SENATE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice
TIME & DATE: 8:00AM or upon adjournment
Friday, May 11, 2001
PLACE: Rm 210 Sam Houston Bldg.
CHAIR: Senator Kenneth Armbrister
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Consideration of the following:
SB 1511 Lucio
Relating to interference with or recycling of a traffic-control
device or railroad sign or signal.
HB 123 West, George "Buddy" SP: Armbrister
Relating to a requirement that inmates of the Texas Department of
Criminal Justice participate in educational programs.
HB 195 Najera SP: Duncan
Relating to the analysis of information identifying persons
committing or suspected of committing certain property offenses
against elderly individuals.
HB 280 Christian SP: Whitmire
Relating to the efficient use of police service animals.
HB 434 Heflin SP: Whitmire
Relating to the procedures for handling certain defendants
acquitted of an offense by reason of insanity.
HB 553 Mowery SP: Armbrister
Relating to the admissibility in a criminal proceeding of a
statement made as a result of certain custodial interrogations and
obtained in compliance with the laws of another state or the United
States.
HB 776 Haggerty SP: Staples
Relating to the implementation, operation, and maintenance of the
criminal justice information system.
HB 1071 Farabee SP: Armbrister
Relating to certain procedures used to deal with a criminal
defendant or juvenile suspect who may have a mental illness or
mental retardation.
HB 1075 Haggerty SP: Staples
Relating to certain reports submitted to the community justice
assistance division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on
the use of ignition interlock devices.
HB 1209 Williams SP: Shapiro
Relating to the uncorroborated testimony of victims of certain
sexual offenses.
HB 1234 Naishtat SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the presence of certain advocates during forensic
medical examinations of alleged victims of sexual assaults.
HB 1572 Haggerty SP: Staples
Relating to the rights of victims of crime, participation by
victims and witnesses in certain criminal proceedings, and the
payment of restitution to victims.
HB 1583 Gallego SP: Armbrister
Relating to the qualifications required for employment as a parole
officer or parole officer supervisor.
HB 1584 Gallego SP: Armbrister
Relating to procedures applicable to the release of an inmate on
mandatory supervision.
HB 1925 Haggerty SP: Staples
Relating to the creation of an offense prohibiting certain weapons
within 1,000 feet of a place of execution.
HB 1955 Zbranek SP: Staples
Relating to the discharge from jail of a misdemeanant who is jailed
to satisfy fines and costs.
HB 2010 Uresti SP: Van de Putte
Relating to the availability of deferred adjudication to a
defendant charged with delivering certain controlled substances or
marihuana to a minor.
HB 2097 Morrison SP: Staples
Relating to prosecuting and punishing certain individuals who
violate the civil rights of persons in custody or engage in sexual
conduct with persons in custody.
HB 2184 Smith SP: Harris
Relating to the disposition of certain weapons seized as evidence
in a criminal case.
HB 2222 Jones, Jesse SP: Jackson
Relating to the prosecution and punishment of injury to a child,
elderly individual, or disabled individual.
HB 2247 Ellis, Dan SP: Staples
Relating to establishing an exit interview process for employees of
the institutional division of the Texas Department of Criminal
Justice.
HB 2696 Hinojosa SP: Duncan
Relating to the duties of peace officers, law enforcement agencies,
and attorneys representing the state in asset forfeiture
proceedings.
HB 2798 Menendez SP: Staples
Relating to certain civil and criminal consequences of using a
vehicle while evading arrest or detention.
HB 2856 Martinez Fischer SP: Armbrister
Relating to certain criminal offenses involving bail bond activity;
increasing a penalty.
HB 2890 McClendon SP: Madla
Relating to the creation of an offense prohibiting certain persons
in custody from contacting their victims.
HB 3000 Uresti SP: Madla
Relating to the authority of a criminal law magistrate in Bexar
County to rule on an issue of law or fact.
HB 3351 Keffer SP: Haywood
Relating to the regulation of immediate precursors and certain
other chemicals used in the illicit manufacture of a controlled
substance; providing penalties.
HCR 254 Ramsay SP: Staples
Directing the Department of Protective and Regulatory
Services in conjunction with the United Ways of Texas to develop a
multiagency and local effort to study issues relating to at-risk youth in
nonurban areas.
Pending Business
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