This bill amends Code of Criminal Procedure Article 780(B) to clarify the process for a defendant to waive their right to a jury trial. It stipulates that the waiver must be made through a written motion filed in the district court at least forty-five days before the trial date, and it must be signed by both the defendant and their counsel unless the right to counsel has been waived.

Additionally, the bill introduces provisions for the reassignment of cases when a defendant files a motion to waive a jury trial in a district court with three or more judges assigned to criminal matters. In such cases, the case will be randomly reassigned to another judge unless the prosecuting authority files a written waiver of reassignment within ten days. Furthermore, if the waiver leads to reassignment, it will interrupt the time periods outlined in Article 701, resetting the time periods anew.