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| 1 | 1 | By: Bettencourt, Birdwell S.B. No. 987 | |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Filed January 29, 2025; February 13, 2025, | |
| 3 | + | read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; | |
| 4 | + | March 17, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 11, | |
| 5 | + | Nays 0; March 17, 2025, sent to printer.) | |
| 6 | + | Click here to see the committee vote | |
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| 6 | 9 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 7 | 10 | AN ACT | |
| 8 | 11 | relating to the subject matter jurisdiction of the criminal trial | |
| 9 | 12 | courts of this state over certain criminal actions. | |
| 10 | 13 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 14 | SECTION 1. Section 571.171, Government Code, is amended by | |
| 12 | 15 | adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 16 | (d) This section does not require the exhaustion of civil, | |
| 14 | 17 | including administrative, remedies as a prerequisite to the vesting | |
| 15 | 18 | in a trial court of subject matter jurisdiction over a criminal | |
| 16 | 19 | action for which the trial court would otherwise have jurisdiction | |
| 17 | 20 | under other law. | |
| 18 | 21 | SECTION 2. This Act applies to a criminal action commenced | |
| 19 | 22 | before, on, or after the effective date of this Act. | |
| 20 | 23 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | |
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