Bill Text: TX SB1043 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to access to personal information about jurors in a criminal trial.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-12 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB1043 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB1043-Introduced.html
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By: Rodriguez | S.B. No. 1043 |
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relating to access to personal information about jurors in a | ||
criminal trial. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Article 35.29, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Art. 35.29. PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT JURORS. (a) | ||
Information collected by the court or by a prosecuting attorney | ||
during the jury selection process about a person who serves as a | ||
juror, including the juror's home address, home telephone number, | ||
social security number, driver's license number, and other personal | ||
information, is confidential and may not be disclosed by the court, | ||
the prosecuting attorney, [ |
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defendant at trial or in a subsequent proceeding, or any court | ||
personnel except as otherwise provided by this article. | ||
(b) Information described by Subsection (a) may be | ||
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permit disclosure of the information only after an application for | ||
the information is made and good cause for receiving the | ||
information is shown [ |
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(c) On a written request, the court shall disclose the | ||
information described by Subsection (a), including providing | ||
copies of any juror summons, to counsel representing the defendant | ||
in a subsequent proceeding. A showing of good cause is not required | ||
for a disclosure under this subsection. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to a jury selected on or after the effective date of this Act. A | ||
jury selected before the effective date of this Act is governed by | ||
the law in effect on the date the jury was selected, and the former | ||
law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |