HB4544 - Relating to the operation and administration of practice and procedure related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government.

      By: Lopez of Bexar H.B. No. 4544       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the operation and administration of practice and   procedure related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state   government.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 124.001(b), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (b)  If a defendant who was arrested for or charged with,   convicted of, or placed on deferred adjudication community   supervision for any misdemeanor or felony offense successfully   completes a veterans treatment court program, after notice to, and   agreement of, the attorney representing the state and a hearing in   the veterans treatment court at which that court determines that a   dismissal is in the best interest of justice, for any justice   involved event , the veterans treatment court shall provide to the   court in which the criminal case is pending information about the   dismissal and shall include all of the information required about   the defendant for a petition for expunction under Section 2(b),   Article 55.02, Code of Criminal Procedure. The court in which the   criminal case is pending shall dismiss the case against the   defendant and:                (1)  if that trial court is a district court, the court   may, with the consent of the attorney representing the state, enter   an order of expunction on behalf of the defendant under Section   1a(a-1), Article 55.02, Code of Criminal Procedure; or                (2)  if that trial court is not a district court, the   court may, with the consent of the attorney representing the state,   forward the appropriate dismissal and expunction information to   enable a district court with jurisdiction to enter an order of   expunction on behalf of the defendant under Section 1a(a-1),   Article 55.02, Code of Criminal Procedure.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.