HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Corrections 

TIME & DATE:  11:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
Monday, April 17, 2023 

PLACE:        E2.028 
CHAIR:        Rep. Abel Herrero 

Public testimony will be limited to three minutes.

The order in which legislation is considered is at the discretion of the chair.

HB 2129        Burns | et al.                            
Relating to a merchant allowing a person suspected of committing or attempting to commit theft to complete a theft education program.

HB 3363        Frank                                     
Relating to the confinement or detention of certain individuals in a county jail or other facility operated by or for the county and to the compensation to the county for the costs of that confinement or detention.

HB 3547        Anchía | et al.                           
Relating to the required approval of certain hospital visits as a condition of release on parole or to mandatory supervision for certain releasees and to the hospital's liability for damages resulting from those visits.

HB 3603        Anderson                                  
Relating to the payment of restitution by a person released on parole or to mandatory supervision.

HB 3882        Wilson                                    
Relating to the eligibility of a defendant to participate in a veterans treatment court program.

HB 4251        Cook                                      
Relating to the provision of postsecondary education to certain inmates in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

For those persons who will be testifying, information for in-person witness registration, can be found here: https://mytxlegis.capitol.texas.gov/HWRSPublic/About.aspx

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Texas residents who wish to electronically submit comments related to agenda items on this notice without testifying in person can do so until the hearing is adjourned by visiting: https://comments.house.texas.gov/home?c=c200

NOTICE OF ASSISTANCE AT PUBLIC MEETINGS

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