Republican Bail Reform Is A Lie
These laws target the poor, the undocumented, and the powerless.
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Yesterday was “bail reform” day in the Texas House, where House members took up the Senate’s “bail reform” bills. And while progressive House members and most of the Legislative Black Caucus voted against these bills, there wasn’t a major stand from Democrats against them.
They passed SB9, SB40, SJR1, and SJR5, which are known as “bail reform” bills. Let’s discuss them.
All of these bills were authored by Senator Joan Huffman (R-SD17), who was the same person who authored the racist redistricting maps in 2021. In fact, Huffman has a long history of writing legislation to target and harm both communities of color and immigrants.
After these bills passed in the Senate, Huffman gave the bills to Representative John Smithee (R-HD86) in the House to carry them in that chamber.
It’s worth noting that both Huffman and Smithee are about 70 years old.