89R5171 EAS-D     By: Huffman S.B. No. 1020       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to personal bond offices, to the notification provided to   a judge regarding tampering with an electronic monitoring device   while released on bond or community supervision, and to the   availability of certain information regarding a person required to   submit to an electronic monitoring program.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 5(a) and (b), Article 17.42, Code of   Criminal Procedure, are amended to read as follows:          (a)  A personal bond pretrial release office established   under this article shall:                (1)  prepare a record containing information about any   accused person identified by case number only who, after review by   the office, is released by a court on personal bond before   sentencing in a pending case;                (2)  update the record on a monthly basis; [and]                (3)  file a copy of the record with the district or   county clerk, as applicable based on court jurisdiction over the   categories of offenses addressed in the records, in any county   served by the office; and                 (4)  submit a copy of the record to the attorney   representing the state and the accused person's attorney and, as   applicable based on whether the accused person violated a condition   of release on bond in the preceding month, an update to that record.          (b)  In preparing a record under Subsection (a), the office   shall include in the record a statement of:                (1)  the offense with which the person is charged;                (2)  the dates of any court appearances scheduled in   the matter that were previously unattended by the person;                (3)  whether a warrant has been issued for the person's   arrest for failure to appear in accordance with the terms of the   person's release;                (4)  whether the person has failed to comply with   conditions of release on personal bond, including failing to comply   by tampering with an electronic monitoring device; and                (5)  the presiding judge or magistrate who authorized   the personal bond.          SECTION 2.  Chapter 17, Code of Criminal Procedure, is   amended by adding Article 17.431 to read as follows:          Art. 17.431.  NOTIFICATION BY PERSONAL BOND OFFICE REGARDING   ELECTRONIC MONITORING DEVICE VIOLATION. Not later than 48 hours   after a personal bond office established under Article 17.42   becomes aware that a defendant supervised by the office has   violated a condition of release on bond related to an electronic   monitoring device, the personal bond office shall notify the court   before whom the case is pending of that violation.           SECTION 3.  Subchapter P, Chapter 42A, Code of Criminal   Procedure, is amended by adding Article 42A.7515 to read as   follows:          Art. 42A.7515.  NOTIFICATION BY SUPERVISION OFFICER   REGARDING ELECTRONIC MONITORING DEVICE VIOLATION. Not later than   48 hours after a supervision officer becomes aware that a defendant   supervised by the officer has violated a condition of community   supervision related to an electronic monitoring device, the   supervision officer shall notify the judge of that violation.           SECTION 4.  Section 21.013(a)(1), Government Code, is   amended to read as follows:                (1)  "Judicial work product" means written,   electronic, or oral material prepared or communications made in the   course of an adjudicatory proceeding before a court determining   legal rights, powers, duties, or privileges.  The term includes all   drafts of opinions or orders and memoranda of law.  The term does   not include information related to a person who is required to   submit to electronic monitoring of a person's location as part of an   electronic monitoring program under Article 42.035, Code of   Criminal Procedure, or as a condition of community supervision,   parole, mandatory supervision, or release on bail.           SECTION 5.  Articles 17.431 and 42A.7515, Code of Criminal   Procedure, as added by this Act, apply only to a violation of a   condition of release on bond or a violation of a condition of   community supervision, as applicable, that occurs on or after the   effective date of this Act.  A violation that occurs before the   effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the   date the violation occurred, and the former law is continued in   effect for that purpose.          SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.