89th Legislature, Regular Session
HB 688
Relating to the applicability of the death penalty to a capital offense committed by a person with an intellectual disability.
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89R683 LHC-F By: Thompson H.B. No. 688 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the applicability of the death penalty to a capital offense committed by a person with an intellectual disability. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Article 44.01, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: (a) The state is entitled to appeal an order of a court in a criminal case if the order: (1) dismisses an indictment, information, or