House Bill No. 310, introduced by Representative Carlson, amends the Code of Criminal Procedure Article 780(B) to establish procedures for the reassignment of a defendant's case when the right to a jury trial is 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 among the remaining judges immediately after the motion is filed.

Additionally, the bill allows the prosecuting authority to file a written waiver of reassignment within ten days of being notified of the defendant's motion, which would prevent the case from being reassigned. It also clarifies that if a waiver results in reassignment, it interrupts the time periods outlined in Article 701, resetting the timeline for those periods. The amendments aim to streamline the process and clarify the responsibilities of both the defendant and the prosecuting authority regarding jury trial waivers and case assignments.