HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE: Criminal Jurisprudence
TIME & DATE: 2:00PM or upon final adjourn./recess
Tuesday, April 10, 2001
PLACE: E2.028
CHAIR: Rep. Juan Hinojosa
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The committee will consider the following bills:
HB 2754 Homer / et al.
Relating to the punishment for assault committed against certain
sports officials.
HB 156 Homer
Relating to the punishment for certain offenses under the Texas
Controlled Substances Act committed by a person using a child to
facilitate the commission of the offense.
HB 1571 Haggerty
Relating to the murder of a commissioned security officer as a
capital offense and to the punishments for the offenses of assault
and aggravated assault committed against a commissioned security
officer.
HB 2222 Jones, Jesse
Relating to the prosecution and punishment of injury to an elderly
individual.
HB 3582 Davis, John
Relating to criminal penalties for injury to a child, elderly
individual, or disabled person.
HB 132 Deshotel / et al.
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of harassment.
HB 151 Villarreal, Mike / et al.
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of harassment.
SB 139 Carona
Relating to the prosecution of and punishment for the offense of
harassment.
HB 175 Goolsby / et al.
Relating to the punishment for the offense of evading arrest or
detention.
HB 346 Keel
Relating to the punishment for the offense of evading arrest or detention.
HB 2022 Hinojosa
Relating to the punishment for the offense of evading arrest or
detention.
HB 2798 Menendez
Relating to certain civil consequences of using a vehicle while
evading arrest or detention.
SB 215 Bernsen
Relating to the punishment for the offense of evading arrest or
detention.
HB 31 McClendon / et al.
Relating to the punishment for the offense of burglary of a
vehicle.
HB 1919 Turner, Bob
Relating to criminal mischief and theft of retail water utility
service.
HB 2740 Turner, Bob
Relating to the distribution of money to certain counties for the
payment of extraordinary costs of prosecution.
SB 923 Staples
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of fraudulent
destruction, removal, or concealment of a universal product code.
SB 966 Staples
Relating to preventing the consequences of theft, including retail
theft; providing penalties.
HB 3141 Swinford
Relating to prima facie evidence for the offense of theft of
livestock, exotic livestock, or exotic fowl.
HB 3314 Dunnam
Relating to the offense of theft of livestock from a commission
merchant.
HB 1813 Wohlgemuth
Relating to the creation of the offense of theft by a caretaker.
HB 374 Wohlgemuth
Relating to the assessment of court costs for certain offenses to
finance child health and safety programs in municipalities.
HB 1181 Capelo
Relating to the punishment for the offense of obstruction or
retaliation.
HB 620 Capelo
Relating to speeding offenses eligible for dismissal of a charge on
completion of a driving safety course.
HB 619 Capelo
Relating to the nature of an affidavit that may be filed in support
of the issuance of a search warrant.
HB 508 Allen
Relating to the penalty for certain offenses committed for
remuneration, for obstruction or retaliation, or in violation of a
protective order.
HB 1925 Haggerty
Relating to the creation of an offense prohibiting certain weapons
within 1,000 feet of a place of execution.
HB 1572 Haggerty
Relating to the rights of victims of crime, including participation
by victims in certain criminal proceedings and the payment of
restitution to victims.
HB 258 Christian / et al.
Relating to displaying a deadly weapon in order to hinder an
official proceeding or prevent or disrupt a lawful meeting,
gathering, or procession; providing penalties.
HB 2250 Smith / et al.
Relating to certain criminal consequences of a previous
intoxication manslaughter conviction.
HB 2228 Smith / et al.
Relating to the required taking of a specimen of a person's breath
or blood in connection with certain alcohol-related offenses.
HB 2701 Homer
Relating to the enhancement of penalties for certain intoxication
offenses.
HB 2926 Jones, Jesse
Relating to the period that an ignition interlock device must
remain installed on the vehicle of a person placed on community
supervision for certain intoxication offenses.
HB 1999 Cook
Relating to the authority of a magistrate in certain counties to
issue a search warrant for certain property or items.
HB 1874 Cook
Relating to the filing of an affidavit supporting a criminal charge
based on the use of a check or similar sight order.
HB 131 Deshotel
Relating to the use of the compensation to victims of crime fund to
reimburse the reasonable costs of certain victims' medical
examinations.
HB 1988 Hill
Relating to contracts for the collection of fines, fees,
restitution, and other costs in a criminal case.
HB 3505 Maxey
Relating to the authority of the attorney general to establish an
information and notification system for crime victims funded by the
compensation to victims of crime fund.
HB 3247 Hinojosa
Relating to the collection of money by certain prosecuting
attorneys.
HB 840 Hinojosa / et al.
Relating to a defendant's waiver of arraignment.
HB 58 Hinojosa
Relating to the punishment for an offense for which a person's
criminal responsibility is based on the conduct of another person
who is nonresponsible due to age.
HB 2410 Martinez Fischer
Relating to the authority of a municipal court to waive payment of
fines and costs imposed on certain indigent defendants.
HB 2753 Martinez Fischer
Relating to the use of the uncorroborated testimony of an
accomplice in certain actions.
HB 3613 Martinez Fischer
Relating to the sentencing of a conviction of an offense for which
punishment is enhanced under Section 12.43(c), Penal Code.
HB 2169 Dunnam
Relating to the disqualification of certain judges or justices of
the peace to sit in a criminal case.
HB 1854 Dunnam
Relating to the penalty for operation of a motor vehicle by a
person who does not hold a driver's license.
HB 1414 Farrar
Relating to prohibiting the introduction of argument in a criminal
case concerning the effect of subsequent legislative action on
punishment assessed by a jury.
HB 1413 Farrar
Relating to the testimony of a juror in a criminal case.
HB 869 Dutton
Relating to the punishment for a capital offense.
HB 797 Gallego
Relating to certain pretrial requirements regarding persons accused
of crime who remain confined pending trial.
HB 267 Gallego
Relating to the quality of legal representation in capital cases.
HB 2305 Garcia
Relating to the expunction of certain arrest records and files.
HB 1971 Garcia
Relating to the creation of the offense of permitting an unsafe
workplace.
HB 1028 Wilson
Relating to the penalty for possession of marihuana.
HB 738 Noriega
Relating to the statute of limitations for a felony involving
leaving the scene of an accident.
HB 1354 Noriega
Relating to requiring certain defendants in municipal or justice
courts to make payments to a crime stoppers organization.
HB 238 Keffer / et al.
Relating to amending the definition of "manufacture" in the
Controlled Substances Act and to defining the possession of the
components of methamphetamine as an offense under that Act.
SB 553 Duncan
Relating to the creation of a task force to review the methods and
procedures used to evaluate a criminal defendant's competency to
stand trial and use of the insanity defense.
HB 434 Heflin
Relating to the procedures for handling certain defendants
acquitted of an offense by reason of insanity.
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