HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Criminal Jurisprudence
SUBCOMMITTEE: Criminal Procedure 

TIME & DATE:  10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
Tuesday, April 18, 2023 

PLACE:        E2.016 
CHAIR:        Rep. Salman Bhojani 

*Public Testimony will be limited to 3 minutes*

HB 322         Cortez                                    
Relating to certain evidentiary presumptions and burdens of proof in determining a defendant's incompetency to stand trial or a defendant's insanity in a criminal case.

HB 303         Bernal                                    
Relating to the amount of a fine or cost imposed in a criminal case by a justice or municipal court and to the court's authority to order a defendant confined in jail for failure to pay a fine or cost or for contempt.

HB 1017        Sherman, Sr. | et al.                     
Relating to an affirmative finding of family violence entered in the trial of certain offenses.

HB 1136        Jetton                                    
Relating to the period for which a person is required to register as a sex offender based on the offense of compelling prostitution.

HB 1178        Rogers | et al.                           
Relating to the authority of a magistrate to issue a search warrant to collect a blood specimen from a person arrested for certain intoxication offenses.

HB 1230        González, Jessica                         
Relating to the confidentiality of and discovery procedures relating to certain material regarding the protection or security of a witness; creating a criminal offense.

HB 1232        González, Jessica                         
Relating to the powers and duties of certain prosecutors and authorized peace officers of the offices of those prosecutors with respect to certain laws governing the installation and use of tracking equipment and access to certain communications.

HB 1921        Dutton                                    
Relating to the amount of a fine and costs discharged by a defendant while confined in jail or engaged in labor.

HB 1940        Cook | et al.                             
Relating to the admissibility of evidence of certain extraneous offenses or acts in the prosecution of sexual assault or aggravated sexual assault or an attempt or conspiracy to commit sexual assault or aggravated sexual assault.

HB 2380        Vasut | et al.                            
Relating to credit toward payment of fines and costs for certain defendants.

HB 2961        Cook | et al.                             
Relating to jury instructions regarding a conspiracy in certain criminal cases.

HB 3005        Flores                                    
Relating to the confidentiality of identifying information of victims of certain offenses.

HB 3686        Jones, Jolanda                            
Relating to the automatic expunction of arrest records and files after certain controlled substance offense charges are dismissed.

HB 3688        Jones, Jolanda                            
Relating to the dismissal of a criminal case by the attorney representing the state.

HB 3871        Cook                                      
Relating to the procedures for an application for a writ of habeas corpus and the issuance of the writ.

HB 4037        Hayes                                     
Relating to the time period for conducting a pretrial hearing after a criminal defendant has been restored to competency.

HB 4671        Hayes                                     
Relating to the qualifications and summoning of grand jurors.

HB 5007        Plesa                                     
Relating to automatic expunction of arrest records and files for certain persons who are tried for an offense and subsequently acquitted.

HB 5041        Garcia                                    
Relating to the appointment of an attorney pro tem for certain criminal proceedings.

HB 5159        Bhojani                                   
Relating to an argument before the jury after a subsequent jury charge in a criminal case.

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