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HB 929: Recording of Custodial Interrogations

GENERAL BILL by Pritchett

Recording of Custodial Interrogations; Requires statements made during custodial interrogations conducted at places of detention to be electronically recorded in certain circumstances; requires law enforcement officers who conduct custodial interrogations without electronically recording them or conduct custodial interrogations outside places of detention to prepare written reports that include specified information; requires court to consider failure to electronically record custodial interrogation as factor in determining admissibility of statements & to give jury cautionary instructions in certain circumstances; provides civil immunity for law enforcement agencies that enforce rules meeting specified requirements.

Effective Date: 7/1/2018
Last Action: 3/10/2018 House - Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
12/6/2017 House • Filed
12/13/2017 House • Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee -HJ 81
1/9/2018 House • Introduced -HJ 81
3/10/2018 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee