85R9311 MCK-D     By: Blanco H.B. No. 4256       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the jurisdiction of courts in criminal matters   involving allegations of sexual assault by a member of the state   military forces.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 432, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 432.006 to read as follows:          Sec. 432.006.  PROSECUTION OF SEXUAL ASSAULT. (a) A   criminal case alleging a sexual assault committed by a member of the   state military forces must first be tried in an appropriate state   court with jurisdiction over the case.           (b)  A military court may not try a person subject to this   chapter for committing an offense described by Subsection (a) until   any state prosecution of the offense is complete.           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2017.