SENATE
                         COMMITTEE ACTION REPORT


COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice

TIME & DATE:  9:00AM, Tuesday, February 11, 1997

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SB 114            Brown
Relating to the procedural requirements and grounds for reversing a
criminal case on appeal.
REPORTED FAVORABLY AS AMENDED

SB 185            Shapiro
Relating to the prosecution of certain sexual assaults committed
against children.
REPORTED FAVORABLY, RECOMMENDED FOR LOCAL CALENDAR

SB 188            Madla
Relating to creating an offense for possession of certain
information by an inmate of the institutional division or the state
jail division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
REPORTED FAVORABLY AS SUBSTITUTED, RECOMMENDED FOR LOCAL CALENDAR

SB 319            Harris
Relating to the waiver of certain rights by a child.
CONSIDERATION POSTPONED

SB 329            Brown
Relating to the offense of making a false report to a peace officer
or to an employee of a law enforcement agency.
REPORTED FAVORABLY

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