By Mowery H.B. No. 3055 Line and page numbers may not match official copy. Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to confessions obtained under the laws of another state. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Article 38.22, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 1-5 amended by adding Section 8 to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 8. Any written, oral, or sign language statement of an 1-7 accused made as a result of a custodial interrogation and lawfully 1-8 obtained under the laws of another state is admissible against the 1-9 accused in a criminal proceeding in this state. 1-10 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 1-11 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-12 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-13 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-14 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-15 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.