HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Criminal Jurisprudence
SUBCOMMITTEE: New Offenses and Changed Penalties 

TIME & DATE:  8:00 AM, Tuesday, April 15, 2025 

PLACE:        E2.014 
CHAIR:        Rep. AJ Louderback 

Witness testimony may be limited to two (2) minutes.

HB 285         Ordaz | et al.                            
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of cruelty to nonlivestock animals.

HB 795         Johnson                                   
Relating to the punishment for the offense of aggravated assault.

HB 1795        Anchía                                    
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain conduct constituting the offense of dog fighting or the offense of cockfighting.

HB 1871        Dyson | et al.                            
Relating to the punishment for the criminal offense of attempted capital murder of a peace officer; increasing a criminal penalty; changing eligibility for parole and mandatory supervision.

HB 2407        Capriglione                               
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the failure of certain sex offenders to comply with sex offender registration requirements.

HB 2461        Leach                                     
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of criminal mischief involving impairment of or disruption to a retail motor fuel pump.

HB 2695        Anchía | et al.                           
Relating to the use of a social media platform in furtherance of an offense involving the delivery of a controlled substance; increasing criminal penalties.

HB 3507        Wharton                                   
Relating to the punishment for the offense of theft.

HB 4911        Fairly                                    
Relating to prosecution and punishment of certain criminal offenses prohibiting sexually explicit visual material involving depictions of children, computer-generated children, or other persons; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties.

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