House Bill No. by Representative Carlson amends the Code of Criminal Procedure Article 780(B) to establish new procedures for the reassignment of a defendant's case when the right to a jury trial has been waived. The bill stipulates that a defendant must file a written motion to waive the jury trial at least forty-five days before the trial date, and if the motion is filed in a district court with three or more judges assigned to criminal matters, the case will be randomly reassigned to one of the remaining judges immediately after the motion is filed.

Additionally, the bill allows the district attorney to file a motion to waive the reassignment of the defendant's case within ten days of the waiver of the jury trial being granted. The district court is required to grant any such motion to waive reassignment. This legislation aims to streamline the process of case management in the criminal justice system while ensuring that defendants' rights are upheld.