Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 2633 amends the Government Code to prohibit an attorney, before the conclusion of a criminal matter, from entering an agreement with a current, prospective, or former client to receive literary or media rights to an account based substantially on the representation. The act establishes a criminal offense for an attorney to receive, as compensation in a criminal matter, the right to publish an account of the client's crime or associated event, and provides for civil and cumulative remedies.