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By: Hayes (Senate Sponsor - Cook) |
H.B. No. 305 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 14, 2025; |
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May 14, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal |
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Justice; May 21, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 21, 2025, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the time period for conducting pretrial hearings after |
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a criminal defendant has been restored to competency. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 46B.084(d-1), Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
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(d-1) This article does not require the criminal case to be |
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finally resolved within any specific period, except that, in a |
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jurisdiction to which Subsection (d)(1) applies, a pretrial hearing |
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on any evidentiary or procedural issue that must be resolved for the |
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criminal proceedings in the case to proceed to trial or another |
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resolution must be conducted not later than the 14th day after the |
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date of the court's determination under this article that the |
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defendant's competency has been restored. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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