HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Corrections 

TIME & DATE:  10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess
Thursday, March 09, 2017 

PLACE:        E2.014 
CHAIR:        Rep. James White 

HB 104         White
Relating to notification provided to certain victims of criminal offenses.

HB 187         Dutton                   
Relating to requiring the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to provide notice to certain persons of the right to vote.

HB 260         Johnson, Eric            
Relating to providing voter registration application forms to certain discharged inmates.

HB 238         Hernandez                
Relating to the creation of records of the DNA of certain defendants for inclusion in the DNA database system.

HB 239         Hernandez | et al.       
Relating to a report regarding the confinement of pregnant inmates by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

HB 638         Workman                  
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of operation of unmanned aircraft over correctional facility or critical infrastructure facility.

HB 553         White | et al.           
Relating to the creation of a task force to identify opportunities for academic credit and industry recognition for inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

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