SB 296: Statements Made by a Criminal Defendant
GENERAL BILL by Bracy
Statements Made by a Criminal Defendant; Requiring that hearsay statements made during certain custodial interrogations comply with specified requirements in order to be admissible; describing circumstances in which an oral, written, or sign-language statement made by an interrogee during a custodial interrogation is presumed inadmissible as evidence against such person unless certain requirements are met; providing for the admissibility of certain statements of an interrogee when made in certain proceedings or when obtained by federal officers or officers from other jurisdictions, etc.
Senate Committee References:
- Criminal Justice (CJ)
- Judiciary (JU)
- Rules (RC)
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 1/6/2017 Senate • Filed
1/25/2017 Senate • Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Rules -SJ 57
2/13/2017 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 02/21/17, 9:00 am, 37 Senate Office Building
2/21/2017 Senate • Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
• Now in Judiciary
3/7/2017 Senate • Introduced -SJ 57
5/5/2017 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died in Judiciary
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SB 296, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/6/2017 at 3:32 PM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: Criminal Justice (Pre-Meeting) 2/20/2017 (pdf)
Criminal Justice (Post-Meeting) 2/21/2017 (pdf)
Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 453 Statements Made by a Criminal Defendant Brown Identical Last Action: 5/5/2017 H Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee 
Committee Votes (1)
Date Committee Result 2/21/2017 9:00 AM Criminal Justice 7 Yeas - 0 Nays Citations - Statutes (2)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 90.803 Hearsay exceptions; availability of declarant immaterial. Page 2 (pdf) 90.804 Hearsay exceptions; declarant unavailable. Page 6 (pdf)