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SENATE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

 

COMMITTEE:     Criminal Justice 

TIME & DATE:   8:30 AM, Tuesday, May 4, 2021 

PLACE:         E1.016 (Hearing Room) 
CHAIR:         Senator John Whitmire 

 

 

HB 103         Landgraf | et al.        SP: Zaffirini
Relating to establishment of the Texas Active Shooter Alert System.

HB 402         Hernandez               SP: Alvarado
Relating to the use of certain funds derived from criminal asset forfeiture to provide services to domestic victims of trafficking.

HB 454         Metcalf                 SP: Creighton
Relating to the creation of a specialty treatment court for certain individuals residing with a child who is the subject of a juvenile court case.

HB 569         Sanford | et al.         SP: West
Relating to credit toward payment of a fine and costs for certain misdemeanants confined in jail or prison before sentencing.

HB 719         White | et al.           SP: Whitmire
Relating to Texas Department of Criminal Justice transfer facilities.

HB 788         Geren                   SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the eligibility of emergency service dispatchers to participate in a public safety employees treatment court program.

HB 1049        Harless | et al.         SP: Huffman
Relating to the requirement for a deputy sheriff, reserve deputy sheriff, deputy constable, or reserve deputy constable to take an official oath.

HB 1071        Harris | et al.          SP: Whitmire
Relating to the presence of a qualified facility dog or qualified therapy animal in certain court proceedings.

HB 1401        Johnson, Ann | et al.    SP: Huffman
Relating to methods to send applications and orders for sealing juvenile records.

HB 1419        Hull | et al.            SP: Alvarado
Relating to the duties of a law enforcement agency regarding missing children and missing persons and to the duties of a justice of the peace or other investigator regarding unidentified bodies.

SB 1388        Creighton              
Relating to the unlawful disclosure or promotion of an autopsy image or other visual depiction; creating a criminal offense.

SB 1486        Hughes                 
Relating to the repeal of the authority of political subdivisions to adopt or enforce juvenile curfews.

Pending business

 

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

Senate Criminal Justice 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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