BILL ANALYSIS

H.B. 3791

By: Geren

Homeland Security & Public Safety

Committee Report (Unamended)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

Interested parties assert that a person arrested for certain intoxication offenses should be entitled to a copy of all video recordings made during the arrest. H.B. 3791 seeks to provide for such an entitlement.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.

ANALYSIS

H.B. 3791 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to entitle a person stopped or arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, driving while intoxicated with a child passenger, intoxication assault, or intoxication manslaughter to receive from a law enforcement agency employing the peace officer who made the stop or arrest a copy of any video made by or at the direction of the officer that contains footage of the stop, the arrest, a procedure in which a specimen of the person's breath or blood is taken, or the conduct of the person stopped during any interaction with the officer, including during the administration of a field sobriety test.   

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2015.