Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee Bills & Legislation

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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2685

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of unlawful use of criminal instrument or certain devices.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1784

Filed
1/27/23  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to certain requirements of protective orders and conditions of release on bond and to the criminal penalties for violating those requirements and conditions.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1170

Filed
1/3/23  
Out of House Committee
4/25/23  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to policies and standards for providing legal representation to indigent defendants in certain capital felony cases.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB5007

Filed
3/10/23  
Out of House Committee
5/2/23  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to automatic expunction of arrest records and files for certain persons who are tried for an offense and subsequently acquitted.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB469

Filed
11/14/22  
Out of House Committee
4/14/23  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the sequestration of a jury in a criminal case.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB210

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to restitution payments for the support of a child whose parent or guardian is a victim of intoxication manslaughter.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB918

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to abolishing the death penalty.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HR455

Commemorating the 60th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision in Gideon v. Wainwright.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB905

Filed
12/8/22  
Out of House Committee
4/5/23  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to credit toward a defendant's sentence for time confined in jail or prison before sentencing.
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Texas House Bill HB1728

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the release on bail of certain defendants accused of committing a felony offense and the criminal consequences of committing a felony while released on bail for a prior felony; creating a criminal offense; increasing the minimum term of imprisonment for certain felonies; changing eligibility for deferred adjudication community supervision, mandatory supervision, and parole.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB399

Filed
11/14/22  
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to orders of nondisclosure of criminal history record information for certain misdemeanor defendants following successful completion of a period of deferred adjudication community supervision.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB402

Filed
1/12/23  
Out of Senate Committee
3/9/23  
Voted on by Senate
3/15/23  
Out of House Committee
5/17/23  
Voted on by House
5/23/23  
Governor Action
6/18/23  
Relating to the preference given by trial courts to hearings and trials for murder and capital murder offenses.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB286

Filed
11/14/22  
Out of House Committee
3/8/23  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the procedure for an application for a writ of habeas corpus based on certain new evidence.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB55

Filed
11/14/22  
Out of House Committee
4/14/23  
Voted on by House
4/27/23  
Out of Senate Committee
5/21/23  
Voted on by Senate
5/24/23  
Governor Action
6/12/23  
Relating to the punishment for the criminal offense of indecent assault; increasing a criminal penalty.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1004

Filed
12/13/22  
Out of House Committee
4/27/23  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the prosecution of the offenses of trafficking of persons and compelling prostitution and to certain consequences of those offenses.