Bill Text: TX SB402 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the preference given by trial courts to hearings and trials for murder and capital murder offenses.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB402 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB402-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 402 | ||
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| relating to the preference given by trial courts to hearings and | ||
| trials for murder and capital murder offenses. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 23.101(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), the trial courts | ||
| of this state shall regularly and frequently set hearings and | ||
| trials of pending matters, giving preference to hearings and trials | ||
| of the following: | ||
| (1) temporary injunctions; | ||
| (2) criminal actions, with the following actions given | ||
| preference over other criminal actions: | ||
| (A) criminal actions against defendants who are | ||
| detained in jail pending trial; | ||
| (B) criminal actions involving a charge that a | ||
| person committed an act of family violence, as defined by Section | ||
| 71.004, Family Code; | ||
| (C) an offense under: | ||
| (i) Section 19.02, 19.03, 21.02, or 21.11, | ||
| Penal Code; | ||
| (ii) Chapter 22, Penal Code, if the victim | ||
| of the alleged offense is younger than 17 years of age; | ||
| (iii) Section 25.02, Penal Code, if the | ||
| victim of the alleged offense is younger than 17 years of age; | ||
| (iv) Section 25.06, Penal Code; | ||
| (v) Section 43.25, Penal Code; or | ||
| (vi) Section 20A.02(a)(7), 20A.02(a)(8), | ||
| or 20A.03, Penal Code; | ||
| (D) an offense described by Article 62.001(6)(C) | ||
| or (D), Code of Criminal Procedure; and | ||
| (E) criminal actions against persons who are | ||
| detained as provided by Section 51.12, Family Code, after transfer | ||
| for prosecution in criminal court under Section 54.02, Family Code; | ||
| (3) election contests and suits under the Election | ||
| Code; | ||
| (4) orders for the protection of the family under | ||
| Subtitle B, Title 4, Family Code; | ||
| (5) appeals of final rulings and decisions of the | ||
| division of workers' compensation of the Texas Department of | ||
| Insurance regarding workers' compensation claims and claims under | ||
| the Federal Employers' Liability Act and the Jones Act; | ||
| (6) appeals of final orders of the commissioner of the | ||
| General Land Office under Section 51.3021, Natural Resources Code; | ||
| (7) actions in which the claimant has been diagnosed | ||
| with malignant mesothelioma, other malignant asbestos-related | ||
| cancer, malignant silica-related cancer, or acute silicosis; and | ||
| (8) appeals brought under Section 42.01 or 42.015, Tax | ||
| Code, of orders of appraisal review boards of appraisal districts | ||
| established for counties with a population of less than 175,000. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 402 passed the Senate on | ||
| March 15, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 1. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 402 passed the House on | ||
| May 23, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 135, Nays 3, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
