** REVISION **
SENATE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE:
Criminal Justice
TIME & DATE:
1:30 PM or upon adjournment
Thursday, April 23, 2009
PLACE:
E1.012 (Hearing Room)
CHAIR:
Senator John Whitmire
The committee will meet to consider the following:
 
SB 411
 
Carona
Relating to a restitution lien for the state to secure fines or costs in a misdemeanor case.
 
SB 413
 
Carona
Relating to the prosecution of a Class C misdemeanor offense for which the defendant does not appear.
 
SB 414
 
Carona
Relating to conducting by electronic means a hearing to determine a defendant's ability to discharge certain fines and court costs.
 
SB 415
 
Carona
Relating to the court in which certain persons charged with misdemeanors punishable by fine only may be arraigned.
 
SB 449
 
Carona
Relating to the penalty group classification of certain controlled substances.
 
SB 549
 
Carona
Relating to the authority of the Department of Public Safety to obtain and use criminal history record information for certain departmental authorizations.
 
SB 1324
 
Nelson | et al.
Relating to enhancing penalties for assaulting a family member by strangulation or suffocation.
 
SB 1530
 
Whitmire
Relating to including playgrounds in the designation of certain places as drug-free zones for purposes of the criminal penalties that apply to certain drug-related offenses.
 
SB 1531
 
Whitmire
Relating to the definition of a playground for purposes of certain places protected from certain criminal activities.
 
SB 1840
 
Uresti
Relating to inclusion of pets and other companion animals in protective orders; providing a penalty.
 
SB 2280
 
Ellis
Relating to the creation of the Reentry Policy Council to review corrections policies, programs, and procedures for inmates released into the community.
 
 
 
Pending business:
 

SB 498
 
Wentworth
Relating to the release of a criminal defendant on partial bail and to the procedures governing a cash bond.
 
SB 634
 
Seliger
Relating to the unlawful restraint of a dog.
 
SB 689
 
Shapiro | et al.
Relating to restrictions on the use of the Internet by sex offenders and to the collection and exchange of information regarding those offenders.
 
SB 710
 
Nelson | et al.
Relating to the punishment for the offense of employment harmful to children.
 
SB 1139
 
Hinojosa
Relating to the applicability of the death penalty to a capital offense committed by a person with mental retardation.
 
SB 1835
 
Patrick, Dan
Relating to the offenses of unauthorized duplication, unauthorized recording, and unauthorized labeling of recordings.
 
SB 1909
 
Hinojosa
Relating to the establishment by the Texas Forensic Science Commission of a DNA laboratory audit program.
 
SB 2048
 
Williams
Relating to the establishment of a centralized sex offender registration authority in certain counties in this state.
 
SB 2075
 
Hinojosa
Relating to the consequences of community supervision and to petitions and procedures for the expunction of criminal records and files and to orders of nondisclosure.
 
SB 2162
 
Ellis
Relating to the appointment of counsel for the purposes of community supervision revocation or appellate proceedings.
 
SB 2228
 
Averitt
Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to Coryell County.
 
SB 2239
 
Zaffirini
Relating to the forensic medical examination of a sexual assault victim who has not reported the assault to a law enforcement agency.
 
SB 2304
 
Williams
Relating to hazardous duty pay for correctional officers employed by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
 
SB 2340
 
Averitt
Relating to the electronic monitoring of certain defendants as an alternative to confinement.
 
Bills added after last posting:
SB 1324
** See Committee Coordinator for previous versions of the schedule **