TITLE: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 2645.

SUMMARY: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 2645.

FULL TEXT:
84(R) HR 3395-Enrolled version-Bill Text H.R. No. 3395 RE SO LU TI ON BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of Texas, 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, That House Rule 13, Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13, Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on House Bill 2645 (the prosecution of certain offenses involving family violence and to the violation of certain court orders or conditions of bond in a family violence, sexual assault or abuse, or stalking case) to consider and take action on the following matter: House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit the committee to add text on a matter which is not included in either the house or senate version of the bill by adding the following text to SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Article 38.371, Code of Criminal Procedure: (c) This article does not permit the presentation of character evidence that would otherwise be inadmissible under the Texas Rules of Evidence or other applicable law. Explanation: This addition is necessary to clarify that Article 38.371, Code of Criminal Procedure, does not permit the presentation of character evidence that is otherwise inadmissible under the Texas Rules of Evidence or other applicable law. Blanco Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 3395 was adopted by the House on May 31, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 133, Nays 11, 2 present, not voting. Chief Clerk of the House