SENATE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:     Jurisprudence 

TIME & DATE:   9:00 AM, Thursday, March 18, 2021 

PLACE:         2E.20 (Betty King Cmte. Rm.) 
CHAIR:         Senator Joan Huffman 

To consider the following:

SB 21          Huffman                
Relating to rules for fixing the amount of bail, to the release of certain defendants on a bail bond or personal bond, to related duties of a magistrate in a criminal case, to the reporting of information pertaining to bail bonds, and to the regulation of charitable bail organizations.

SB 343         Kolkhorst              
Relating to the entry into the Texas Crime Information Center of certain information regarding conditions of bond imposed in criminal cases involving family violence.

SB 516         Huffman                
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of criminal mischief involving impairment or interruption of access to an automated teller machine.

SB 626         Zaffirini              
Relating to guardianships, management trusts, and certain other procedures and proceedings for persons who are incapacitated.

SB 768         Huffman                
Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for manufacture or delivery of fentanyl and related substances; creating a criminal offense.

Public testimony will be limited to 2 minutes. If submitting written

testimony, please provide 20 copies to the committee clerk with your name

and the bill number on each copy.

To protect the health and safety of members, staff and the public, the

Senate Jurisprudence Committee will strictly follow all Senate

rules relating to the pandemic, including the requirement for a negative

COVID-19 test to enter the hearing room.

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