89th Legislature, Regular Session
HB 4563
Relating to allowing a therapy or facility dog to accompany a child or a person with a disability during testimony in certain criminal cases.
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89R16034 MEW-D By: Flores H.B. No. 4563 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to allowing a therapy or facility dog to accompany a child or a person with a disability during testimony in certain criminal cases. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 38, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended by adding Article 38.077 to read as follows: Art. 38.077. TESTIMONY OF CHILD OR PERSON WITH DISABILITY; AUTHORIZING THERAPY OR FACILITY DOGS FOR CERTAIN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS. (a) In this article: