HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    S/C on Juvenile Justice 

TIME & DATE:  8:00 AM, Monday, April 14, 2025 

PLACE:        E1.014 
CHAIR:        Rep. David Cook 

Witness testimony may be limited to three (3) minutes.

HB 1821        Bowers | et al.                Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to information regarding the procedures and available resources for the sealing of juvenile records.

HB 1822        Bowers | et al.                Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to the jurisdiction of a juvenile court over certain persons and to the sealing and nondisclosure of certain juvenile records.

HB 1943        Landgraf                       Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to compensation for the members of the Winkler County Juvenile Board.

HB 3882        Lalani                         Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to the participation of certain juvenile justice entities in the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) Grant Program.

HB 4263        Cook                           Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to the employment practices of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department and to the eligibility of a person to be appointed to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department's release review panel and the authority of a panel member.

HB 4476        McLaughlin                     Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to the waiver of jurisdiction by a juvenile court for certain children who are accused of committing certain offenses involving the use or exhibition of a firearm, the mandatory transfer of jurisdiction for those children to a criminal court, and an order of expunction issued with respect to those offenses.

HB 4628        Moody                          Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to enhancement of the penalty for a felony conviction based on a juvenile delinquent conduct adjudication.

HB 4631        Hickland                       Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to the preliminary investigation conducted when a child is referred to juvenile court.

HB 4885        Moody                          Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to the disclosure of confidential juvenile records to a managed assigned counsel program.

HB 4923        Moody                          Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to status offenses committed by a child, including the repeal of the status offense of a child voluntarily running away from home.

HB 5461        Kerwin                         Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to eligibility for supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits following certain parental truancy convictions.

HB 5483        Patterson                      Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to the composition of the juvenile board of Grayson County.

HB 5525        Jones, Jolanda                 Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to parole guidelines and procedures for inmates convicted of an offense committed when younger than 18 years of age.

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=c221

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

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