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| 1 | 1 | 83R6052 ADM-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Burnam, Giddings, Lucio III H.B. No. 3738 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to a prohibition on certain law enforcement inquiries | |
| 8 | 8 | regarding the nationality or immigration status of a victim of or | |
| 9 | 9 | witness to a criminal offense. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Article 2.13, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | |
| 12 | 12 | amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (d) A peace officer may not inquire as to the nationality or | |
| 14 | 14 | immigration status of a victim of or witness to a criminal offense | |
| 15 | 15 | except as necessary to investigate the offense or to provide the | |
| 16 | 16 | victim or witness with information about federal visas designed to | |
| 17 | 17 | protect individuals providing assistance to law enforcement. | |
| 18 | 18 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 19 | 19 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 20 | 20 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 21 | 21 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 22 | 22 | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |