Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Senate Criminal Justice Committee May 16th, 2023

Meeting Video(s)

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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Criminal Justice May 16th, 2023

Senate Criminal Justice Committee

Bills on the Agenda

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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2620

Filed
2/22/23  
Out of House Committee
4/14/23  
Voted on by House
4/21/23  
Out of Senate Committee
5/18/23  
Voted on by Senate
5/21/23  
Governor Action
6/18/23  
Relating to the confinement in a county jail of a person pending a transfer to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and to compensation to a county for certain costs of confinement.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1427

Filed
1/18/23  
Out of House Committee
4/24/23  
Voted on by House
5/2/23  
Out of Senate Committee
5/17/23  
Voted on by Senate
5/18/23  
Governor Action
6/18/23  
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of harassment.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3553

Filed
3/6/23  
Out of House Committee
4/27/23  
Voted on by House
5/4/23  
Out of Senate Committee
5/17/23  
Voted on by Senate
5/18/23  
Governor Action
6/9/23  
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain offenses if committed at certain locations.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3554

Filed
3/6/23  
Out of House Committee
4/27/23  
Voted on by House
5/4/23  
Out of Senate Committee
5/17/23  
Voted on by Senate
5/18/23  
Governor Action
6/9/23  
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of trafficking of persons if committed at certain locations.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2670

Filed
2/22/23  
Out of House Committee
4/24/23  
Voted on by House
4/28/23  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the composition of the Sexual Assault Survivors' Task Force and to compensation for task force members and certain other task force participants.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1184

Filed
1/5/23  
Out of House Committee
4/24/23  
Voted on by House
4/28/23  
Out of Senate Committee
5/17/23  
Voted on by Senate
5/18/23  
Governor Action
6/14/23  
Relating to access to criminal history record information for use in certain research or statistical projects.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3025

Filed
2/28/23  
Out of House Committee
4/26/23  
Voted on by House
5/3/23  
Out of Senate Committee
5/17/23  
Voted on by Senate
5/18/23  
Governor Action
6/10/23  
Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offenses of aggravated kidnapping, kidnapping, and interference with child custody.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB4879

Filed
3/10/23  
Out of House Committee
4/24/23  
Voted on by House
5/2/23  
Out of Senate Committee
5/17/23  
Voted on by Senate
5/21/23  
Governor Action
6/11/23  
Relating to incident-based reporting of information and statistics concerning offenses committed in this state and the establishment of the Texas crime information system by the Department of Public Safety.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3161

Filed
3/1/23  
Out of House Committee
4/25/23  
Voted on by House
5/2/23  
Out of Senate Committee
5/17/23  
Voted on by Senate
5/21/23  
Governor Action
6/12/23  
Relating to the duties of a justice of the peace, medical examiner, or other investigator regarding the bodies of unidentified deceased persons and to the control by certain persons of the disposition of a deceased person's remains.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1914

Filed
2/3/23  
Out of House Committee
4/14/23  
Voted on by House
5/2/23  
Out of Senate Committee
5/17/23  
Voted on by Senate
5/19/23  
Governor Action
6/9/23  
Relating to compensatory time accrued by an employee of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2154

Filed
2/10/23  
Out of House Committee
4/24/23  
Voted on by House
5/2/23  
Out of Senate Committee
5/17/23  
Voted on by Senate
5/18/23  
Governor Action
6/10/23  
Relating to the adoption of physical fitness programs and standards for law enforcement officers employed by the office of the attorney general.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB844

Filed
12/1/22  
Out of House Committee
4/27/23  
Voted on by House
5/4/23  
Out of Senate Committee
5/17/23  
Voted on by Senate
5/18/23  
Governor Action
6/9/23  
Relating to crime victims' compensation for criminally injurious conduct in connection with trafficking of persons.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1661

Filed
1/26/23  
Out of House Committee
4/19/23  
Voted on by House
4/28/23  
Out of Senate Committee
5/17/23  
Voted on by Senate
5/19/23  
Governor Action
6/9/23  
Relating to the age limit for a beginning position in a police department under municipal civil service.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1769

Filed
1/27/23  
Out of House Committee
4/17/23  
Voted on by House
4/25/23  
Out of Senate Committee
5/17/23  
Voted on by Senate
5/18/23  
Governor Action
6/9/23  
Relating to the statute of limitations for certain offenses committed against children.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3186

Filed
3/1/23  
Out of House Committee
4/27/23  
Voted on by House
5/9/23  
Out of Senate Committee
5/17/23  
Voted on by Senate
5/18/23  
Governor Action
6/10/23  
Relating to youth diversion strategies and procedures for children accused of certain fine-only offenses in municipal and justice courts and related criminal justice matters; authorizing fees.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB420

Filed
11/14/22  
Out of House Committee
4/12/23  
Voted on by House
4/20/23  
Out of Senate Committee
5/17/23  
Voted on by Senate
5/19/23  
Governor Action
6/12/23  
Relating to the offense of providing an alcoholic beverage to a minor; increasing a criminal penalty.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB422

Filed
11/14/22  
Out of House Committee
4/6/23  
Voted on by House
4/20/23  
Out of Senate Committee
5/17/23  
Voted on by Senate
5/21/23  
Governor Action
6/13/23  
Relating to remotely conducting detention hearings in juvenile cases.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB4528

Filed
3/9/23  
Out of House Committee
4/17/23  
Voted on by House
4/28/23  
Out of Senate Committee
5/17/23  
Voted on by Senate
5/18/23  
Governor Action
6/12/23  
Relating to the requirement that a peace officer take possession of a person's driver's license following the person's failure to pass or refusal to consent to a test for intoxication.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2700

Filed
2/23/23  
Out of House Committee
4/21/23  
Voted on by House
5/2/23  
Out of Senate Committee
5/17/23  
Voted on by Senate
5/21/23  
Governor Action
6/12/23  
Relating to prosecution of certain criminal offenses prohibiting sexually explicit visual material involving children.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2660

Filed
2/22/23  
Out of House Committee
4/24/23  
Voted on by House
5/2/23  
Out of Senate Committee
5/17/23  
Voted on by Senate
5/18/23  
Governor Action
6/12/23  
Relating to duties and procedures and to training programs for law enforcement agencies regarding missing children and missing persons.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1710

Filed
1/26/23  
Out of House Committee
4/5/23  
Voted on by House
5/3/23  
Out of Senate Committee
5/17/23  
Voted on by Senate
5/18/23  
Governor Action
6/13/23  
Relating to notice provided to a court regarding a defendant confined in a state jail felony facility.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2877

Filed
2/27/23  
Out of House Committee
4/12/23  
Voted on by House
4/21/23  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to crime victims' compensation.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2897

Filed
2/27/23  
Out of House Committee
4/24/23  
Voted on by House
5/3/23  
Out of Senate Committee
5/17/23  
Voted on by Senate
5/18/23  
Governor Action
6/10/23  
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of theft of service.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB4906

Filed
3/10/23  
Out of House Committee
4/21/23  
Voted on by House
5/2/23  
Out of Senate Committee
5/17/23  
Voted on by Senate
5/18/23  
Governor Action
6/14/23  
Relating to the installation and use of tracking equipment and access to certain communications by certain peace officers.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB5195

Filed
3/10/23  
Out of House Committee
4/18/23  
Voted on by House
4/28/23  
Out of Senate Committee
5/17/23  
Voted on by Senate
5/18/23  
Governor Action
6/9/23  
Relating to the services provided to certain children detained in a juvenile detention facility.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3660

Filed
3/6/23  
Out of House Committee
4/20/23  
Voted on by House
5/1/23  
Out of Senate Committee
5/17/23  
Voted on by Senate
5/18/23  
Governor Action
6/10/23  
Relating to a defense to prosecution for the offense of cruelty to nonlivestock animals under certain circumstances.