Daily Distraction: Learn about the cash bail system
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House and Senate committees advance GOP bail legislation, as Democrats warn bills could lead to mass detentions
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The House Constitutional Rights and Remedies Committee hearing at the state Capitol on Saturday, July 10, 2021.
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Days into a short legislative session, Texas lawmakers are moving quickly to pass a GOP priority bill that would make it harder for some people who have been arrested but not convicted to bond out of jail without putting up cash.
Legislators in the House and Senate filed matching bills to change state bail practices earlier this week, echoing legislation that failed to pass in the regular session. On Saturday, committees in both chambers approved the bills and sent them to the full chambers after nearly three hours of debate in the Senate and nine hours in the House.
Gov Abbott Has Lifted Almost All Texas Pandemic Restrictions But Not The One Limiting Jail Release
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