** REVISION **
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, April 25, 2023 

PLACE:       E2.016 
CHAIR:       Rep. Joe Moody 

* Public Testimony will be limited to 3 Minutes *

HB 261         Cortez                                                
Relating to the punishment for the offense of burglary of a vehicle.

HB 485         Gervin-Hawkins                                         
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain offenses committed in a vehicle operated by a public transportation system.

HB 1131        Spiller                                               
Relating to the authority of a justice of the peace to issue a search warrant to collect a blood specimen from a person arrested for certain intoxication criminal offenses.

HB 1203        Ordaz | et al.                                         
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of cruelty to nonlivestock animals.

HB 1258        Thompson, Senfronia                                    
Relating to grand jury proceedings; providing a punishment for contempt of court.

HB 1311        Dutton | et al.                                        
Relating to the locations in which certain knives are prohibited.

HB 1533        Lozano                                                
Relating to the prosecution of organized criminal activity involving a controlled substance or dangerous drug.

HB 1581        Thimesch | et al.                                      
Relating to the manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance causing death or serious bodily injury; creating a criminal offense.

HB 1906        Stucky | et al.                                        
Relating to the period for which a person arrested for certain crimes committed against a child may be held after bond is posted.

HB 2092        Manuel | et al.                                        
Relating to the period during which an order for emergency protection remains in effect.

HB 2187        Davis                                                 
Relating to the criminal offense of abandoning or endangering a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual.

HB 2193        Davis                                                 
Relating to the automatic expunction of all records and files related to arrests for certain misdemeanor offenses.

HB 3381        Cook                                                  
Relating to creating the criminal offense of misrepresenting medical history to obtain unnecessary medical treatment for a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual.

HB 3384        Cook | et al.                                         
Relating to the punishment for the offense of promotion of prostitution.

HB 3786        Thompson, Senfronia                                    
Relating to the enforcement of the rights of crime victims.

HB 3816        Herrero                                               
Relating to the use of metal or body armor while committing an offense; increasing a criminal penalty.

HB 3817        Herrero                                               
Relating to a court requiring a defendant confined in a penal institution to appear by videoconference in a criminal case.

HB 4398        Kitzman                                               
Relating to the powers and duties of a personal bond or personal bond and pretrial supervision office.

HB 4596        Hinojosa                                              
Relating to a limitation on the use of a victim's gender identity or sexual orientation as the basis for a defense in the trial of a criminal offense.

HB 4762        Lalani | et al.                                        
Relating to liability of hospital personnel for certain uses of force while on duty.

HB 5088        Moody                                                 
Relating to procedures regarding certain persons who are or may be persons with a mental illness or intellectual disability.

HJR 172        Cook                              Posting Rule Suspended
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to enact laws providing for a court to grant a commutation of punishment to certain individuals serving a term of imprisonment.

SB 1318        Huffman | et al.                                       
Relating to the release of defendants on bail, the duties of a magistrate in certain criminal proceedings, and the notice provided by peace officers to adult victims of family violence.

SJR 44         Huffman | et al.                                       
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the denial of bail under some circumstances to a person accused of a violent or sexual offense or of continuous trafficking of persons and requiring a judge or magistrate to impose the least restrictive conditions of bail that may be necessary to ensure the person's appearance in court as required and the safety of the community, law enforcement, and the victim of the alleged offense.

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Bills added after last posting:

HJR 172

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