Bill Text: TX SB526 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a prohibition on certain law enforcement inquiries regarding the nationality or immigration status of a victim of or witness to a criminal offense.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-20 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB526 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB526-Introduced.html
| 83R6052 ADM-D | ||
| By: Rodriguez | S.B. No. 526 | |
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| relating to a prohibition on certain law enforcement inquiries | ||
| regarding the nationality or immigration status of a victim of or | ||
| witness to a criminal offense. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Article 2.13, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
| (d) A peace officer may not inquire as to the nationality or | ||
| immigration status of a victim of or witness to a criminal offense | ||
| except as necessary to investigate the offense or to provide the | ||
| victim or witness with information about federal visas designed to | ||
| protect individuals providing assistance to law enforcement. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
