By: Moody H.B. No. 180
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring a court that sets an execution date to
withdraw the execution date on the motion of the prosecuting
attorney with jurisdiction over the underlying case.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 43.141, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows:
(d-1) The convicting court shall withdraw the order of the
court setting a date for execution in a death penalty case on the
motion of the attorney representing the state.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.