Bill Text: TX HB180 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the withdrawal of an execution date on the motion of the attorney representing the state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-04-13 - Received from the House [HB180 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB180-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the withdrawal of an execution date on the motion of the attorney representing the state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-04-13 - Received from the House [HB180 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB180-Introduced.html
| By: Moody | H.B. No. 180 | |
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| relating to requiring a court that sets an execution date to | ||
| withdraw the execution date on the motion of the prosecuting | ||
| attorney with jurisdiction over the underlying case. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Article 43.141, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (d-1) The convicting court shall withdraw the order of the | ||
| court setting a date for execution in a death penalty case on the | ||
| motion of the attorney representing the state. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
