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  89R11472 CJD-D     By: Dutton H.B. No. 2934       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the charging instrument in the prosecution of the   offense of resisting arrest.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 21, Code of Criminal Procedure, is   amended by adding Article 21.151 to read as follows:           Art.   21.151.     RESISTING ARREST. The complaint, information,   or indictment in the prosecution of a criminal case in which the   sole allegation is that a person has resisted arrest under Section   38.03, Penal Code, must state the underlying offense for which the   person was resisting arrest.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to a criminal case in which the complaint, information, or   indictment is presented to the court on or after the effective date   of this Act. A criminal case in which the complaint, information, or   indictment was presented to the court before the effective date of   this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the complaint,   information, or indictment was presented, and the former law is   continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.