The House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence
89th Legislature
May 12, 2025
9:00 p.m.
Agricultural Museum, 1W.14
Pursuant to an announcement from the house floor on May 12, 2025, and permission granted on May 12, 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 9:02 p.m.
The initial quorum call was answered as follows: Representatives Smithee; Wu; Cook; Little; Louderback; Money; and Moody.
A quorum was present.
HB 1720
The chair recalled HB 1720 from the subcommittee on New Offenses and Changed Penalties.
Representative Moody moved that HB 1720, 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; Little; Louderback; Money; Moody (7).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Bowers; Jones, Jolanda; Rodríguez Ramos; Virdell (4).
(Representative Jones, Jolanda now present.)
HB 2181
The chair laid out HB 2181 as pending business.
The chair moved that HB 2181, without amendments, be reported favorably to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. The motion failed by the following record vote:
Ayes: Representatives Smithee; Cook; Louderback; Moody (4).
Nays: Representatives Wu; Jones, Jolanda; Little; Money (4).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representatives Bowers; Rodríguez Ramos; Virdell (3).
(Representatives Bowers; Rodríguez Ramos; and Virdell now present.)
HB 3166
The chair laid out HB 3166 as pending business.
Representative Cook offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Cook moved that HB 3166, 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; Moody; Rodríguez Ramos (7).
Nays: Representatives Little; Louderback; Money; Virdell (4).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
HJR 148
The chair laid out HJR 148 as pending business.
Representative Cook moved that HJR 148, 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; Virdell (8).
Nays: Representatives Little; Louderback; Money (3).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
SB 20
The chair laid out SB 20 as pending business.
Representative Moody moved that SB 20, 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).
SJR 1
The chair laid out SJR 1, the companion to HJR 16.
The chair offered a complete committee substitute.
The chair offered an amendment to the committee substitute.
The amendment to the committee substitute was adopted without objection.
The committee substitute, as amended, was adopted without objection.
The chair directed the staff to incorporate the adopted amendment into the committee substitute.
The chair moved that SJR 1, 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; Cook; Little; Louderback; Money; Moody; Virdell (7).
Nays: Representatives Wu; Bowers; Jones, Jolanda; Rodríguez Ramos (4).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
HB 75
The chair laid out HB 75 as pending business.
The chair offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
Representative Little moved that HB 75, 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; Cook; Little; Louderback; Money; Moody; Virdell (8).
Nays: Representatives Bowers; Jones, Jolanda; Rodríguez Ramos (3).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
SJR 5
The chair laid out SJR 5, the companion to HJR 15.
The chair offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
The chair moved that SJR 5, 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; Little; Louderback; Money; Moody; Virdell (10).
Nays: Representative Rodríguez Ramos (1).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
SB 9
The chair laid out SB 9, the companion to HB 75.
The chair offered a complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
The chair moved that SB 9, 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; Bowers; Cook; Little; Louderback; Money; Moody; Virdell (8).
Nays: Representatives Wu; Rodríguez Ramos (2).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representative Jones, Jolanda (1).
SB 40
The chair moved to reconsider the vote by which SB 40, as substituted, was reported from committee. The motion to reconsider prevailed without objection.
The chair moved to reconsider the vote by which the substitute for SB 40 was adopted. The motion to reconsider prevailed without objection.
The committee substitute was withdrawn.
The chair offered a new complete committee substitute.
The committee substitute was adopted without objection.
The chair 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; Cook; Little; Louderback; Money; Moody; Virdell (8).
Nays: Representatives Bowers; Rodríguez Ramos (2).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representative Jones, Jolanda (1).
SB 535
The chair laid out SB 535 as pending business.
Representative Money moved that SB 535, 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; Little; Louderback; Money; Moody; Rodríguez Ramos (9).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: Representative Virdell (1).
Absent: Representative Jones, Jolanda (1).
SB 739
The chair laid out SB 739 as pending business.
Representative Cook moved that SB 739, 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; Louderback; Money; Moody; Virdell (6).
Nays: Representatives Wu; Bowers; Little; Rodríguez Ramos (4).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: Representative Jones, Jolanda (1).
SB 988
The chair laid out SB 988, the companion to HB 2461.
SB 988 was left pending without objection.
SB 990
The chair recalled SB 990 from the subcommittee on New Offenses and Changed Penalties.
The chair moved that SB 990, 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).
SB 1019
The chair laid out SB 1019 as pending business.
Representative Money moved that SB 1019, 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).
SB 1212
The chair laid out SB 1212, the companion to HB 3231.
The chair moved that SB 1212, 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; Bowers; Cook; Jones, Jolanda; Little; Louderback; Money; Moody; Rodríguez Ramos; Virdell (10).
Nays: None (0).
Present, Not Voting: Representative Wu (1).
Absent: None (0).
SB 1281
The chair recalled SB 1281 from the subcommittee on New Offenses and Changed Penalties.
SB 1281 was left pending without objection.
SB 1362
The chair recalled SB 1362 from the subcommittee on New Offenses and Changed Penalties.
Representative Louderback moved that SB 1362, 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).
SB 1379
The chair recalled SB 1379 from the subcommittee on New Offenses and Changed Penalties.
SB 1379 was left pending without objection.
SB 1451
The chair recalled SB 1451 from the subcommittee on New Offenses and Changed Penalties.
Representative Louderback moved that SB 1451, 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; Bowers; Cook; Little; Louderback; Money; Moody (7).
Nays: Representatives Wu; Jones, Jolanda; Rodríguez Ramos (3).
Present, Not Voting: Representative Virdell (1).
Absent: None (0).
SB 1498
The chair laid out SB 1498, the companion to HB 3110.
Representative Little moved that SB 1498, 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; Little; Louderback; Moody (6).
Nays: Representatives Bowers; Jones, Jolanda; Money; Rodríguez Ramos; Virdell (5).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
SB 1667
The chair laid out SB 1667, the companion to HB 2328.
Representative Cook moved that SB 1667, 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; Money; Moody; Rodríguez Ramos; Virdell (10).
Nays: Representative Louderback (1).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
SB 1833
The chair laid out SB 1833, the companion to HB 2695.
Representative Louderback moved that SB 1833, 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; Virdell (10).
Nays: Representative Rodríguez Ramos (1).
Present, Not Voting: None (0).
Absent: None (0).
At 9:44 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