The package of bills would tighten the state's bail laws to keep more people in jail — including undocumented immigrants — ...

During his State of the State address, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott declared bail reform an emergency item, allowing the ...

Patrick and State Sen. Joan Huffman say the Senate has passed bail reform bills with bipartisan support numerous times, but ...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Wednesday called on the Texas House to pass a series of bills designed to reform the state's bail ...

Bail bond reform was named one of Gov. Greg Abbott’s emergency items for the 2025 legislative session, which he announced on ...

Members of the Texas Senate's Criminal Justice Committee heard testimony Wednesday on five bail-related bills aimed at ...

State lawmakers are moving forward on legislation to keep violent undocumented immigrants in jail. That's just one piece of the bail reform package, also known as Senate Bill 9.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has scheduled a 10 a.m. news conference at the Capitol. No subject was listed in his announcement.

AUSTIN (KXAN)- Bail bond reform was named one of Gov ... Abbott earmarks session priorities, calls on Texas Lege to be ‘guardians of freedom’ “Activist judges simply have too much discretion ...

The Republican’s Senate Bill 40 would ban political subdivisions from sending public funds to nonprofits that pay bail bonds ...

On Wednesday, a senate committee advanced the bail bond package they claim will give judges more opportunities to deny bail ...

Sarah Eckhardt, D-Austin, was adamant that the bills would conflict with the state constitution, citing a line from Judge Chuck Campbell’s 1990 majority opinion in Armadillo Bail Bonds v. Texas.