HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Criminal Jurisprudence 

TIME & DATE:  10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
Tuesday, April 1, 2025 

PLACE:        E2.014 
CHAIR:        Rep. John Smithee 

Witness testimony may be limited to three minutes.

HB 47          Howard | et al.                           
Relating to sexual assault and other sex offenses.

HB 1552        Paul                                      
Relating to changing the name of the offense of child pornography to child sexual abuse material and to updating references to conform to that terminology.

HB 1686        Hull                                      
Relating to victims of sex offenses, sex-based human trafficking offenses, or acts of a sexual nature and to the confidentiality of or restrictions on the availability of certain property, material, or information regarding those victims, offenses, or acts.

HB 1953        Thompson                                  
Relating to rights of crime victims and the enforcement of those rights; authorizing a civil penalty.

HB 2151        Capriglione                               
Relating to the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to the offense of indecent assault.

HB 2355        Fairly                                    
Relating to requests for law enforcement agency reports from the attorney general related to crime victims' compensation applications.

HB 2582        Hull                                      
Relating to the rights of a victim, guardian of a victim, or close relative of a deceased victim to information regarding a defendant's parole.

HB 2697        Anchía                                    
Relating to certain procedures in connection with a bond forfeiture.

HB 2895        Patterson                                 
Relating to the legal justification for using force or deadly force in response to the commission or attempted commission of a violent felony.

HB 3073        Howard                                    
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of sexual assault.

HB 3418        Morales, Eddie                            
Relating to prohibitions on certain employment for sex offenders.

Texas residents who wish to electronically submit comments related to

agenda items on this notice without testifying in person can do so until

the hearing is adjourned by visiting:

https://comments.house.texas.gov/home?c=c220

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