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** REVISION **
SENATE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE:
Criminal Justice
TIME & DATE:
1:30 PM or upon adjournment
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
PLACE:
E1.016 (Hearing Room)
CHAIR:
Senator John Whitmire
To be considered:
 
SB 89
 
Van de Putte | et al.
Relating to the prosecution, punishment, and prevention of offenses involving trafficking of persons or certain forced or sex-based labor or services, law enforcement training relating to the trafficking of persons, and the creation of the trafficking of persons investigation and prosecution account in the general revenue fund.
 
SB 388
 
Carona
Relating to the creation of the law enforcement integrity unit in the Department of Public Safety.
 
SB 537
 
Carona
Relating to the emergency installation and use of a device to intercept wire, oral, or electronic communications.
 
SB 552
 
Hegar
Relating to funding for the continuing education of certain peace officers.
 
SB 743
 
Wentworth
Relating to the time allowed for execution of a search warrant issued to obtain an item or specimen for DNA analysis.
 
SB 787
 
Nelson
Relating to the statute of limitations on prosecution of the offense of bigamy.
 
SB 912
 
Williams
Relating to the diversion of a controlled substance by certain persons who have access to the substance by virtue of the person's profession or employment; providing penalties.
 
SB 920
 
Harris
Relating to the right to an expunction of records and files relating to a person's arrest.
 
SB 937
 
Carona
Relating to the prosecution of and punishment for certain criminal offenses involving a combination or a criminal street gang.
 
SB 1175
 
Patrick, Dan
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of failure to identify.
 
SB 1256
 
Carona | et al.
Relating to the prosecution of and punishment prescribed for engaging in organized criminal activity in a gang-free zone.
 
SB 1273
 
Carona
Relating to the prosecution of and punishment for the theft of certain electronic equipment and interference with certain radio frequencies.
 
SB 1281
 
Williams
Relating to the fraudulent obtaining of a controlled substance from a practitioner; providing a penalty.
 
SB 1303
 
Seliger
Relating to the requirement that certain state and local governmental entities designate a firearms proficiency officer and require weapons proficiency.
 
SB 1424
 
Seliger
Relating to a person's eligibility to possess or carry a concealed handgun or other firearm.
 
SB 1504
 
Whitmire
Relating to the concurrent jurisdiction of certain municipal courts in certain criminal cases punishable by fine only.
 
SB 1505
 
Whitmire
Relating to the arrest and release on bail or other form of bond of certain criminal defendants with a mental illness or with mental retardation.
 
SB 1529
 
Whitmire
Relating to criminal asset forfeiture, the disposition of proceeds and property from criminal asset forfeiture, and accountability for that disposition; providing civil penalties.
 
SB 1557
 
Duncan
Relating to the early identification of criminal defendants who are or may be persons with mental illness or mental retardation.
 
SB 1662
 
Seliger
Relating to the punishment for the offense of breach of computer security.
 
SB 1775
 
Whitmire
Relating to the Texas Rangers' Unsolved Crimes Investigation Team.
 
SB 1832
 
Patrick, Dan
Relating to the eligibility for judge-ordered community supervision or for mandatory supervision of a defendant convicted of criminal solicitation of capital murder.
 
Bills added after last posting:
SB 89
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