The House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence

89th Legislature

May 6, 2025

8:00 a.m.

E2.014

Pursuant to a notice posted on May 1, 2025, revised on May 5, 2025, and a suspension of the 5-day posting rule on May 5, 2025, the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence met in a public hearing and was called to order by the chair, Representative Smithee, at 8:02 a.m.

The initial quorum call was answered as follows: Representatives Smithee; Wu; Cook; Jones, Jolanda; Little; Louderback; Money; Moody; and Virdell.

A quorum was present.

SB 1804

The chair laid out SB 1804.

The chair recognized Representative Wu to explain SB 1804 on behalf of the House sponsor, Representative Thompson.

(Representative Rodríguez Ramos now present.)

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

The chair recognized Representative Wu to close on SB 1804 on behalf of the House sponsor, Representative Thompson.

Representative Wu moved that SB 1804, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion prevailed by the following record vote:

Ayes:                           Representatives Smithee; Wu; Cook; Jones, Jolanda; Little; Louderback; Money; Moody; Rodríguez Ramos; Virdell (10).

Nays:                           None (0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representative Bowers (1).

SB 535

The chair laid out SB 535.

The chair recognized Representative Capriglione to explain SB 535.

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

The chair recognized Representative Capriglione to close on SB 535.

SB 535 was left pending without objection.

HB 3207

The chair recalled HB 3207 from the subcommittee on New Offenses and Changed Penalties.

Representative Cook offered a complete committee substitute.

The chair recognized Representative Dean to explain HB 3207.

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

The chair recognized Representative Dean to close on HB 3207.

The committee substitute was withdrawn without objection.

HB 3207 was left pending without objection.

SB 664

The chair laid out SB 664.

The chair recognized Representative Cook to explain SB 664.

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

The chair recognized Representative Cook to close on SB 664.

SB 664 was left pending without objection.

SB 1019

The chair laid out SB 1019.

The chair recognized Representative Cook to explain SB 1019 on behalf of the House sponsor, Representative Hull.

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

The chair recognized Representative Cook to close on SB 1019 on behalf of the House sponsor, Representative Hull.

SB 1019 was left pending without objection.

SB 1020

The chair laid out SB 1020.

The chair recognized Representative Louderback to explain SB 1020.

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

The chair recognized Representative Louderback to close on SB 1020.

Representative Cook moved that SB 1020, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion prevailed by the following record vote:

Ayes:                           Representatives Smithee; Wu; Cook; Jones, Jolanda; Little; Louderback; Money; Moody (8).

Nays:                           None (0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representatives Bowers; Rodríguez Ramos; Virdell (3).

SB 1120

The chair laid out SB 1120.

The chair recognized Representative Johnson to explain SB 1120.

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

The chair recognized Representative Johnson to close on SB 1120.

Representative Jones, Jolanda moved that SB 1120, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion prevailed by the following record vote:

Ayes:                           Representatives Smithee; Wu; Cook; Jones, Jolanda; Louderback; Money; Moody; Virdell (8).

Nays:                           None (0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representatives Bowers; Little; Rodríguez Ramos (3).

SB 1537

The chair laid out SB 1537.

The chair explained SB 1537.

Testimony taken/registration recorded.  (See attached witness list.)

The chair closed on SB 1537.

Representative Moody moved that SB 1537, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion prevailed by the following record vote:

Ayes:                           Representatives Smithee; Wu; Cook; Jones, Jolanda; Little; Louderback; Money; Moody; Virdell (9).

Nays:                           None (0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representatives Bowers; Rodríguez Ramos (2).

SB 664

The chair laid out SB 664 as pending business.

Representative Cook moved that SB 664, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion prevailed by the following record vote:

Ayes:                           Representatives Smithee; Wu; Cook; Jones, Jolanda; Little; Louderback; Money; Moody; Virdell (9).

Nays:                           None (0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representatives Bowers; Rodríguez Ramos (2).

HB 3207

The chair laid out HB 3207 as pending business.

Representative Cook moved that HB 3207, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. 

The motion was withdrawn without objection.

Committee discussion over the measure.

(Representative Bowers now present.)

Representative Cook moved that HB 3207, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. 

The motion prevailed by the following record vote:

Ayes:                           Representatives Smithee; Cook; Little; Louderback; Money; Moody; Virdell (6).

Nays:                           Representatives Jones, Jolanda; Rodríguez Ramos; Wu (3).

Present, Not Voting:   Representatives Bowers; Virdell (2).

Absent:                        None (0).

The chair referred SB 1980 to the subcommittee on New Offenses and Changed Penalties.

HB 108

The chair laid out HB 108 as pending business.

Representative Jones, Jolanda offered a complete committee substitute.

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

Representative Jones, Jolanda moved that HB 108, as substituted, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion prevailed by the following record vote:

Ayes:                           Representatives Smithee; Wu; Bowers; Cook; Jones, Jolanda; Louderback; Moody; Rodríguez Ramos (8).

Nays:                           Representatives Little; Money; Virdell (3).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        None (0).

HB 316

The chair recalled HB 316 from the subcommittee on New Offenses and Changed Penalties.

The chair recognized Representative Louderback to explain HB 316 and the subcommittee’s consideration of the measure.

Representative Louderback moved that HB 316, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion prevailed by the following record vote:

Ayes:                           Representatives Smithee; Wu; Bowers; Cook; Jones, Jolanda; Little; Louderback; Money; Moody; Rodríguez Ramos (10).

Nays:                           Representative Virdell (1).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        None (0).

SB 40

The chair moved to reconsider the vote by which SB 40 was reported from committee.  The motion to reconsider prevailed without objection.

The chair moved to withdraw the committee substitute. The motion prevailed without objection and the committee substitute was withdrawn.

The chair offered a new complete committee substitute.

The committee substitute was adopted without objection.

Representative Louderback moved that SB 40, as substituted, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion prevailed by the following record vote:

Ayes:                           Representatives Smithee; Wu; Bowers; Cook; Little; Louderback; Money; Moody; Virdell (9).

Nays:                           Representatives Jones, Jolanda; Rodríguez Ramos (2).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        None (0).

HB 437

The chair recalled HB 437 from the subcommittee on Juvenile Justice.

The chair recognized Representative Cook to explain HB 437 and the subcommittee’s consideration of the measure.

Representative Cook moved that HB 437, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion prevailed by the following record vote:

Ayes:                           Representatives Smithee; Cook; Little; Louderback; Money; Virdell (6).

Nays:                           Representatives Wu; Bowers; Jones, Jolanda; Moody; Rodríguez Ramos (5).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        None (0).

HB 507

The chair laid out HB 507 as pending business.

Representative Bowers moved that HB 507, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion prevailed by the following record vote:

Ayes:                           Representatives Smithee; Wu; Bowers; Jones, Jolanda; Moody; Rodríguez Ramos (6).

Nays:                           Representatives Cook; Little; Louderback; Money; Virdell (5).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        None (0).

HB 689

The chair recalled HB 689 from the subcommittee on New Offenses and Changed Penalties.

The chair recognized Representative Louderback to explain HB 689 and the subcommittee’s consideration of the measure.

Representative Louderback moved that HB 689, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion prevailed by the following record vote:

Ayes:                           Representatives Smithee; Wu; Bowers; Cook; Jones, Jolanda; Moody; Rodríguez Ramos (7).

Nays:                           Representatives Little; Louderback; Money; Virdell (4).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        None (0).

HB 1418

The chair laid out HB 1418 as pending business.

Representative Little moved that HB 1418, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion prevailed by the following record vote:

Ayes:                           Representatives Smithee; Wu; Cook; Jones, Jolanda; Little; Louderback; Money; Moody; Rodríguez Ramos; Virdell (10).

Nays:                           Representative Bowers (1).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        None (0).

HB 1572

The chair recalled HB 1572 from the subcommittee on New Offenses and Changed Penalties.

The chair recognized Representative Louderback to explain HB 1572 and the subcommittee’s consideration of the measure.

Representative Louderback moved that HB 1572, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion prevailed by the following record vote:

Ayes:                           Representatives Smithee; Wu; Bowers; Cook; Jones, Jolanda; Little; Louderback; Money; Moody; Rodríguez Ramos; Virdell (11).

Nays:                           None (0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        None (0).

HB 1820

The chair laid out HB 1820 as pending business.

Representative Moody moved that HB 1820, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion prevailed by the following record vote:

Ayes:                           Representatives Smithee; Wu; Bowers; Jones, Jolanda; Little; Louderback; Money; Moody; Rodríguez Ramos; Virdell (10).

Nays:                           Representative Cook (1).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        None (0).

HB 2309

The chair laid out HB 2309 as pending business.

Representative Virdell moved that HB 2309, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed.  The motion prevailed by the following record vote:

Ayes:                           Representatives Smithee; Cook; Little; Louderback; Money; Virdell (6).

Nays:                           Representatives Wu; Bowers; Jones, Jolanda; Moody; Rodríguez Ramos (5).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        None (0).

At 9:44 a.m., on the motion of the chair and without objection, the meeting was adjourned subject to the call of the chair.

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Rep. Smithee, Chair

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Sarah Kemp, Clerk