H.B. No. 1442         AN ACT   relating to the release of certain defendants pending a motion for   new trial or an appeal from a misdemeanor conviction.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Article 44.04, Code of Criminal Procedure, is   amended by adding Subsection (i) to read as follows:          (i)  Notwithstanding any other law, pending the   determination of a defendant's motion for new trial or the   defendant's appeal from a misdemeanor conviction, the defendant is   entitled to be released after completion of a sentence of   confinement imposed for the conviction. The trial court may require   the defendant to give a personal bond but may not, either instead of   or in addition to the personal bond, require:                (1)  any condition of the personal bond;                (2)  another type of bail bond; or                (3)  a surety or other security.           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 1442 was passed by the House on May 2,   2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 1442 was passed by the Senate on May   19, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor