Bill:  HB 938 
Legislative Session: 76(R) Council Document: 76R 4846 GWK-D
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Last Action:05/13/1999 S Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
Caption Version:Engrossed
Caption Text:Relating to the investigation and prosecution of an offense motivated by bias or prejudice and to other remedies for and protections against certain hateful acts.
Author:Thompson | Haggerty | Danburg | Puente | Hochberg
Coauthor:Alvarado | Bailey | Burnam | Capelo | Chavez | Coleman | Cuellar | Davis, Yvonne | Deshotel | Dukes | Dunnam | Dutton | Ehrhardt | Eiland | Ellis, Dan | Farrar | Flores | Garcia | Giddings | Gray | Greenberg | Gutierrez | Hinojosa | Hodge | Jones, Delwin | Jones, Jesse | Lewis, Glenn | Longoria | Luna, Vilma | Maxey | McClendon | Merritt | Moreno, Joe | Moreno, Paul | Naishtat | Najera | Noriega | Oliveira | Olivo | Pickett | Rangel | Reyna, Arthur | Sadler | Salinas | Solis, Jim | Solis, Juan | Tillery | Turner, Sylvester | Uresti | Van de Putte | Wise | Wolens | Yarbrough | Zbranek
Sponsor:Ellis, Rodney
Subjects:Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)
Crimes--Against Persons--General (I0170)
JAMES BYRD JR. ACT (P0015)
DISCRIMINATION (S0052)
HATE CRIMES (S9100)
Companion:SB 275 by Ellis, Rodney, Identical
House Committee:Judicial Affairs
Status:Out of committee
Vote:Ayes=6   Nays=2   Present Not Voting=0   Absent=1
Senate Committee:Criminal Justice
Status:In committee
Actions: (ascending date order)
Description Comment Date       Time       Journal Page
 Filed      01/26/1999    
 Read first time      02/09/1999     289
 Referred to Judicial Affairs      02/09/1999     289
 Scheduled for public hearing on . . . .      03/11/1999    
 Considered in public hearing      03/11/1999    
 Testimony taken in committee      03/11/1999    
 Committee substitute considered in committee      03/11/1999    
 Testimony taken in committee      03/11/1999    
 Reported favorably as substituted      03/11/1999    
 Committee report filed with Chief Clerk      03/17/1999     736
 Committee report printed and distributed       03/18/1999   10:50 AM 
 Committee report sent to Calendars      03/19/1999    
 Considered in Calendars      03/24/1999    
 Corrected comm. report printed & distributed       04/22/1999   08:30 PM 
 Corrected committee report sent to Calendars      04/23/1999    
 Considered in Calendars      04/23/1999    
 Placed on General State Calendar      04/26/1999    
 Read 2nd time      04/26/1999     1380
 Postponed   4/27/99 11:00AM   04/26/1999     1381
 Laid out as postponed business      04/27/1999     1415
 Amended   1-Hochberg   04/27/1999     1415
 Amended   2-Pitts   04/27/1999     1415
 Amendment(s) offered   3-Merritt*   04/27/1999     1415
 Amendment amended   4-Chisum   04/27/1999     1416
 Amendment amended   5-Howard   04/27/1999     1416
 Amendment amended   6-Howard   04/27/1999     1417
 Amendment amended   7-Howard   04/27/1999     1417
 Amendment to amendment offered   8-Howard   04/27/1999     1417
 Substitute amendment to amendment withdrawn   9-Smithee   04/27/1999     1417
 Substitute amendment to amendment withdrawn   10-Smithee   04/27/1999     1418
 Amendment to amendment withdrawn      04/27/1999     1418
 Amendment adopted as amended   3-Merritt*   04/27/1999     1418
 Passed to engrossment as amended      04/27/1999     1436
 Record vote   RV #151   04/27/1999     1436
 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal      04/27/1999     1437
 Reason for vote recorded in Journal      04/27/1999     1437
 Read 3rd time      04/28/1999     1481
 Passed      04/28/1999     1481
 Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal      04/28/1999     1481
 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal      04/28/1999     1518
 Reason for vote recorded in Journal      04/28/1999     1518
 Reported engrossed       04/28/1999   05:00 PM  1567
 Received from the House      04/29/1999     1307
 Read first time      04/30/1999     1341
 Referred to Criminal Justice      04/30/1999     1341
 Scheduled for public hearing on . . . . .      05/06/1999    
 Considered in public hearing      05/06/1999    
 Testimony taken in committee      05/06/1999    
 Left pending in committee      05/06/1999    
 Scheduled for public hearing on . . . . .      05/10/1999    
 No action taken in committee      05/10/1999    
 Scheduled for public hearing on . . . . .      05/12/1999    
 No action taken in committee      05/12/1999    
 Posting rule suspended      05/13/1999     1770
 Scheduled for public hearing on . . . . .      05/13/1999    
 Considered in public hearing      05/13/1999    
 Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.      05/13/1999