** REVISION **
SENATE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE:
Criminal Justice
TIME & DATE:
1:30 PM or upon adjournment
Thursday, May 21, 2009
PLACE:
E1.016 (Hearing Room)
CHAIR:
Senator John Whitmire
The committee will meet to consider the following:  
 
SCR 54
 
Estes
Memorializing Congress to cease and desist attempting to enact federal legislation impinging on the individual right of every American to keep and bear arms and urging Congress to oppose passage of the Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009.
 
HB 140
 
Gonzalez Toureilles | et al.
SP:
Hinojosa
Relating to the use or display under certain circumstances of an expired license to carry a concealed handgun.
 
HB 176
 
King, Susan | et al.
SP:
Seliger
Relating to the punishment for the offense of aggravated assault.
 
HB 221
 
Menendez
SP:
Whitmire
Relating to delaying parole eligibility for an individual convicted of certain violent offenses who evades arrest and to the punishment prescribed for the offense of evading arrest or detention.
 
HB 459
 
Leibowitz | et al.
SP:
Zaffirini
Relating to county abatement and regulation of nuisances and certain massage parlors; providing civil and criminal penalties.
 
HB 671
 
Darby | et al.
SP:
Seliger
Relating to the penalty for theft from a nonprofit organization.
 
HB 853
 
Laubenberg | et al.
SP:
Uresti
Relating to inclusion of pets and other companion animals in protective orders; providing a penalty.
 
HB 1320
 
Christian | et al.
SP:
Ellis
Relating to creating an offense for engaging in certain conduct relating to cockfighting and to the criminal and civil consequences of committing that offense.
 
HB 1321
 
Hughes
SP:
Hegar
Relating to the discharge of a jury under certain circumstances in a criminal case.
 
HB 1343
 
Menendez | et al.
SP:
Van de Putte
Relating to blind and disabled pedestrians and failure of the operator of a motor vehicle to yield the right-of-way.
 
HB 1360
 
Anchia
SP:
West
Relating to the effect under the public information law of the disclosure of certain information by a prosecutor to defense counsel.
 
HB 1372
 
Shelton | et al.
SP:
Van de Putte
Relating to the definition of victim in relation to certain crime victims' rights.
 
HB 1633
 
Walle | et al.
SP:
Ellis
Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of graffiti and to certain conditions imposed on defendants convicted of that offense or on juveniles adjudicated as having engaged in conduct in violation of that offense.
 
HB 1659
 
King, Phil
SP:
Patrick, Dan
Relating to creating an exception to the offense of unlawful installation of a tracking device.
 
HB 1750
 
Bonnen
SP:
Huffman
Relating to the creation of criminal law magistrates for Brazoria County.
 
HB 2002
 
McCall | et al.
SP:
Ellis
Relating to a right of a close relative to seek expunction of arrest records and files on behalf of a deceased person.
 
HB 2003
 
McCall | et al.
SP:
Watson
Relating to the creation of the offense of online harassment.
 
HB 2093
 
Driver
SP:
Hegar
Relating to persons certified as peace officers.
 
HB 2139
 
McClendon | et al.
SP:
Hinojosa
Relating to the establishment, operation, and funding of victim-offender mediation programs.
 
HB 2153
 
Edwards | et al.
SP:
Ellis
Relating to certain registration requirements imposed on sex offenders.
 
HB 2236
 
Moody | et al.
SP:
Hinojosa
Relating to the right of certain crime victims to be considered with respect to a defendant's motion for continuance.
 
HB 2240
 
Lewis | et al.
SP:
Nelson
Relating to creating the offense of continuous violence against the family.
 
HB 2267
 
Hodge | et al.
SP:
Hinojosa
Relating to the joint or separate prosecution of a capital felony charged against two or more defendants and the extent of a defendant's criminal responsibility for the conduct of a coconspirator in capital felony cases.
 
HB 2799
 
Driver
SP:
Hegar
Relating to the responsibilities of a person who qualifies for a peace officer license but has not yet been appointed as a peace officer.
 
HB 2808
 
Thompson
SP:
West
Relating to the power of a licensing authority to revoke, suspend, or deny a license on the basis of certain criminal proceedings.
 
HB 2846
 
Riddle
SP:
Huffman
Relating to the admissibility of certain hearsay statements made by a child abuse victim.
 
HB 2916
 
McReynolds
SP:
Whitmire
Relating to allowing certain claimants to file an application under the Crime Victims' Compensation Act.
 
HB 3201
 
King, Phil
SP:
Wentworth
Relating to the designation of certain fire marshals and related officers, inspectors, and investigators and certain railroad peace officers as peace officers.
 
HB 3202
 
Bonnen
SP:
Jackson, Mike
Relating to authorizing the transfer of certain real property held by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
 
HB 3224
 
Madden
SP:
Whitmire
Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of arson.
 
HB 3228
 
Madden
SP:
Whitmire
Relating to the offense of prohibited substances and items in correctional facilities.
 
HB 3316
 
McClendon | et al.
SP:
Hinojosa
Relating to venue for certain offenses committed at Texas Youth Commission facilities.
 
HB 3385
 
Coleman | et al.
SP:
Hegar
Relating to the activation of the statewide alert system for abducted children.
 
HB 3594
 
McReynolds
SP:
Watson
Relating to the preservation of evidence that contains biological material.
 
HB 3595
 
McReynolds | et al.
SP:
Watson
Relating to the provision of drug court programs in this state.
 
HB 3653
 
Marquez | et al.
SP:
Davis, Wendy | et al.
Relating to the use of restraints to control the movement of pregnant women and female children confined in certain correctional facilities in this state.
 
HB 3654
 
Marquez | et al.
SP:
Davis, Wendy | et al.
Relating to certain duties of and reports submitted to the Commission on Jail Standards regarding county jail inmates who are pregnant.
 
HB 3907
 
Madden
SP:
Whitmire
Relating to the court-ordered administration of psychoactive medication to certain criminal defendants and to the release of those defendants from certain facilities.
 
HB 4009
 
Weber | et al.
SP:
Van de Putte
Relating to the establishment of a victim assistance program to provide services to domestic victims of trafficking.
 
Bills added after last posting:
HB 4009
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