HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Criminal Jurisprudence
SUBCOMMITTEE: New Offenses and Changed Penalties 

TIME & DATE:  10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
Thursday, April 3, 2025 

PLACE:        E2.014 
CHAIR:        Rep. AJ Louderback 

Witness testimony may be limited to three minutes.

HB 316         Perez, Mary Ann                           
Relating to creating a criminal offense for interfering with a motor fuel metering device or motor fuel unattended payment terminal and the prosecution of certain organized criminal activity.

HB 353         Patterson                                 
Relating to creating the criminal offense of trespass on or near school or day-care center property.

HB 1160        Hull                                      
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of assault committed against certain employees or agents of a utility and to the prosecution of the criminal offense of interference with public duties of those employees or agents.

HB 1414        Allen                                     
Relating to the punishment for the offense of driving while license invalid.

HB 1422        Hull | et al.                             
Relating to the rights of victims of sexual assault and other sex offenses, the offense of continuous sexual abuse, and the prosecution and punishment of certain sex offenses; creating a criminal offense; increasing criminal penalties.

HB 1443        Schatzline                                
Relating to creating the criminal offense of promotion of a child-like sex doll.

HB 1713        Plesa                                     
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of criminal mischief involving impairment of electric vehicle supply equipment.

HB 1789        Gerdes                                    
Relating to enhancing the criminal penalty for the offense of intoxication manslaughter in certain circumstances.

HB 1902        Cook | et al.                             
Relating to creating the criminal offense of jugging.

HB 2073        Hull                                      
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain violations of certain court orders or conditions of bond in cases involving family violence, child abuse or neglect, sexual assault or abuse, indecent assault, stalking, or trafficking.

HB 2666        Virdell | et al.                          
Relating to the punishment for the offense of arson involving a government building.

HB 2695        Anchía                                    
Relating to the use of a social media platform in furtherance of an offense involving the delivery of a controlled substance; increasing criminal penalties.

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