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  89R9199 MEW-D     By: Hinojosa of Nueces S.B. No. 2229       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to change of venue in certain criminal cases involving a   peace officer.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 31A, Code of Criminal   Procedure, is amended by adding Article 31A.0021 to read as   follows:           Art.   31A.0021.     CHANGE OF VENUE FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES   COMMITTED BY PEACE OFFICERS. On a motion by the attorney   representing the state or the defendant or on the judge's own   motion, the judge shall order a change of venue if the defendant:                 (1)     is a peace officer or was a peace officer at the   time of the alleged offense; and                 (2)     has been charged with an offense allegedly   committed under color of the defendant's employment as a peace   officer.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to a defendant charged with an offense committed on or after the   effective date of this Act.  A defendant charged with an offense   committed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the   law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the former   law is continued in effect for that purpose.  For purposes of this   section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this   Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.