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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

 

COMMITTEE:   Criminal Jurisprudence 

TIME & DATE: 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess
Wednesday, April 15, 2015 

PLACE:       E2.030 
CHAIR:       Rep. Abel Herrero 

 

HB 480        Bell | et al.
Relating to retaining a reserve investigator by a prosecuting attorney.

HB 1758       Zedler | et al.        
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of obstruction or retaliation; creating a criminal offense.

HB 1346       Alonzo                 
Relating to the representation of certain indigent applicants for a writ of habeas corpus.

HB 4007       Guillen                
Relating to procedures applicable to a person released on parole or to mandatory supervision and charged with certain new offenses or an administrative violation of a condition of release.

HB 4077       Guillen                
Relating to the definition of abusable volatile chemicals.

HB 4045       Faircloth              
Relating to the issuance of certain search warrants.

HB 2589       Phelan                 
Relating to the prosecution of and punishment for assaulting a disabled individual; increasing a criminal penalty.

HB 2565       Krause | et al.        
Relating to the creation of a commission to review certain penal laws of this state.

HB 3740       Faircloth              
Relating to the creation of DNA records for a person arrested for a Class A misdemeanor or felony offense.

HB 1245       Wray                   
Relating to changing the eligibility of inmates convicted of certain intoxication offenses for release on parole or mandatory supervision and to a biennial study regarding prevention of intoxication offenses.

HB 381        Burkett                
Relating to the punishment for the offense of burglary of a vehicle and to grants of community supervision to persons who commit that offense.

HB 883        Moody                  
Relating to the punishment for the offense of graffiti and the creation of a graffiti pretrial diversion program; authorizing a fee.

HB 3196       Miller, Doug           
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of improper photography or visual recording.

HB 3977       Dukes                  
Relating to increasing the penalty for causing injury to a child; changing the eligibility for community supervision.

HB 4104       Guillen                
Relating to disposition of fines after trial de novo from a municipal court.

HB 888        Bonnen, Greg           
Relating to the punishment for the offense of making a false report or statement regarding a missing child; increasing a criminal penalty.

HB 1166       Burkett                
Relating to sworn statements and other documentation provided to support the issuance of a search warrant.

HB 1829       Thompson, Ed           
Relating to increasing the punishment for assault committed against certain sports participants.

HB 2150       Alvarado               
Relating to the organization of a grand jury and qualifications for service as a grand juror.

HB 2645       Blanco                 
Relating to the violation of certain court orders or conditions of bond in a family violence, sexual assault or abuse, or stalking case; creating an offense.

HB 3724       Herrero                
Relating to the consideration of certain scientific evidence constituting the basis for an application for a writ of habeas corpus.

HB 3751       Herrero                
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of aggravated kidnapping; creating an offense.

HB 1845       King, Susan            
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for causing certain assaultive physical contact with a child.

HB 1363       Johnson                
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of prostitution.

HB 211        Rose                   
Relating to resuming a criminal case after a defendant is determined to be competent to stand trial.

HB 2969       Herrero                
Relating to the authority of the Texas Indigent Defense Commission to provide certain funding for indigent defense services.

HB 2286       Parker | et al.        
Relating to judicial proceedings on a petition for a pardon or an order of expunction of criminal history record information for certain victims of trafficking of persons convicted of prostitution.

HB 1396       Workman                
Relating to strict construction of certain statutes that create or define criminal offenses and penalties.

HB 2300       Riddle                 
Relating to eliminating telegraph transmission as a method to communicate certain information in a criminal case.

HB 2301       Riddle                 
Relating to time credits awarded against the cumulative period of commitment or treatment of certain defendants determined to be incompetent to stand trial.

HB 2302       Riddle                 
Relating to the mandatory dismissal of misdemeanor charges against certain defendants determined to be incompetent to stand trial.

HB 2299       Riddle                 
Relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain laws concerning community supervision granted in criminal cases, including conforming amendments.

HB 2110       Thompson, Senfronia    
Relating to requiring notice of the scheduling of an execution date and the issuance of a warrant of execution.

HB 1375       Thompson, Senfronia    
Relating to creating a defense to revocation of parole, mandatory supervision, or community supervision for a person who travels through a child safety zone.

HB 1342       Sheets                 
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of sexual assault committed against certain victims.

HB 235        Farrar                 
Relating to a central database containing information about certain persons who have been convicted of or received a grant of deferred adjudication for certain offenses involving animal cruelty; providing a criminal penalty.

HB 498        Hernandez              
Relating to the violation of certain court orders or conditions of bond in a family violence, sexual assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking case.

HB 1812       Alvarado | et al.      
Relating to grants awarded to reimburse counties for the cost of monitoring defendants and victims in criminal cases involving family violence.

HB 3500       Thompson, Senfronia    
Relating to judicial proceedings on a petition to set aside a conviction or an order of expunction of criminal history record information for certain victims of trafficking of persons convicted of prostitution.

Bills will not be heard in the order posted.

 

 

 

Bills deleted after last posting:

HB 2653

 

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