By: Riddle, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Whitmire) H.B. No. 2301
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2015;
May 7, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
Justice; May 21, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 21, 2015, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE VOTE
YeaNayAbsentPNV
WhitmireX
HuffmanX
BurtonX
CreightonX
HinojosaX
MenéndezX
PerryX
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to time credits awarded against the cumulative period of
commitment or treatment of certain defendants determined to be
incompetent to stand trial.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 46B.0095(d), Code of Criminal Procedure,
as added by Chapter 822 (H.B. 2725), Acts of the 82nd Legislature,
Regular Session, 2011, is repealed.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a defendant with respect to whom any proceeding under Chapter
46B, Code of Criminal Procedure, is conducted on or after the
effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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