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** REVISION **
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE: Criminal Jurisprudence

TIME & DATE: 8:00 AM, Tuesday, May 13, 2025

PLACE: E2.014
CHAIR: Rep. John Smithee

The chair may limit testimony time and the number of testifying witnesses to ensure consideration of posted and pending business, especially if testimony would cause the public hearing to extend into the next calendar day.

SB 127 Hall Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to the offense of failure to report child abuse or neglect by certain professionals and the statute of limitations for that offense; harmonizing other statute of limitations provisions.

SB 614 Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" | et al. Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to the authority of the Texas Forensic Science Commission to review and refer certain cases to the office of capital and forensic writs.

SB 955 Parker | et al. Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to the punishment for the offense of trafficking of persons.

SB 1099 Flores | et al.
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain offenses committed by an illegal alien.

SB 1278 Parker | et al. Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to an affirmative defense to prosecution for victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution.

SB 1372 Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to access to the crime laboratory portal.

SB 1896 Huffman
Relating to the provision of information regarding an arrested person and the victim of the offense to a magistrate for purposes of an order for emergency protection.

SB 1936 Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to the definition of an abuse unit for certain controlled substances under the Texas Controlled Substances Act.

SB 1937 Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" | et al. Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to the testing of evidence containing biological materials in capital cases.

SB 1980 Hall | et al.
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of assault committed against certain public servants and to the prosecution of the criminal offense of interference with public duties of those public servants.

SB 2580 Hancock Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to the definition of a designated law enforcement office or agency for purposes of certain laws governing the installation and use of tracking equipment and access to certain communications.

SB 2595 Middleton Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of harassing, intimidating, or threatening another person while concealing identity with a mask or other headgear.

SB 2798 Creighton Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to certain statutes of limitations for criminal offenses, including the statute of limitations for certain fraud 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/

Bills added after last posting:

** See Committee Coordinator for previous versions **
of this notice.

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