| 1 | 1 | | 89R12044 AJZ-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Alders H.B. No. 2813 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to victim notification of certain scheduled court |
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| 10 | 10 | | proceedings. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Article 56A.452, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Art. 56A.452. NOTIFICATION OF SCHEDULED COURT PROCEEDINGS. |
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| 15 | 15 | | (a) If requested by the victim, the attorney representing the |
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| 16 | 16 | | state, as soon [far] as reasonably practicable [practical], shall |
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| 17 | 17 | | give the victim notice of: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) any scheduled court proceedings and changes in |
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| 19 | 19 | | that schedule; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) the filing of a request for continuance of a trial |
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| 21 | 21 | | setting. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the attorney |
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| 23 | 23 | | representing the state shall provide notice of a scheduled court |
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| 24 | 24 | | proceeding to the victim not later than the 60th day before the date |
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| 25 | 25 | | the proceeding is scheduled to occur, except that: |
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| 26 | 26 | | (1) subject to Subdivision (2), if the court schedules |
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| 27 | 27 | | the proceeding to occur on a date that will not allow for the timing |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the notice otherwise required by this subsection, the attorney |
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| 29 | 29 | | representing the state shall provide the notice not later than the |
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| 30 | 30 | | fifth day after the date the court schedules the proceeding; and |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2) if the court schedules the proceeding in an |
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| 32 | 32 | | emergency or expedited manner, the attorney representing the state |
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| 33 | 33 | | shall provide the notice as soon as practicable, but not later than |
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| 34 | 34 | | 24 hours after the court schedules the proceeding. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 36 | 36 | | to the scheduling of a criminal proceeding by a court on or after |
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| 37 | 37 | | the effective date of this Act. The scheduling of a criminal |
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| 38 | 38 | | proceeding by a court before the effective date of this Act is |
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| 39 | 39 | | governed by the law in effect on the date the court scheduled the |
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| 40 | 40 | | proceeding, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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| 41 | 41 | | purpose. |
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| 42 | 42 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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