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
H   Filed      01/26/1999    
H   Read first time      02/09/1999     289
H   Referred to Judicial Affairs      02/09/1999     289
H   Scheduled for public hearing on . . . .      03/11/1999    
H   Considered in public hearing      03/11/1999    
H   Testimony taken in committee      03/11/1999    
H   Committee substitute considered in committee      03/11/1999    
H   Testimony taken in committee      03/11/1999    
H   Reported favorably as substituted      03/11/1999    
H   Committee report filed with Chief Clerk      03/17/1999     736
H   Committee report printed and distributed       03/18/1999   10:50 AM 
H   Committee report sent to Calendars      03/19/1999    
H   Considered in Calendars      03/24/1999    
H   Corrected comm. report printed & distributed       04/22/1999   08:30 PM 
H   Corrected committee report sent to Calendars      04/23/1999    
H   Considered in Calendars      04/23/1999    
H   Placed on General State Calendar      04/26/1999    
H   Read 2nd time      04/26/1999     1380
H   Postponed   4/27/99 11:00AM   04/26/1999     1381
H   Laid out as postponed business      04/27/1999     1415
H   Amended   1-Hochberg   04/27/1999     1415
H   Amended   2-Pitts   04/27/1999     1415
H   Amendment(s) offered   3-Merritt*   04/27/1999     1415
H   Amendment amended   4-Chisum   04/27/1999     1416
H   Amendment amended   5-Howard   04/27/1999     1416
H   Amendment amended   6-Howard   04/27/1999     1417
H   Amendment amended   7-Howard   04/27/1999     1417
H   Amendment to amendment offered   8-Howard   04/27/1999     1417
H   Substitute amendment to amendment withdrawn   9-Smithee   04/27/1999     1417
H   Substitute amendment to amendment withdrawn   10-Smithee   04/27/1999     1418
H   Amendment to amendment withdrawn      04/27/1999     1418
H   Amendment adopted as amended   3-Merritt*   04/27/1999     1418
H   Passed to engrossment as amended      04/27/1999     1436
H   Record vote   RV #151   04/27/1999     1436
H   Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal      04/27/1999     1437
H   Reason for vote recorded in Journal      04/27/1999     1437
H   Read 3rd time      04/28/1999     1481
H   Passed      04/28/1999     1481
H   Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal      04/28/1999     1481
H   Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal      04/28/1999     1518
H   Reason for vote recorded in Journal      04/28/1999     1518
H   Reported engrossed       04/28/1999   05:00 PM  1567
S   Received from the House      04/29/1999     1307
S   Read first time      04/30/1999     1341
S   Referred to Criminal Justice      04/30/1999     1341
S   Scheduled for public hearing on . . . . .      05/06/1999    
S   Considered in public hearing      05/06/1999    
S   Testimony taken in committee      05/06/1999    
S   Left pending in committee      05/06/1999    
S   Scheduled for public hearing on . . . . .      05/10/1999    
S   No action taken in committee      05/10/1999    
S   Scheduled for public hearing on . . . . .      05/12/1999    
S   No action taken in committee      05/12/1999    
S   Posting rule suspended      05/13/1999     1770
S   Scheduled for public hearing on . . . . .      05/13/1999    
S   Considered in public hearing      05/13/1999    
S   Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.      05/13/1999