Bill Text: TX HB3786 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the enforcement of the rights of crime victims.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-15 - Referred to Criminal Justice [HB3786 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3786-Engrossed.html
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| By: Thompson of Harris | H.B. No. 3786 | |
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| relating to the enforcement of the rights of crime victims. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Article 56A.051, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (d) A victim, guardian of a victim, or close relative of a | ||
| deceased victim may assert and seek enforcement of any right | ||
| granted by this subchapter, either orally or in writing. | ||
| (e) The attorney representing the state or an attorney | ||
| representing a victim, guardian of a victim, or close relative of a | ||
| deceased victim may assert a right granted by this subchapter to the | ||
| victim, guardian, or relative, or request enforcement of the right, | ||
| by filing a motion, petition for a writ of mandamus, or action for | ||
| injunctive or declaratory relief in a trial or appellate court with | ||
| jurisdiction over the case. | ||
| (f) If the court determines, after a hearing at which all | ||
| parties have an opportunity to testify, that a right of a victim, | ||
| guardian of a victim, or close relative of a deceased victim has | ||
| been violated, the court shall order that the victim, guardian, or | ||
| relative be provided the right to which the victim, guardian, or | ||
| relative was entitled. | ||
| (g) A remedy ordered under Subsection (f) may not change | ||
| the: | ||
| (1) verdict; | ||
| (2) sentence imposed; | ||
| (3) terms of an accepted plea bargain agreement; or | ||
| (4) outcome of a parole hearing. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
