Bill Text: TX HB2875 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the admissibility and use of certain evidence in the prosecution of the offense of exploitation of a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-09 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB2875 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2875-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Davis of Dallas | H.B. No. 2875 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2875: | |||
By: Pacheco | C.S.H.B. No. 2875 |
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relating to the admissibility and use of certain evidence in the | ||
prosecution of the offense of exploitation of a child, elderly | ||
individual, or disabled individual. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 38, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
amended by adding Article 38.471 to read as follows: | ||
Art. 38.471. EVIDENCE IN PROSECUTION FOR EXPLOITATION OF | ||
CHILD, ELDERLY INDIVIDUAL, OR DISABLED INDIVIDUAL. (a) In the | ||
prosecution of an offense under Section 32.53, Penal Code, evidence | ||
that the defendant has engaged in other conduct that is similar to | ||
the alleged criminal conduct may be admitted for the purpose of | ||
showing the defendant's knowledge or intent regarding an element of | ||
the offense. | ||
(b) Rule 403, Texas Rules of Evidence, applies to this | ||
article. This article does not permit the presentation of | ||
character evidence that would otherwise be inadmissible under the | ||
Texas Rules of Evidence or other applicable law. | ||
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 when the | ||
proceeding commenced, and the former law is continued in effect for | ||
that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |