Bill Text: TX HB2097 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the duties of peace officers investigating a family violence allegation or responding to a disturbance call that may involve family violence.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-16 - Referred to State Affairs [HB2097 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2097-Engrossed.html
88R8024 JCG-D | ||
By: Manuel | H.B. No. 2097 |
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relating to the duties of peace officers investigating a family | ||
violence allegation or responding to a disturbance call that may | ||
involve family violence. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Article 5.04, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
(d) A peace officer who investigates a family violence | ||
allegation or responds to a disturbance call that may involve | ||
family violence shall physically separate the individuals at the | ||
scene and conduct an interview of the potential victim in a manner | ||
that prevents the suspect from intimidating the victim while the | ||
victim is providing statements and other evidence to the | ||
investigating peace officer, including, at minimum, by: | ||
(1) preventing the suspect from being able to make eye | ||
contact with the victim or make any other nonverbal communication | ||
to the victim; | ||
(2) placing the suspect and victim into separate | ||
rooms, if both are detained indoors; and | ||
(3) to the extent practicable, preventing the suspect | ||
from making verbal communications to the victim by: | ||
(A) placing the suspect at a distance from the | ||
victim at which speech is not likely to be overheard or | ||
intelligible; or | ||
(B) using physical barriers. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |