The House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence

89th Legislature

May 6, 2025

7:00 p.m.

3W.9

Pursuant to an announcement from the house floor on May 6, 2025, and permission granted on May 6, 2025, to meet while the House was in session, the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence met in a formal meeting and was called to order by the chair, Representative Smithee, at 7:00 p.m.

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

A quorum was present.

HB 3744

The chair laid out HB 3744 as pending business.

Representative Jones, Jolanda moved that HB 3744, 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; Money; Moody; Rodríguez Ramos; Virdell (9).

Nays:                           None (0).

Present, Not Voting:   None (0).

Absent:                        Representatives Little; Louderback (2).

(Representative Louderback now present.)

HB 1847

The chair laid out HB 1847 as pending business.

Representative Bowers moved that HB 1847, 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; Louderback; Moody; Rodríguez Ramos (8).

Nays:                           Representative Money (1).

Present, Not Voting:   Representative Virdell (1).

Absent:                        Representative Little (1).

At 7:07 p.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