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      H.B. No. 305         AN ACT   relating to the time period for conducting pretrial hearings after   a criminal defendant has been restored to competency.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Article 46B.084(d-1), Code of Criminal   Procedure, is amended to read as follows:          (d-1)  This article does not require the criminal case to be   finally resolved within any specific period , except that, in a   jurisdiction to which Subsection (d)(1) applies, a pretrial hearing   on any evidentiary or procedural issue that must be resolved for the   criminal proceedings in the case to proceed to trial or another   resolution must be conducted not later than the 14th day after the   date of the court's determination under this article that the   defendant's competency has been restored .          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 305 was passed by the House on May 13,   2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 136, Nays 4, 2 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 305 was passed by the Senate on May   23, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor