By: Geren (Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa)	H.B. No. 3791
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2015;
	May 7, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
	Justice; May 21, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote:
	Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 21, 2015, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the provision of recordings of certain interactions
	with a peace officer relating to intoxication offenses.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 2, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
	amended by adding Article 2.139 to read as follows:
	Art. 2.139.  VIDEO RECORDINGS OF ARRESTS FOR INTOXICATION
	OFFENSES. A person stopped or arrested on suspicion of an offense
	under Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.07, or 49.08, Penal Code, is
	entitled to receive from a law enforcement agency employing the
	peace officer who made the stop or arrest a copy of any video made by
	or at the direction of the officer that contains footage of:
	(1)  the stop;
	(2)  the arrest;
	(3)  the conduct of the person stopped during any
	interaction with the officer, including during the administration
	of a field sobriety test; or
	(4)  a procedure in which a specimen of the person's
	breath or blood is taken.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
	to a recording of conduct that occurs on or after the effective date
	of this Act.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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