84R33940 LEH-D
By: Blanco H.R. No. 3395
R E S O L U T I O N
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of
Texas, 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, That House Rule 13,
Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13,
Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to
resolve the differences on House Bill 2645 (the prosecution of
certain offenses involving family violence and to the violation of
certain court orders or conditions of bond in a family violence,
sexual assault or abuse, or stalking case) to consider and take
action on the following matter:
House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit the
committee to add text on a matter which is not included in either
the house or senate version of the bill by adding the following text
to SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Article 38.371, Code of Criminal
Procedure:
(c) This article does not permit the presentation of
character evidence that would otherwise be inadmissible under the
Texas Rules of Evidence or other applicable law.
Explanation: This addition is necessary to clarify that
Article 38.371, Code of Criminal Procedure, does not permit the
presentation of character evidence that is otherwise inadmissible
under the Texas Rules of Evidence or other applicable law.