1-1 By: Mowery (Senate Sponsor - Armbrister) H.B. No. 553 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2001; 1-3 May 7, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal 1-4 Justice; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote: 1-5 Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to the admissibility in a criminal proceeding of a 1-9 statement made as a result of certain custodial interrogations and 1-10 obtained in compliance with the laws of another state or the United 1-11 States. 1-12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-13 SECTION 1. Article 38.22, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 1-14 amended by adding Section 8 to read as follows: 1-15 Sec. 8. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, 1-16 a written, oral, or sign language statement of an accused made as a 1-17 result of a custodial interrogation is admissible against the 1-18 accused in a criminal proceeding in this state if: 1-19 (1) the statement was obtained in another state and 1-20 was obtained in compliance with the laws of that state; or 1-21 (2) the statement was obtained by a federal law 1-22 enforcement officer in this state or another state and was obtained 1-23 in compliance with the laws of the United States. 1-24 SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only 1-25 to the admissibility of a statement made on or after the effective 1-26 date of this Act. The admissibility of a statement made before the 1-27 effective date of this Act is covered by the law in effect when the 1-28 statement was made, and the former law is continued in effect for 1-29 that purpose. 1-30 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 1-31 * * * * *