Bill Text: TX SB402 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the preference given by trial courts to hearings and trials for murder and capital murder offenses.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB402 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB402-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the preference given by trial courts to hearings and trials for murder and capital murder offenses.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB402 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB402-Introduced.html
88R6653 MZM-F | ||
By: Whitmire | S.B. No. 402 |
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relating to the preference given by trial courts to hearings and | ||
trials for murder and capital murder offenses. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 23.101(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), the trial courts | ||
of this state shall regularly and frequently set hearings and | ||
trials of pending matters, giving preference to hearings and trials | ||
of the following: | ||
(1) temporary injunctions; | ||
(2) criminal actions, with the following actions given | ||
preference over other criminal actions: | ||
(A) criminal actions against defendants who are | ||
detained in jail pending trial; | ||
(B) criminal actions involving a charge that a | ||
person committed an act of family violence, as defined by Section | ||
71.004, Family Code; | ||
(C) an offense under: | ||
(i) Section 19.02, 19.03, 21.02, or 21.11, | ||
Penal Code; | ||
(ii) Chapter 22, Penal Code, if the victim | ||
of the alleged offense is younger than 17 years of age; | ||
(iii) Section 25.02, Penal Code, if the | ||
victim of the alleged offense is younger than 17 years of age; | ||
(iv) Section 25.06, Penal Code; | ||
(v) Section 43.25, Penal Code; or | ||
(vi) Section 20A.02(a)(7), 20A.02(a)(8), | ||
or 20A.03, Penal Code; | ||
(D) an offense described by Article 62.001(6)(C) | ||
or (D), Code of Criminal Procedure; and | ||
(E) criminal actions against persons who are | ||
detained as provided by Section 51.12, Family Code, after transfer | ||
for prosecution in criminal court under Section 54.02, Family Code; | ||
(3) election contests and suits under the Election | ||
Code; | ||
(4) orders for the protection of the family under | ||
Subtitle B, Title 4, Family Code; | ||
(5) appeals of final rulings and decisions of the | ||
division of workers' compensation of the Texas Department of | ||
Insurance regarding workers' compensation claims and claims under | ||
the Federal Employers' Liability Act and the Jones Act; | ||
(6) appeals of final orders of the commissioner of the | ||
General Land Office under Section 51.3021, Natural Resources Code; | ||
(7) actions in which the claimant has been diagnosed | ||
with malignant mesothelioma, other malignant asbestos-related | ||
cancer, malignant silica-related cancer, or acute silicosis; and | ||
(8) appeals brought under Section 42.01 or 42.015, Tax | ||
Code, of orders of appraisal review boards of appraisal districts | ||
established for counties with a population of less than 175,000. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |