HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Criminal Jurisprudence 

TIME & DATE:  10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
Tuesday, March 7, 2023 

PLACE:       E2.016 
CHAIR:       Rep. Joe Moody 

*Public testimony will be limited to 3 minutes*

HB 55          Johnson, Julie                                         
Relating to the punishment for the criminal offense of indecent assault; increasing a criminal penalty.

HB 180         Moody                                                 
Relating to requiring a court that sets an execution date to withdraw the execution date on the motion of the prosecuting attorney with jurisdiction over the underlying case.

HB 205         Moody                                                 
Relating to an application for a writ of habeas corpus based on certain relevant scientific evidence that was not available at the applicant's trial.

HB 279         Jetton                                                
Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of trafficking of persons.

HB 291         Murr                                                  
Relating to occupational driver's licenses and to the renewal of driver's licenses.

HB 314         Toth                                                  
Relating to prohibiting the death penalty for a defendant whose conviction is based solely on certain evidence.

HB 369         Thompson, Senfronia                                    
Relating to the criminal penalty for possession of certain small amounts of controlled substances in Penalty Group 1 or 1-B.

HB 409         Collier                                               
Relating to the governance and administration of the Texas Indigent Defense Commission and to certain disclosures made in relation to the provision of funding for indigent defense services.

HB 476         Jones, Jolanda                                         
Relating to the release of certain defendants detained in jail pending trial.

HB 727         Rose                                                  
Relating to the applicability of the death penalty to a capital offense committed by a person with severe mental illness.

HB 798         Collier                                               
Relating to crime victims' compensation for certain relocation and  housing rental expenses.

HB 842         Patterson                                             
Relating to prohibiting the extension of the period of a driver's license suspension for certain driving while license invalid convictions.

HB 905         Moody                                                 
Relating to credit toward a defendant's sentence for time confined in jail or prison before sentencing.

HB 939         Dutton                                                
Relating to the penalty for certain offenders for possession of a small amount of certain controlled substances.

HB 1161        Meyer                                                 
Relating to the confidentiality of home address information for victims of child abduction and to the administration of the address confidentiality program by the office of the attorney general.

HR 114         Stucky                                                
Recognizing January 2023 as Human Trafficking Prevention Month.

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