Bill Text: TX HB1599 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the use of hypnotically induced testimony in a criminal trial.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-29 - No action taken in committee [HB1599 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB1599-Introduced.html

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87R1519 AJZ-D
By: J. Johnson of Harris H.B. No. 1599

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of hypnotically induced testimony in a criminal
trial.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 38, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by adding Article 38.24 to read as follows:
Art. 38.24. TESTIMONY OBTAINED BY HYPNOSIS. The testimony
of a person obtained by hypnotizing the person is not admissible
against a defendant in a criminal trial, whether offered in the
guilt or innocence phase or the punishment phase of the trial.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to the
admissibility of evidence in a criminal proceeding that commences
on or after the effective date of this Act. The admissibility of
evidence in a criminal proceeding that commences before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
date the proceeding commenced, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.