HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Criminal Jurisprudence 

TIME & DATE:  2:00 PM, Monday, March 4, 2019 

PLACE:       E2.012 
CHAIR:       Rep. Nicole Collier 

*Public testimony may be limited to three (3) minutes.*

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The order in which bills are heard is at the discretion of the chair.

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Witness registration will open approximately two (2) hours prior to the start of the hearing and must be completed prior to testifying.

HB 27          Canales | et al.        
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for assault or aggravated assault of a federal law enforcement officer.

HB 63          Moody | et al.          
Relating to the civil and criminal penalties for possession of certain small amounts of marihuana and an exception to prosecution for possession of associated drug paraphernalia; creating a criminal offense.

HB 86          Martinez | et al.       
Relating to prohibiting the reckless discharge of a firearm; creating a criminal offense.

HB 446         Moody | et al.          
Relating to the criminal consequences of engaging in certain conduct with respect to certain instruments designed, made, or adapted for use in striking a person with a fist.

HB 521         Dutton                 
Relating to the charging instrument in the prosecution of the offense of resisting arrest.

HB 667         King, Ken              
Relating to the prosecution of and punishment for the offense of sexual assault; enhancing a criminal penalty.

HB 760         Wu                     
Relating to the punishment for the criminal offense of theft involving a package delivered to or collected from a residential or commercial property; increasing a criminal penalty.

HB 1028        Guillen                
Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for certain offenses committed in a disaster area or an evacuated area.

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