HB 783 (2004) -  Custodial Interrogations in Cases Involving Capital Felonies

General Bill by Planas (CO-SPONSORS) Rivera; Zapata
Custodial Interrogations in Cases Involving Capital Felonies: Provides purpose and intent to create true, complete, and accurate records of custodial interrogations of persons supected of capital felony offenses to eliminate factual disputes in court as to events alleged to have occurred during such interrogations; provides circumstances in which an oral, written, or sign language statement made by an accused person during a custodial interrogation is presumed inadmissible as evidence against such person, the prosecution may rebut such presumption, and law enforcement officers may have good cause not to electronically record all or part of an interrogation; provides for the admissibility of statements of an accused person when made in proceedings or when obtained by federal law enforcement officers or law enforcement officers from other states; provides for preservation of electronic recordings; provides for admissibility of specified statements of an accused person.
Effective Date: Not Specified
Last Event: Died in Committee on Public Safety & Crime Prevent on Friday, April 30, 2004 11:40 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

House Referrals

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: SB 1936 Subject: Custodial Interrogations Relationship: Identical

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: House Committee: Public Safety & Crime Prevention 4/13/2004 6:28:59 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: H Died in Committee on Public Safety & Crime Prevent Time: 04/30/2004 - 11:40 PM Member: Committee: Public Safety & Crime Prevention Version:
Event: H Bill added to Public Safety & Crime Prevention agenda Time: 04/13/2004 - 4:24 PM Member: Committee: Public Safety & Crime Prevention Version:
Event: H Bill added to Public Safety & Crime Prevention agenda Time: 04/13/2004 - 4:24 PM Member: Committee: Public Safety & Crime Prevention Version:
Event: H 1st Reading Time: 03/03/2004 - 1:23 AM Member: Committee: Version:
Event: H Now in Public Safety & Crime Prevention Time: 02/11/2004 - 5:41 PM Member: Committee: Public Safety & Crime Prevention Version:
Event: H Bill referred to committee Time: 02/11/2004 - 5:41 PM Member: Committee: Judiciary Version:
Event: H Bill referred to committee Time: 02/11/2004 - 5:41 PM Member: Committee: Public Safety & Crime Prevention Version:
Event: H Filed timely Time: 02/03/2004 - 12:01 PM Member: Planas Committee: Version:

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
901.241