HBA-CMT H.B. 2257 77(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2257 By: Garcia Public Safety 3/28/2001 Introduced BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Current law provides that a person need not converse with a peace officer if the peace officer is merely detaining the person. The person may simply remain silent, and after the detention is concluded, the person may simply leave the encounter. House Bill 2257 requires a peace officer to inform a person who the peace officer detains of these existing rights. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. ANALYSIS House Bill 2257 establishes the Texas Pre-Miranda Detainment Warning Act of 2001. The bill sets forth language that is required to be orally stated by a peace officer as part of the pre-miranda detainment warning whenever a peace officer stops and detains a person, and provides for the warning to be spoken in Spanish if the peace officer is fluent in Spanish. EFFECTIVE DATE On passage, if the Act does not receive the necessary vote, the act takes effect September 1, 2001.