HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

 

COMMITTEE:    Criminal Jurisprudence 

TIME & DATE:  10:30 AM, Tuesday, March 4, 2025 

PLACE:        E2.014 
CHAIR:        Rep. John Smithee 

 

The committee will meet to conduct an organizational hearing over issues under the committee's jurisdiction. The committee will hear invited testimony only from the following entities:

 

 

Office of Capital and Forensic Writs

Office of the Independent Ombudsman, Texas Juvenile Justice Department

State Prosecuting Attorney of Texas

Texas Office of the Attorney General

Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles

Texas Department of Criminal Justice

Texas Indigent Defense Commission

Texas Juvenile Justice Department

 

 

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=c220

 

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

 

A live video broadcast of this hearing will be available here: https://house.texas.gov/video-audio/

 

Instructions related to public access to the meeting location are available here: https://house.texas.gov/committees/public-access-house-committee-meetings/

 

 

 

 

NOTICE OF ASSISTANCE AT PUBLIC MEETINGS

Persons with disabilities who plan to attend this meeting and who may need assistance, such as a sign language interpreter, are requested to contact Stacey Nicchio at (512) 463-0850, 72 hours prior to the meeting so that appropriate arrangements can be made.