HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:   Criminal Jurisprudence 

TIME & DATE: 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess
Wednesday, April 29, 2015 

PLACE:       E2.030 
CHAIR:       Rep. Abel Herrero 

HB 92         White, James
Relating to the definition of an illegal knife.

HB 341        Dutton                 
Relating to the extent of a defendant's criminal responsibility for the conduct of a coconspirator in certain felony cases.

HB 538        Spitzer                
Relating to municipal judicial and law enforcement authority on a segment of a highway or street that abuts property located in a municipality.

HB 560        Dutton                 
Relating to the qualifications for service as a grand juror.

HB 564        Dutton                 
Relating to the admissibility of certain evidence in capital cases in which the state seeks the death penalty.

HB 580        Wu | et al.            
Relating to the statute of limitations for aggravated assault.

HB 713        Longoria               
Relating to the forfeiture of property used to facilitate or intended to be used to facilitate the commission of certain misdemeanor prostitution offenses.

HB 877        Bohac                  
Relating to creating the offense of intimidation by a member of a criminal street gang.

HB 1108       Hughes                 
Relating to the determination of whether jurors in a criminal case have good cause for not performing their duties.

HB 1032       Dutton                 
Relating to abolishing the death penalty.

HB 1358       Spitzer | et al.       
Relating to a presumption that applies to certain conduct involving certain controlled substances that endangers a child.

HB 1382       Moody                  
Relating to the procedure for rearrest and adjustment of the bond amount in certain criminal cases.

HB 1527       Farrar                 
Relating to abolishing the death penalty.

HB 3209       Fletcher               
Relating to the elimination of the statute of limitations for certain felony offenses.

HB 3743       Spitzer                
Relating to increasing the punishment for an offense involving the operation of a motor vehicle while intoxicated in which the actor causes bodily injury to another.

HB 3455       González, Mary         
Relating to the rights of victims of sexual assault.

HB 3759       Anderson, Rodney       
Relating to the role of a jury in a criminal case.

HB 3884       Dutton                 
Relating to the carrying of knives.

HB 4071       Burrows                
Relating to a requirement that a peace officer obtain a search warrant before conducting a body cavity search.

Bills will not be heard in the order listed.

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