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| 1 | 1 | 89R9199 MEW-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Hinojosa of Nueces S.B. No. 2229 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to change of venue in certain criminal cases involving a | |
| 10 | 10 | peace officer. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 31A, Code of Criminal | |
| 13 | 13 | Procedure, is amended by adding Article 31A.0021 to read as | |
| 14 | 14 | follows: | |
| 15 | 15 | Art. 31A.0021. CHANGE OF VENUE FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES | |
| 16 | 16 | COMMITTED BY PEACE OFFICERS. On a motion by the attorney | |
| 17 | 17 | representing the state or the defendant or on the judge's own | |
| 18 | 18 | motion, the judge shall order a change of venue if the defendant: | |
| 19 | 19 | (1) is a peace officer or was a peace officer at the | |
| 20 | 20 | time of the alleged offense; and | |
| 21 | 21 | (2) has been charged with an offense allegedly | |
| 22 | 22 | committed under color of the defendant's employment as a peace | |
| 23 | 23 | officer. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 25 | 25 | to a defendant charged with an offense committed on or after the | |
| 26 | 26 | effective date of this Act. A defendant charged with an offense | |
| 27 | 27 | committed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the | |
| 28 | 28 | law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the former | |
| 29 | 29 | law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this | |
| 30 | 30 | section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this | |
| 31 | 31 | Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date. | |
| 32 | 32 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |