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Amend CSSB 1253 (senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Article 2.32(a), Code of Criminal Procedure (page 1, lines 28-35), strike Subdivision (1) and renumber subsequent subdivisions accordingly.
(2) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Article 2.32(a)(2), Code of Criminal Procedure (page 1, lines 38-39), strike "an authentic, accurate, and unaltered record of a custodial interrogation" and substitute "authentic, accurate, and unaltered".
(3) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Article 2.32(c)(2), Code of Criminal Procedure (page 2, line 25), strike ", without interruption,".
(4) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Article 2.32, Code of Criminal Procedure (page 2, lines 57-60), strike Subsection (e) and reletter subsequent subsections accordingly.
(5) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Article 2.32(f), Code of Criminal Procedure (page 2, line 62), strike "except".
(6) Strike SECTION 2 of the bill (page 2, line 64, through page 3, line 31) and substitute the following:
SECTION 2. Article 38.22, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended by adding Section 9 to read as follows:
Sec. 9. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, no oral, sign language, or written statement that is made by a person accused of an offense listed in Article 2.32(b) and made as a result of a custodial interrogation occurring in a place of detention, as that term is defined by Article 2.32, is admissible against the accused in a criminal proceeding unless:
(1) an electronic recording was made of the statement, as required by Article 2.32(b); or
(2) the attorney representing the state offers proof satisfactory to the court that good cause, as described by Article 2.32(d), existed that made electronic recording of the custodial interrogation infeasible.
(7) In SECTION 3 of the bill (page 3, line 32), strike "Article 38.24" and substitute "Section 9, Article 38.22".
(8) In SECTION 3 of the bill (page 3, line 34), strike "September" and substitute "March".