Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee Apr 25th, 2023

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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Criminal Jurisprudence Apr 25th, 2023 at 05:04 pm

House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

Bills on the Agenda

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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB4762

Filed
3/10/23  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to liability of hospital personnel for certain uses of force while on duty.
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Texas House Bill HB1581

Filed
1/24/23  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance causing death or serious bodily injury; creating a criminal offense.
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Texas House Bill HB4398

Filed
3/9/23  
Out of House Committee
5/6/23  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the powers and duties of a personal bond or personal bond and pretrial supervision office.
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Texas House Bill HB1533

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the prosecution of organized criminal activity involving a controlled substance or dangerous drug.
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Texas House Bill HB485

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain offenses committed in a vehicle operated by a public transportation system.
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Texas House Bill HB1906

Filed
2/3/23  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the period for which a person arrested for certain crimes committed against a child may be held after bond is posted.
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Texas House Bill HB2092

Filed
2/9/23  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the period during which an order for emergency protection remains in effect.
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Texas House Bill HB2187

Filed
2/10/23  
Out of House Committee
5/3/23  
Voted on by House
5/9/23  
Out of Senate Committee
5/19/23  
Voted on by Senate
5/24/23  
Governor Action
6/13/23  
Relating to the criminal offense of abandoning or endangering a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual.
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Texas House Bill HB3381

Filed
3/3/23  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to creating the criminal offense of misrepresenting medical history to obtain unnecessary medical treatment for a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual.
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Texas House Bill HB261

Filed
11/14/22  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the punishment for the offense of burglary of a vehicle.
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Texas House Bill HB1203

Filed
1/6/23  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of cruelty to nonlivestock animals.
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Texas House Bill HB1131

Filed
12/29/22  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the authority of a justice of the peace to issue a search warrant to collect a blood specimen from a person arrested for certain intoxication criminal offenses.
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Texas House Bill HB3816

Filed
3/7/23  
Out of House Committee
5/6/23  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the use of metal or body armor while committing an offense; increasing a criminal penalty.
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Texas House Bill HB3817

Filed
3/7/23  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to a court requiring a defendant confined in a penal institution to appear by videoconference for certain pretrial proceedings.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2193

Filed
2/10/23  
Out of House Committee
5/3/23  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the automatic expunction of all records and files related to arrests for certain misdemeanor offenses.
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Texas House Bill HB3384

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the punishment for the offense of promotion of prostitution.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1318

Filed
2/28/23  
Out of Senate Committee
3/27/23  
Voted on by Senate
3/29/23  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the release of defendants on bail, the duties of a magistrate in certain criminal proceedings, and the notice provided by peace officers to adult victims of family violence.
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Texas House Bill HB1258

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to grand jury proceedings; providing a punishment for contempt of court.
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Texas Senate Bill SJR44

Filed
2/13/23  
Out of Senate Committee
3/9/23  
Voted on by Senate
3/20/23  
Sent toSOS
 
Proposed Const. Amend.
 
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the denial of bail under some circumstances to a person accused of certain violent or sexual offenses or of continuous trafficking of persons and requiring a judge or magistrate to impose the least restrictive conditions of bail that may be necessary to ensure the person's appearance in court as required and the safety of the community, law enforcement, and the victim of the alleged offense.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB4596

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to a limitation on the use of a victim's gender identity or sexual orientation as the basis for a defense in the trial of a criminal offense.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3786

Filed
3/7/23  
Out of House Committee
5/8/23  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the enforcement of the rights of crime victims.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1311

Filed
1/12/23  
Out of House Committee
5/6/23  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the locations in which certain knives are prohibited.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB5088

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to procedures regarding certain persons who are or may be persons with a mental illness or intellectual disability.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HJR172

Filed
3/9/23  
Out of House Committee
5/2/23  
Voted on by Senate
 
Sent toSOS
 
Proposed Const. Amend.
 
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to enact laws providing for a court to grant a commutation of punishment to certain individuals serving a term of imprisonment.