Bill Text: TX HB1549 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the admissibility of hearsay evidence in a hearing for a person charged with a violation of a condition of release from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-08 - Referred to Corrections [HB1549 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB1549-Introduced.html

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87R5327 BDP-D
By: Dutton H.B. No. 1549

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the admissibility of hearsay evidence in a hearing for a
person charged with a violation of a condition of release from the
Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 508.281, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
(g) Hearsay evidence is admissible in a hearing conducted
under this section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.