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Senate Bill 1253 |
Senate Author: West et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-17 |
House Sponsor: Smithee |
Senate Bill 1253 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to require a law enforcement agency to make a complete and contemporaneous electronic recording of any custodial interrogation that occurs on or after March 1, 2018, in a place of detention and that is of a person suspected of committing or charged with the commission of certain offenses, unless electronic recording is infeasible as prescribed by the bill. The bill exempts such a recording from public disclosure under state public information law and provides for the admissibility of such a recording in a criminal proceeding against the accused.