SENATE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE:
Criminal Justice
TIME & DATE:
1:30 PM or upon adjournment
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
PLACE:
E1.016 (Hearing Room)
CHAIR:
Senator John Whitmire
The committee will meet to consider the following:
 
SB 426
 
Shapleigh
Relating to the electronic filing of documents for capital cases in the court of criminal appeals.
 
SB 1176
 
Patrick, Dan | et al.
Relating to the punishment prescribed for the offense of evading arrest or detention and to creating the offense of evading felony arrest or detention.
 
SB 1454
 
West
Relating to the right to an expunction of records and files relating to a person's arrest.
 
SB 1707
 
West
Relating to the use of proceeds from criminal asset forfeiture to provide college scholarships to children of peace officers killed in the line of duty and to an annual report regarding the total value of forfeited property in this state.
 
SB 1709
 
West
Relating to the prosecution of certain sexual offenses and to exempting certain persons from the duty to register as a sex offender in this state.
 
SB 1951
 
Zaffirini
Relating to the penalty for theft of a driver's license, commercial driver's license, or personal identification certificate.
 
SB 2037
 
Shapiro
Relating to the sex offender civil commitment program and to the creation of a state agency to perform the functions relating to the sex offender civil commitment program that are currently performed by the Council on Sex Offender Treatment.
 
SB 2176
 
Shapleigh
Relating to the timely transfer of inmates from certain county jails to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
 
SB 2411
 
Deuell
Relating to the definition of a switchblade knife for purposes of the offense of prohibited weapons.
 
SB 2438
 
Uresti
Relating to imposing a duty on a sheriff to report certain warrant or capias information to a national database.