HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Criminal Jurisprudence
SUBCOMMITTEE: New Offenses and Changed Penalties 

TIME & DATE:  8:00 AM, Thursday, May 8, 2025 

PLACE:       E2.014 
CHAIR:       Rep. AJ Louderback 

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

SB 990         Bettencourt | et al.                                   
Relating to increasing the punishment for certain conduct constituting the offense of murder.

SB 1362        Hughes                                                
Relating to prohibiting the recognition, service, and enforcement of extreme risk protective orders; creating a criminal offense.

SB 1379        Flores | et al.                                        
Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for forgery.

SB 1451        Flores                                                
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of stealing or receiving a stolen check or similar sight order.

SB 2320        King                                                  
Relating to increasing the criminal punishment for certain driving while intoxicated offenses.

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

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