HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE: Criminal Jurisprudence

TIME & DATE:  2:00PM, Tuesday, February 20, 2001

PLACE: E2.028

CHAIR: Rep. Juan Hinojosa

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The committee will consider the following:


HB 30            McClendon / et al.
Relating to the punishment for a capital offense.

HB 365            Hinojosa
Relating to the punishment for a capital offense.

HB 632            Turner, Sylvester
Relating to the punishment for a capital offense.

HB 236            Hinojosa / et al.
Relating to the applicability of the death penalty to a capital
offense committed by a person with mental retardation.

HB 242            Gallego
Relating to the applicability of the death penalty to a person with
mental retardation who is convicted of a capital offense.

HB 1247            Turner, Sylvester
Relating to the applicability of the death penalty to a capital
offense committed by a person with mental retardation.

HB 260            Gallego
Relating to providing the governor with sole discretion to commute
punishment in capital cases.

HJR 21            Gallego
Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide the governor with
sole discretion to commute punishment in capital cases.

HB 347            Keel
Relating to compensation under the Crime Victims' Compensation Act
for necessary costs incurred in witnessing an execution.

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