88R11981 CJD-D
By: Moody H.B. No. 180
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the withdrawal of an execution date on the motion of the
attorney representing the state.
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) On the motion of the attorney representing the state,
the convicting court shall withdraw the order of the court setting a
date for execution in a death penalty case.
SECTION 2. Article 43.141(d-1), Code of Criminal Procedure,
as added by this Act, applies only to an order entered on or after
the effective date of this Act. An order entered before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
date the order was entered, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.