By: Hinojosa S.R. No. 1045
SENATE RESOLUTION
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, That Senate Rule 12.03 be
suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 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:
Senate Rule 12.03(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.
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President of the Senate
I hereby certify that the
above Resolution was adopted by
the Senate on May 30, 2015, by the
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate