Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Senate Criminal Justice Committee Bills & Legislation

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Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB454

Relating to the creation of a specialty treatment court for certain individuals residing with a child who is the subject of a juvenile court case.
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Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB460

Relating to the solicitation of pen pals by certain inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB362

Filed
11/14/22  
Out of House Committee
3/24/23  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the use, possession, delivery, or manufacture of testing equipment that identifies the presence of fentanyl, alpha-methylfentanyl, or any other derivative of fentanyl.
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Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1049

Relating to the requirement for a deputy sheriff, reserve deputy sheriff, deputy constable, or reserve deputy constable to take an official oath.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3556

Filed
3/6/23  
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 a local area activation of the alert system for certain missing children.
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Texas House Bill HB1002

Relating to the use of hypnotically induced testimony in a criminal trial.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB4283

Filed
3/9/23  
Out of House Committee
4/24/23  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to a study on the recidivism rate of defendants who complete a veterans treatment court program.
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Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB301

Relating to requiring the corroboration of certain testimony in a criminal case involving a controlled substance.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1577

Filed
1/24/23  
Out of House Committee
4/20/23  
Voted on by House
5/11/23  
Out of Senate Committee
5/19/23  
Voted on by Senate
5/24/23  
Governor Action
6/12/23  
Relating to changing the eligibility for mandatory supervision of an inmate serving a sentence for or previously convicted of certain assaults.
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Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB148

Relating to the limitations period for certain criminal offenses based on assaultive conduct.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1161

Filed
1/3/23  
Out of House Committee
3/22/23  
Voted on by House
4/6/23  
Out of Senate Committee
5/3/23  
Voted on by Senate
5/11/23  
Governor Action
5/24/23  
Relating to the confidentiality of home address information for victims of child abduction and to the administration of the address confidentiality program by the office of the attorney general.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB598

Filed
11/14/22  
Out of House Committee
3/22/23  
Voted on by House
4/19/23  
Out of Senate Committee
5/3/23  
Voted on by Senate
5/11/23  
Governor Action
5/24/23  
Relating to creating the criminal offense of possession of an animal by a person who has been previously convicted of an offense involving animal cruelty.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1730

Filed
1/26/23  
Out of House Committee
3/29/23  
Voted on by House
4/13/23  
Out of Senate Committee
5/19/23  
Voted on by Senate
5/24/23  
Governor Action
6/13/23  
Relating to the punishment for the offense of indecent exposure; increasing a criminal penalty.
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Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3504

Filed
3/3/23  
Out of House Committee
4/11/23  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to an application for emergency detention, procedures regarding court-ordered mental health services, and certain rights of patients admitted to private mental hospitals and certain other mental health facilities.
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Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB757

Relating to the consequences of receiving a grant of deferred adjudication community supervision and successfully completing the period of supervision.