By: Canales (Senate Sponsor - Alvarado) H.B. No. 1712
         (In the Senate - Received from the House April 24, 2023;
  April 24, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on State
  Affairs; May 12, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable
  Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 11, Nays 0;
  May 12, 2023, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1712 By:  Hughes
 
 
 
  COMMITTEE VOTE
 
 
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         HughesX
         PaxtonX
         BettencourtX
         BirdwellX
         LaMantiaX
         MenéndezX
         MiddletonX
         ParkerX
         PerryX
         SchwertnerX
         ZaffiriniX
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the inclusion of a magistrate's name on certain signed
  orders.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 2, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended by adding Article 2.101 to read as follows:
         Art. 2.101.  MAGISTRATE'S NAME ON SIGNED ORDER. (a)  Any
  signed order that is issued by a magistrate under this code or any
  signed order pertaining to a criminal matter that is issued by a
  magistrate under the Family Code, the Government Code, or other law
  of this state must include, with the magistrate's signature, the
  magistrate's name in legible handwriting, legible typewritten
  form, or legible stamp print.
         (b)  The failure of a magistrate to include the magistrate's
  name on an order as provided by Subsection (a) does not affect the
  validity of the order.
         (c)  A defendant in a criminal action may make a motion to add
  to an order that does not comply with Subsection (a) the name of the
  magistrate who signed the order if:
               (1)  the order is relevant to the action; and
               (2)  the defendant is unable to identify the magistrate
  who signed the order.
         (d)  The supreme court may adopt rules to implement this
  article.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act in adding
  Article 2.101, Code of Criminal Procedure, applies to a signed
  order issued by a magistrate on or after the effective date of this
  Act.  A signed order issued by a magistrate before the effective
  date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the
  order was issued, and the former law is continued in effect for that
  purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
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