Bill Text: TX HB1313 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the recording of the examination and testimony of a witness before a grand jury.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-15 - Withdrawn from schedule [HB1313 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB1313-Introduced.html
  87R2418 MEW-D
 
  By: Deshotel H.B. No. 1313
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the recording of the examination and testimony of a
  witness before a grand jury.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  The heading to Article 20A.201, Code of Criminal
  Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
         Art. 20A.201.  RECORDING OF WITNESS [ACCUSED OR SUSPECTED
  PERSON'S] TESTIMONY; RETENTION OF RECORDS.
         SECTION 2.  Article 20A.201(a), Code of Criminal Procedure,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The examination and testimony of a witness [an accused
  or suspected person] before the grand jury [and that person's
  testimony] shall be recorded by a stenographer or by use of an
  electronic device capable of recording sound.
         SECTION 3.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
  a grand jury proceeding that begins on or after the effective date
  of this Act. A grand jury proceeding that begins before the
  effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
  date the proceeding began, and the former law is continued in effect
  for that purpose.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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