HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Corrections 

TIME & DATE:  10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
Tuesday, March 28, 2023 

PLACE:        JHR 140 
CHAIR:        Rep. Abel Herrero 

Public testimony will be limited to three minutes.

The order in which legislation will be considered is at the discretion of the Chair.

HB 541         Longoria                                  
Relating to donations to certain local charities ordered to be paid as a condition of community supervision.

HB 1355        Sherman, Sr.                              
Relating to air conditioning requirements at facilities operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

HB 1449        Collier                                   
Relating to certain technical violations of conditions of community supervision.

HB 1524        Sherman, Sr. | et al.                     
Relating to the use of body worn cameras by correctional officers.

HB 1629        Wu                                        
Relating to changing the eligibility for community supervision of a person convicted of certain burglary offenses.

HB 1705        Allen                                     
Relating to the award of diligent participation credit to defendants confined in a state jail felony facility.

HB 1708        Canales                                   
Relating to the temperature at which a facility operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice is maintained.

HB 2044        Bowers                                    
Relating to depression screenings for certain women in county jail or in the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

HB 2141        González, Jessica                         
Relating to a hearing for an alleged violation of community supervision by a defendant and the manner in which that defendant is required to appear before the court.

HB 2708        Swanson                                   
Relating to visitation policies for inmates and state jail felony defendants.

HB 2935        Lopez, Janie                              
Relating to veterans placed on community supervision or confined in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

HB 2950        Bryant | et al.                           
Relating to the temperature at which certain facilities operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice are maintained.

HB 3075        Kacal                                     
Relating to the operation of an unmanned aircraft over a correctional facility or detention facility; creating a criminal offense.

HB 3158        Leach                                     
Relating to occupational licensing of inmates in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

HB 3341        Johnson, Ann                              
Relating to the eligibility of criminal defendants for an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information for certain offenses committed when younger than 25 years of age.

HB 3464        Kacal                                     
Relating to creating the criminal offense of tampering with a correctional facility tablet device.

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