Texas HB 305: Relating to the composition of the student body of an open-enrollment charter school.

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89(R) HB 305 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

  

  

  
 H.B. No. 305

  

  

  

  

 AN ACT

  

 relating to the time period for conducting pretrial hearings after 

  

 a criminal defendant has been restored to competency.

  

        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

  

        SECTION 1.  Article 46B.084(d-1), Code of Criminal 

  

 Procedure, is amended to read as follows:

  

        (d-1)  This article does not require the criminal case to be 

  

 finally resolved within any specific period, except that, in a 

  

 jurisdiction to which Subsection (d)(1) applies, a pretrial hearing 

  

 on any evidentiary or procedural issue that must be resolved for the 

  

 criminal proceedings in the case to proceed to trial or another 

  

 resolution must be conducted not later than the 14th day after the 

  

 date of the court's determination under this article that the 

  

 defendant's competency has been restored.

  

        SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

  

  

  
 ______________________________
 ______________________________

  
    President of the Senate
 Speaker of the House     

  

  

   

        I certify that H.B. No. 305 was passed by the House on May 13, 

   

 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 136, Nays 4, 2 present, not 

   

 voting.

   

   

 ______________________________

   

 Chief Clerk of the House   

  

  

   

        I certify that H.B. No. 305 was passed by the Senate on May 

   

 23, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

   

   

 ______________________________

   

 Secretary of the Senate    

   

 APPROVED:  _____________________

   

                    Date          

   

  

   

           _____________________

   

                  Governor