31/05  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/09/05  Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in C. J. (6-Y 9-N)