By: Wu, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Burton) H.B. No. 1442          (In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2017;   May 5, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal   Justice; May 17, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:     Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 17, 2017, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   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.     * * * * *