HB 453: Statements Made by a Criminal Defendant
GENERAL BILL by Brown
Statements Made by a Criminal Defendant; Requires hearsay statements made during certain custodial interrogations comply with specified requirements to be admissible; describes circumstances in which statement made by interrogee during custodial interrogation is presumed inadmissible as evidence; describes circumstances in which prosecution may rebut presumption; describes circumstances in which law enforcement officers may have had good cause not to electronically record all or part of an interrogation; provides for admissibility of certain statements; requires preservation of electronic recordings; provides admissibility is not precluded for certain statements of an interrogee; specifies requirements for admissibility of hearsay statement against interest made during certain custodial interrogations when declarant is unavailable.
Last Action: 5/5/2017 House - Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 1/24/2017 House • Filed
2/6/2017 House • Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee -HJ 63
3/7/2017 House • Introduced -HJ 63
5/5/2017 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
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HB 453, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/24/2017 at 10:04 AM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 296 Statements Made by a Criminal Defendant Bracy Identical Last Action: 5/5/2017 S Died in Judiciary 
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 7 (pdf)