The 84th legislative session ended on June 1, 2015. See the bills that have become law.

Referred bills

Bill Category Caption Date Referred to Committee
HB 95 Crime
Judiciary
Legal Issues
Relating to the exclusion of certain witnesses during a criminal proceeding. 02/09/2015
HB 92 Guns
Relating to the definition of an illegal knife. 02/09/2015
HB 97 Crime
Legal Issues
Relating to the elimination of the statute of limitations for the offenses of sexual assault and aggravated sexual assault. 02/09/2015
HB 102 Crime
Housing and Property
Transportation
Relating to the creation of the offense of cargo theft. 02/09/2015
HB 112 Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
Crime
Relating to the prosecution of murder committed in the course of committing or attempting to commit trafficking of persons. 02/09/2015
HB 101 Crime
Technology and Communication
Relating to the creation of the offense of unlawful disclosure of certain visual material. 02/09/2015
HB 155 Crime
Housing and Property
Relating to the use of force in defense of property. 02/09/2015
HB 48 Crime
Executive Branch
Judiciary
State Agencies
Relating to the creation of a commission to review convictions after exoneration and to prevent wrongful convictions. 02/09/2015
HB 147 Crime
Legal Issues
Technology and Communication
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of improper photography or visual recording. 02/09/2015
HB 71 Crime
Family and Children Issues
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of indecency with a child. 02/09/2015
HB 121 Crime
Judiciary
Relating to an alternative means of payment of certain past due criminal fines and court costs. 02/09/2015
HB 191 Crime
Relating to enhancing the penalties for certain repeat and habitual misdemeanor offenders. 02/10/2015
HB 211 Crime
Relating to resuming a criminal case after a defendant is determined to be competent to stand trial. 02/10/2015
HB 225 Crime
Health
Other
Relating to the prescription, administration, and possession of certain opioid antagonists for the treatment of a suspected overdose and a defense to prosecution for certain offenses involving controlled substances and other prohibited drugs, substances, or paraphernalia for defendants seeking assistance for a suspected overdose. 02/10/2015
HB 222 Crime
Family and Children Issues
Social Issues
Relating to the offense of continuous violence against the family. 02/10/2015
HB 189 Crime
Legal Issues
Relating to the statute of limitations for a suit for personal injury arising from certain offenses constituting sexual abuse of a child or for certain sexual assault offenses. 02/10/2015
HB 192 Crime
Transportation
Relating to convictions considered for purposes of enhancing the punishment for certain intoxication offenses. 02/10/2015
HB 235 Animal Rights and Wildlife Issues
Legal Issues
Public Services
State Agencies
Technology and Communication
Relating to a central database containing information about certain persons who have been convicted of or received a grant of deferred adjudication for certain offenses involving animal cruelty; providing a criminal penalty. 02/10/2015
HB 207 Crime
Family and Children Issues
Relating to creating the offense of voyeurism; providing a penalty. 02/10/2015
HB 265 Crime
Relating to enhancing the penalty prescribed for certain acts of official oppression. 02/11/2015
HB 267 Crime
Relating to the joint or separate prosecution of a capital felony charged against two or more defendants. 02/11/2015
HB 460 Crime
Health
Legal Issues
Other
Transportation
Relating to the issuance of a search warrant for taking a blood specimen from certain persons suspected of committing certain intoxication offenses. 02/11/2015
HB 277 Crime
Judiciary
Relating to capital murder of a prosecuting attorney or an assistant prosecuting attorney. 02/11/2015
HB 253 Crime
Relating to the penalty for possession of certain small amounts of controlled substances in Penalty Group 1. 02/11/2015
HB 252 Crime
Public Services
Relating to the punishment of certain sexual offenses committed in a disaster area or an evacuated area. 02/11/2015
HB 319 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Crime
Judiciary
Legal Issues
Relating to the establishment, operation, and funding of victim-offender mediation programs. 02/11/2015
HB 282 Crime
Judiciary
Relating to the organization of a grand jury. 02/11/2015
HB 461 Family and Children Issues
Health
Transportation
Relating to the creation of an offense for smoking tobacco in a passenger vehicle with a child present. 02/11/2015
HB 249 Crime
Executive Branch
State Agencies
Relating to the reporting of proceeds and property forfeited under criminal asset forfeiture proceedings. 02/11/2015
HB 320 Crime
Family and Children Issues
Technology and Communication
Relating to the clarification of the offense of online sexual solicitation of a minor. 02/11/2015
HB 254 Crime
Health
Judiciary
Other
State Agencies
Relating to the penalty for certain offenders for possession of a small amount of certain controlled substances. 02/11/2015
HB 452 Crime
Judiciary
Relating to pretrial hearings in criminal cases in certain courts. 02/11/2015
HB 259 Crime
Environmental
Relating to forfeiture of property used in the commission of certain littering offenses. 02/11/2015
HB 248 Crime
Relating to the state's burden of proof in a criminal asset forfeiture proceeding. 02/11/2015
HB 478 Campaign Finance and Election Issues
Crime
Relating to the restoration of certain rights to a criminal defendant. 02/12/2015
HB 109 Crime
Judiciary
Legal Issues
Relating to consideration of certain mitigating evidence at the sentencing proceeding of a defendant or the disposition hearing of a child. 02/12/2015
HB 475 Crime
Family and Children Issues
Relating to an affirmative defense available to certain students enrolled in grade level nine or above who engage in prohibited sexual contact with another student at or above that grade level. 02/12/2015
HB 381 Crime
Housing and Property
Other
Relating to the punishment for the offense of burglary of a vehicle; increasing a criminal penalty. 02/12/2015
HB 341 Crime
Relating to the extent of a defendant's criminal responsibility for the conduct of a coconspirator in certain felony cases. 02/12/2015
HB 329 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Crime
Relating to orders of nondisclosure issued for records of certain fine-only misdemeanors; authorizing a fee. 02/12/2015
HB 333 Crime
Judiciary
Other
Relating to certain procedures for defendants who successfully complete a period of state jail felony community supervision. 02/12/2015
HB 334 Crime
Health
Public Services
State Agencies
Relating to a defense to prosecution of the offense of Medicaid fraud. 02/12/2015
HB 325 Crime
Relating to the prosecution of and penalties for possession of 0.35 ounces or less of marihuana. 02/12/2015
HB 196 Crime
Judiciary
Legal Issues
Relating to consideration of certain mitigating evidence at the sentencing proceeding of a defendant or the disposition hearing of a child. 02/12/2015
HB 266 Crime
Family and Children Issues
State Agencies
Relating to offenses involving violating the civil rights of a person in custody and engaging in improper sexual activity with a person in custody; providing certain enhanced penalties. 02/12/2015
HB 380 Crime
Judiciary
Legal Issues
Relating to consideration of certain mitigating evidence at the sentencing proceeding of a defendant or the disposition hearing of a child. 02/12/2015
HB 480 Crime
Judiciary
Relating to retaining a reserve investigator by a prosecuting attorney. 02/12/2015
HB 273 Crime
Environmental
Municipal and County Issues
Relating to the minimum term of confinement for an offense of illegal dumping in a municipality. 02/12/2015
HB 366 Crime
Technology and Communication
Relating to the sealing of applications and orders for the installation and use of mobile tracking devices in certain law enforcement investigations. 02/12/2015
HB 328 Crime
Relating to the punishment for the offense of attempted murder. 02/12/2015
HB 472 Crime
Judiciary
Other
Relating to the reporting and disposition of proceeds and property from criminal asset forfeiture. 02/12/2015
HB 326 Crime
Judiciary
Legal Issues
Other
Technology and Communication
Relating to information provided by electronic means in support of the issuance of a search warrant. 02/12/2015
HB 362 Crime
Relating to notification provided to certain victims of criminal offenses. 02/12/2015
HB 348 Crime
Judiciary
Legal Issues
Relating to the punishment for certain conduct constituting the offense of official oppression and to the statute of limitation on prosecution of that conduct. 02/12/2015
HB 488 Crime
Relating to the designation of certain synthetic compounds to Penalty Group 2 or 2-A of the Texas Controlled Substances Act. 02/12/2015
HB 538 Crime
Judiciary
Municipal and County Issues
Relating to judicial and law enforcement authority in certain municipalities on a segment of a highway or street that abuts property located in the municipality. 02/16/2015
HB 510 Crime
Legal Issues
Relating to disclosure of certain information about expert witnesses in a criminal case. 02/16/2015
HB 404 Crime
Family and Children Issues
Relating to prohibitions on certain employment and volunteer activity for certain sex offenders; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty. 02/16/2015
HB 511 Crime
State Agencies
Relating to the prosecution of certain offenses committed against a person in custody. 02/16/2015
HB 414 Crime
Legal Issues
Other
Transportation
Relating to the penalties for possession of one ounce or less of marihuana or a synthetic cannabinoid. 02/16/2015
HB 517 Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
Crime
Legal Issues
Relating to evidence or testimony given by certain witnesses in a criminal case based on the trafficking of persons. 02/16/2015
HB 530 Crime
Education
Executive Branch
Relating to the use of proceeds from criminal asset forfeiture to provide college scholarships to children of peace officers killed in the line of duty and to an annual report regarding the total value of forfeited property in this state. 02/16/2015
HB 507 Crime
Transportation
Relating to a civil action to collect a civil penalty for possession of certain small amounts of marihuana and an exception to prosecution for possession of associated drug paraphernalia. 02/16/2015
HB 521 Crime
Relating to the punishment for the offense of manslaughter. 02/16/2015
HB 518 Crime
Other
Relating to certain waivers by a defendant regarding a community supervision revocation hearing. 02/16/2015
HB 403 Crime
Other
Relating to the penalty for certain offenders for possession of a small amount of certain controlled substances. 02/16/2015
HB 496 Business and Consumers
Commerce
Crime
Judiciary
Legal Issues
Other
Technology and Communication
Relating to civil and criminal liability for the unlawful disclosure or promotion of certain intimate visual material; creating an offense. 02/16/2015
HB 561 Crime
Judiciary
Relating to the secrecy of grand jury proceedings. 02/18/2015
HB 498 Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
Crime
Family and Children Issues
Other
Social Issues
Relating to the violation of certain court orders or conditions of bond in a family violence, sexual assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking case. 02/18/2015
HB 564 Crime
Legal Issues
Relating to the admissibility of certain evidence in capital cases in which the state seeks the death penalty. 02/18/2015
HB 553 Crime
Education
Relating to the repeal of the offense of homosexual conduct. 02/18/2015
HB 573 Campaign Finance and Election Issues
Guns
Relating to a defense to prosecution for the offense of possessing or carrying a firearm on the premises of a polling place. 02/18/2015
HB 563 Crime
Relating to the prosecution of and punishment for the offense of official oppression. 02/18/2015
HB 560 Crime
Judiciary
Relating to the qualifications for service as a grand juror. 02/18/2015
HB 580 Crime
Legal Issues
Relating to the statute of limitations for aggravated assault. 02/18/2015
HB 559 Crime
Immigration
Judiciary
Relating to the duties of a magistrate to inform an arrested person of consequences of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere. 02/18/2015
HB 629 Education
Judiciary
Other
Relating to a person's ability to read and write in English as a qualification for service as a petit juror. 02/19/2015
HB 597 Crime
Relating to the designation for criminal prosecution and other purposes of certain chemicals commonly referred to as synthetic cannabinoids as controlled substances and controlled substance analogues under the Texas Controlled Substances Act; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty. 02/19/2015
HB 595 Crime
Relating to the addition of certain substances to Penalty Groups 1-A and 2 of the Texas Controlled Substances Act for criminal prosecution and other purposes. 02/19/2015
HB 644 Crime
Legal Issues
Relating to the contents of a search warrant and to the offense of tampering with a governmental record consisting of a search warrant. 02/19/2015
HB 673 Crime
Transportation
Relating to the amount of certain controlled substances in the body constituting intoxication for purposes of certain intoxication offenses. 02/19/2015
HB 653 Crime
Gambling and Gaming
Recreation
Relating to the prosecution of money laundering involving the proceeds of the offense of possession of a gambling device or gambling equipment or paraphernalia. 02/19/2015
HB 815 Crime
Family and Children Issues
Technology and Communication
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of online solicitation of a minor. 02/23/2015
HB 803 Crime
Judiciary
Relating to the filing of a complaint for certain misdemeanor offenses. 02/23/2015
HB 603 Crime
Technology and Communication
Relating to civil and criminal liability for the unlawful disclosure or promotion of certain intimate visual material; creating an offense. 02/23/2015
HB 759 Crime
State Agencies
Relating to the maximum cumulative period allowed for restoration of a defendant's competency to stand trial and to certain time credits awarded against that cumulative period. 02/23/2015
HB 692 Crime
Housing and Property
Legal Issues
Relating to compensation under the Crime Victims' Compensation Act for damages to real property suffered as a result of a person evading arrest or detention. 02/23/2015
HB 768 Crime
Family and Children Issues
Relating to the penalty for causing certain assaultive physical contact with a child. 02/23/2015
HB 777 Crime
Relating to the punishment for the offense of indecent exposure. 02/23/2015
HB 794 Crime
Legal Issues
Relating to a presumption regarding certain evidence of a prior conviction in a criminal proceeding. 02/23/2015
HB 749 Crime
Judiciary
Municipal and County Issues
Relating to the dismissal of a case within the jurisdiction of a municipal court if a peace officer fails to appear for trial. 02/23/2015
HB 713 Crime
Relating to the forfeiture of property used to facilitate or intended to be used to facilitate the commission of certain misdemeanor prostitution offenses. 02/23/2015
HB 896 Crime
Science and Medical Research
Technology and Communication
Relating to creating a criminal offense regarding the breach of computer security. 02/26/2015
HB 1012 Crime
Relating to the state's burden of proof in certain criminal asset forfeiture proceedings. 03/02/2015
HB 888 Crime
Family and Children Issues
Relating to the punishment for the offense of making a false report or statement regarding a missing child; increasing a criminal penalty. 03/02/2015
HB 1010 Crime
Executive Branch
Judiciary
Legal Issues
Relating to the disclosure of certain information and evidence by a prosecutor in a criminal case. 03/02/2015
HB 981 Crime
Relating to the offense of manslaughter; increasing the penalty for certain offenders. 03/02/2015
HB 989 Crime
Guns
Relating to defenses and exceptions to the prosecution of the criminal offense of the possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of certain prohibited explosive weapons, firearms, and related items. 03/02/2015
HB 1014 Crime
Legal Issues
Relating to the expunction of arrest records and files relating to certain nonviolent offenses. 03/02/2015
HB 1057 Crime
Family and Children Issues
Housing and Property
Other
Social Issues
Relating to certain conditions imposed on defendants convicted of an offense of graffiti or juveniles adjudicated as having engaged in conduct involving graffiti. 03/02/2015
HB 1064 Crime
Family and Children Issues
Health
Relating to prohibiting certain sex offenders from working or residing within or otherwise going in, on, or within a certain distance of premises where children commonly gather; providing a penalty. 03/02/2015
HB 877 Crime
Guns
Relating to creating the offense of intimidation by a member of a criminal street gang. 03/02/2015
HB 1032 Crime
Judiciary
Relating to abolishing the death penalty. 03/02/2015
HB 1055 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Crime
Judiciary
Other
Relating to expanding the category of persons required to pay certain costs on conviction imposed for the support of drug court programs. 03/02/2015
HB 1076 Crime
Judiciary
Other
Relating to the authority of a magistrate to prohibit certain communications in an order for emergency protection; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty. 03/02/2015
HB 1061 Crime
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of interference with public duties. 03/02/2015
HB 865 Crime
Judiciary
Relating to the recording of certain grand jury proceedings that involve a peace officer. 03/02/2015
HB 1115 Crime
Judiciary
Relating to the appearance of certain misdemeanor defendants before a magistrate. 03/02/2015
HB 883 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Crime
Housing and Property
Other
Relating to the punishment for the offense of graffiti and the creation of a graffiti pretrial diversion program; authorizing a fee. 03/02/2015
HB 1108 Crime
Judiciary
Relating to the determination of whether jurors in a criminal case have good cause for not performing their duties. 03/02/2015
HB 1099 Crime
Health
Relating to the prosecution of certain offenses involving the delivery or possession of controlled substances and other prohibited drugs, substances, or paraphernalia. 03/02/2015
HB 1082 Crime
Transportation
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of obstructing a highway or other passageway. 03/02/2015
HB 1123 Crime
Family and Children Issues
Legal Issues
Other
Relating to increasing the punishment for the offense of possession or promotion of child pornography; changing the eligibility for parole. 03/02/2015
HB 1253 Judiciary
Relating to appointment of a grand jury. 03/03/2015
HB 1286 Crime
Family and Children Issues
Health
Labor and Employment
Senior Issues
Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual. 03/03/2015
HB 1245 Crime
Executive Branch
Other
Transportation
Relating to changing the eligibility of inmates convicted of certain intoxication offenses for release on parole or mandatory supervision and to a biennial study regarding prevention of intoxication offenses. 03/03/2015
HB 1264 Crime
Health
Legal Issues
Transportation
Relating to the preservation of toxicological evidence collected in connection with certain intoxication offenses. 03/03/2015
HB 1166 Crime
Judiciary
Legal Issues
Technology and Communication
Relating to sworn statements and other documentation provided to support the issuance of a search warrant. 03/03/2015
HB 1159 Crime
Education
Family and Children Issues
Guns
Health
Relating to the use of certain disciplinary actions against a child; providing a criminal penalty. 03/03/2015
HB 1181 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Crime
Relating to the maintenance of information entered into a fee record. 03/03/2015
HB 1441 Judiciary
Other
Relating to the collection and disclosure of certain grand jury information. 03/04/2015
HB 1447 Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
Crime
Legal Issues
Other
Relating to protective orders for certain victims of sexual assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking. 03/04/2015
HB 1446 Crime
Executive Branch
Legal Issues
Relating to reimbursement of certain medical costs for victims of certain sex offenses, compensation to victims of stalking for relocation and housing rental expenses, and the creation of a governor's program for victims of child sex trafficking. 03/04/2015
HB 853 Crime
Executive Branch
Family and Children Issues
Judiciary
Relating to the confidentiality of information identifying children who are victims of certain offenses; creating an offense. 03/04/2015
HB 1481 Crime
Science and Medical Research
Technology and Communication
Relating to prohibiting the operation of an unmanned aircraft over certain facilities; creating a criminal offense. 03/05/2015
HB 1293 Crime
Executive Branch
Other
Relating to the confidentiality of identifying information of victims of stalking; creating a criminal offense. 03/05/2015
HB 1291 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Commerce
Crime
Housing and Property
Relating to the fees collected by prosecutors for collection and processing of certain checks or similar sight orders. 03/05/2015
HB 1346 Crime
Judiciary
Legal Issues
Welfare and Poverty
Relating to the representation of certain indigent applicants for a writ of habeas corpus. 03/05/2015
HB 1342 Crime
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of sexual assault committed against certain victims. 03/09/2015
HB 1363 Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
Crime
Relating to the prosecution of and punishment for the offense of prostitution; creating a criminal offense. 03/09/2015
HB 1570 Crime
Relating to the punishment for the offense of burglary. 03/09/2015
HB 1566 Crime
Transportation
Relating to conditions of bond for defendants charged with certain offenses involving the operation of a motor vehicle while intoxicated. 03/09/2015
HB 1627 Crime
Housing and Property
Relating to the use of deadly force in defense of a person or property. 03/09/2015
HB 1669 Crime
Relating to increasing the punishment for subsequent convictions for indecent exposure. 03/09/2015
HB 1496 Crime
Legal Issues
Science and Medical Research
Relating to search warrants issued to obtain a DNA specimen through a buccal swab or another method. 03/09/2015
HB 1343 Crime
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of sexual assault committed against certain victims. 03/09/2015
HB 1382 Crime
Relating to the procedure for rearrest and adjustment of the bond amount in certain criminal cases. 03/09/2015
HB 1655 Crime
Legal Issues
Relating to the expunction of certain files and records arising from a criminal investigation; creating a criminal offense. 03/09/2015
HB 1386 Crime
Judiciary
Municipal and County Issues
Relating to the prohibition of more than one counsel appearing in a misdemeanor case. 03/09/2015
HB 1358 Crime
Family and Children Issues
Health
Relating to a presumption that applies to certain conduct involving certain controlled substances that endangers a child. 03/09/2015
HB 1375 Crime
Family and Children Issues
Health
Other
Relating to creating a defense to revocation of parole, mandatory supervision, or community supervision for a person who travels through a child safety zone. 03/09/2015
HB 1663 Crime
Relating to a defendant's payment of costs associated with a court-appointed counsel. 03/09/2015
HB 861 Crime
Family and Children Issues
Technology and Communication
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of online solicitation of a minor. 03/09/2015
HB 1424 Crime
Relating to increasing penalties for defendants convicted of the manufacture or delivery of certain controlled substances. 03/09/2015
HB 1503 Crime
Other
Relating to the rights of certain defendants who successfully complete a term of community supervision. 03/09/2015
HB 1396 Crime
Legal Issues
Technology and Communication
Relating to certain criminal offenses, punishments, and procedures; the construction of certain statutes and rules that create or define criminal offenses and penalties; a review of certain penal laws of this state. 03/10/2015
HB 1516 Crime
Relating to the bill of costs provided to a defendant before the costs are payable. 03/10/2015
HB 1530 Crime
Housing and Property
Relating to the punishment for certain offenses against property or against public administration. 03/10/2015
HB 1527 Crime
Judiciary
Relating to abolishing the death penalty. 03/10/2015
HB 1523 Crime
Education
Relating to the repeal of the offense of homosexual conduct. 03/11/2015
HB 1845 Crime
Family and Children Issues
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for causing certain assaultive physical contact with a child. 03/11/2015
HB 1882 Crime
Judiciary
Legal Issues
Relating to notice requirements for certain witnesses who are scheduled to appear before a grand jury. 03/11/2015
HB 1877 Crime
Legal Issues
Technology and Communication
Relating to civil and criminal liability for the disclosure of certain visual material on the Internet; creating a criminal offense. 03/11/2015
HB 2005 Crime
Technology and Communication
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of improper photography or visual recording; increasing a criminal penalty. 03/11/2015
HB 2165 Crime
State Agencies
Relating to repealing marihuana offenses; prohibiting the sale or distribution of marihuana to a minor; creating criminal offenses. 03/12/2015
HB 1829 Crime
Recreation
Relating to increasing the punishment for assault committed against certain sports participants. 03/12/2015
HB 1975 Crime
Housing and Property
Relating to the state's burden of proof in certain asset forfeiture proceedings under the Code of Criminal Procedure. 03/12/2015
HB 1812 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Crime
Family and Children Issues
Municipal and County Issues
Social Issues
Relating to grants awarded to reimburse counties for the cost of monitoring defendants and victims in criminal cases involving family violence. 03/12/2015
HB 1758 Crime
Legislative Affairs
State Agencies
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of obstruction or retaliation; creating a criminal offense. 03/12/2015
HB 1955 Commerce
Crime
Other
Relating to false or misleading packaging, labeling, or advertising of certain abusable synthetic substances; providing civil penalties; creating a criminal offense. 03/12/2015
HB 2150 Crime
Judiciary
Relating to the organization of a grand jury. 03/12/2015
HB 2185 Crime
Legal Issues
Municipal and County Issues
Science and Medical Research
Relating to the execution of a search warrant for taking a DNA specimen. 03/12/2015
HB 1721 Health
Labor and Employment
Transportation
Relating to the criminal and civil prosecution of certain offenses involving parking in a space designated for persons with disabilities. 03/12/2015
HB 2170 Crime
Relating to enhancing the penalties for certain repeat and habitual misdemeanor offenders. 03/12/2015
HB 2061 Crime
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of prostitution. 03/13/2015
HB 2116 Crime
Technology and Communication
Relating to the expenditure of proceeds or property received from criminal asset forfeiture. 03/13/2015
HB 2059 Crime
Sexual Orientation and Gender Issues
Relating to an offense committed against a person because of bias or prejudice on the basis of gender identity or expression. 03/13/2015
HB 2057 Crime
Education
Relating to the repeal of the offense of homosexual conduct. 03/13/2015
HB 2054 Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
Crime
Family and Children Issues
Relating to increased penalties for the offense of trafficking of persons that involves a child victim or the death of any victim. 03/13/2015
HB 2110 Crime
Relating to the scheduling of an execution date and the issuance of a warrant of execution. 03/13/2015
HB 2438 Crime
Science and Medical Research
Relating to postconviction forensic DNA analysis. 03/13/2015
HB 2435 Crime
Science and Medical Research
Relating to postconviction forensic DNA analysis. 03/13/2015
HB 2409 Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
Crime
Family and Children Issues
Guns
Municipal and County Issues
Other
Social Issues
Relating to the storage of firearms surrendered by a person subject to a magistrate's order for emergency protection or protective order as a result of family violence, sexual assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking of persons. 03/13/2015
HB 2299 Crime
Legal Issues
Other
Relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain laws concerning community supervision granted in criminal cases, including conforming amendments. 03/16/2015
HB 2525 Crime
Judiciary
Welfare and Poverty
Relating to the appointment of counsel to represent indigent defendants in criminal cases. 03/16/2015
HB 2970 Crime
Executive Branch
Family and Children Issues
Legal Issues
Relating to the use of money paid as restitution to or on behalf of certain individuals depicted in child pornography. 03/16/2015
HB 2499 Crime
Technology and Communication
Relating to the electronic filing of bail bonds. 03/16/2015
HB 2880 Crime
Relating to the placement of certain substances in Penalty Groups 2 and 2-A of the Texas Controlled Substances Act for the purpose of prosecution of criminal offenses involving those substances. 03/16/2015
HB 2301 Crime
Relating to time credits awarded against the cumulative period of commitment or treatment of certain defendants determined to be incompetent to stand trial. 03/16/2015
HB 2777 Crime
Family and Children Issues
Legal Issues
Social Issues
Relating to the admissibility of certain evidence in the prosecution of certain assaultive offenses involving family violence. 03/16/2015
HB 2300 Crime
Technology and Communication
Relating to eliminating telegraph transmission as a method to communicate certain information in a criminal case. 03/16/2015
HB 2617 Crime
Judiciary
Relating to reorganizing the grand jury as the probable cause jury. 03/16/2015
HB 2645 Crime
Family and Children Issues
Social Issues
Relating to the prosecution of certain offenses involving family violence and to the violation of certain court orders or conditions of bond in a family violence, sexual assault or abuse, or stalking case. 03/16/2015
HB 2623 Crime
Legal Issues
Military
Relating to forfeiture actions by the federal government and to the transfer of seized property between certain state and federal entities. 03/16/2015
HB 2302 Crime
Relating to the mandatory dismissal of misdemeanor charges against certain defendants determined to be incompetent to stand trial. 03/16/2015
HB 2319 Crime
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of prostitution; increasing a criminal penalty. 03/16/2015
HB 2589 Crime
Family and Children Issues
Health
Labor and Employment
Relating to the prosecution of and punishment for assaulting a disabled individual; increasing a criminal penalty. 03/16/2015
HB 2653 Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
Crime
Other
Relating to protective orders for certain victims of sexual assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking. 03/16/2015
HB 2907 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Health
Legal Issues
Legislative Affairs
Other
State Agencies
Transportation
Relating to allowing deferred adjudication community supervision for first-time offenders charged with certain intoxication offenses, requiring the use of an ignition interlock device on conviction of or placement on deferred adjudication for certain intoxication offenses, and authorizing ethyl alcohol monitoring as a condition of community supervision for certain intoxication offenses; imposing a fee. 03/16/2015
HB 2658 Crime
Relating to the courts authorized to hear certain matters relating to a capias pro fine. 03/16/2015
HB 2291 Crime
Family and Children Issues
Legal Issues
Relating to the payment of restitution to certain individuals depicted in child pornography and to increasing the punishment for certain individuals convicted of the offense of possession or promotion of child pornography. 03/16/2015
HB 2969 Crime
Judiciary
Welfare and Poverty
Relating to the provision of funding for indigent defense services. 03/16/2015
HB 2565 State Agencies
Relating to the creation of a commission to review certain penal laws of this state. 03/16/2015
HJR 112 Crime
Judiciary
Legislative Affairs
Proposing a constitutional amendment to change the composition of the grand jury. 03/17/2015
HB 2286 Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
Crime
Legal Issues
Relating to the eligibility of certain victims of trafficking of persons for an order of nondisclosure; authorizing a fee. 03/17/2015
HB 3388 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Crime
Municipal and County Issues
State Agencies
Relating to increasing the fee on conviction paid by a defendant for a peace officer committing or releasing the defendant. 03/17/2015
HB 3338 Crime
Judiciary
Welfare and Poverty
Relating to the appointment of counsel for indigent defendants arrested for, charged with, or taking appeal from a conviction of an assault punishable by fine only. 03/17/2015
HB 3276 Crime
Judiciary
Legal Issues
Relating to automatic expunction of arrest records and files for certain persons who are tried for an offense and subsequently acquitted. 03/17/2015
HB 3312 Crime
Health
Legal Issues
Transportation
Relating to the taking of an additional specimen of a person's blood on arrest for certain intoxication offenses. 03/17/2015
HB 3326 Crime
Housing and Property
Relating to decreasing the punishment for certain criminal offenses. 03/17/2015
HB 2263 Crime
Legal Issues
Public Services
State Agencies
Technology and Communication
Relating to warrants or orders issued to obtain location information from wireless communications devices and to public access to law enforcement or prosecutor requests for certain related location or communication information. 03/17/2015
HB 3415 Crime
Legal Issues
Relating to the award of court costs, storage fees, and attorney's fees in a criminal asset forfeiture proceeding. 03/17/2015
HB 3455 Crime
Relating to the rights of victims of sexual assault. 03/18/2015
HB 3500 Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
Crime
Legal Issues
Relating to judicial proceedings on a petition to set aside a conviction or an order of expunction of criminal history record information for certain victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution who are convicted of prostitution. 03/18/2015
HB 3740 Crime
Science and Medical Research
Relating to the creation of DNA records for a person arrested for a Class A misdemeanor or felony offense. 03/19/2015
HB 3633 Crime
Judiciary
Legal Issues
Welfare and Poverty
Relating to reimbursement for the costs of legal services provided to an indigent defendant in a criminal case. 03/19/2015
HB 3578 Crime
Legal Issues
Relating to the date on which certain criminal defendants are eligible to file a petition for an order of nondisclosure. 03/20/2015
HB 3580 Crime
Legal Issues
Relating to the procedure for an application for a writ of habeas corpus after a plea of guilty or nolo contendere. 03/20/2015
HB 3579 Crime
Legal Issues
Relating to certain criminal history record information; authorizing a fee. 03/20/2015
HB 3553 Business and Consumers
Crime
Labor and Employment
Municipal and County Issues
Other
Relating to the definition of peace officer for purposes of intercepting or collecting information in relation to certain communications in an investigation of criminal conduct. 03/20/2015
HB 3557 Crime
State Agencies
Relating to the reporting of the seizure and forfeiture of contraband. 03/20/2015
HB 3884 Crime
Guns
Relating to the carrying of knives; creating a criminal offense. 03/23/2015
HB 3977 Crime
Family and Children Issues
Health
Other
Relating to increasing the penalty for causing injury to a child; changing the eligibility for community supervision. 03/23/2015
HB 4014 Crime
Transportation
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain offenses committed on the premises of a public transportation system 03/23/2015
HB 3799 Crime
Legal Issues
Other
State Agencies
Relating to the expunction of certain drug-related offenses following successful treatment and rehabilitation. 03/23/2015
HB 4007 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Crime
Municipal and County Issues
Other
State Agencies
Relating to procedures applicable to a person released on parole or to mandatory supervision and charged with certain new offenses or an administrative violation of a condition of release. 03/23/2015
HB 3196 Crime
Technology and Communication
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of improper photography or visual recording; increasing a criminal penalty. 03/23/2015
HB 4050 Budget, Spending, and Taxes
Crime
Health
Judiciary
Municipal and County Issues
Relating to certain fees paid by political subdivisions in connection with the ordering or performance of an autopsy. 03/23/2015
HB 3889 Crime
Public Services
State Agencies
Relating to adding certain substances to Penalty Group 2 of the Texas Controlled Substances Act for purposes of criminal prosecutions involving those substances, increasing penalties for the manufacture of, delivery of, or possession with the intent to deliver certain controlled substances, and a pilot program for field testing for controlled substances. 03/23/2015
HB 3959 Other
Transportation
Relating to a criminal penalty for violating a condition of bond, condition of community supervision, or court order requiring installation of an ignition interlock device. 03/23/2015
HB 3807 Crime
Family and Children Issues
Health
Relating to the punishment of certain controlled substance offenses committed in a drug-free zone. 03/23/2015
HB 3985 Crime
Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the use of benzodiazepines or gamma butyrolactone to facilitate the commission of the offense of aggravated sexual assault and the addition of gamma butyrolactone to Penalty Group 1 of the Texas Controlled Substances Act for purposes of criminal prosecution; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty. 03/23/2015
HB 4077 Environmental
Relating to adding carbon dioxide in compressed canisters to the definition of abusable volatile chemicals; requiring a volatile chemical sales permit to sell carbon dioxide canisters; amending provisions subject to criminal and administrative penalties. 03/23/2015
HB 3759 Crime
Judiciary
Relating to the role of a jury in a criminal case. 03/23/2015
HB 3797 Crime
Family and Children Issues
Technology and Communication
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of online solicitation of a minor. 03/23/2015
HB 3743 Transportation
Relating to increasing the punishment for an offense involving the operation of a motor vehicle while intoxicated in which the actor causes bodily injury to another. 03/23/2015
HB 3751 Crime
Family and Children Issues
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of aggravated kidnapping; creating an offense. 03/23/2015
HB 3046 Crime
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of failure to identify; creating a criminal offense. 03/23/2015
HB 3209 Crime
Legal Issues
Relating to the elimination of the statute of limitations for certain felony offenses. 03/23/2015
HB 4104 Judiciary
Municipal and County Issues
Relating to the disposition of fines and costs imposed on an appeal of a misdemeanor case from municipal court. 03/23/2015
HB 3169 Legal Issues
Technology and Communication
Relating to requiring the consent of all parties to legally intercept certain communications. 03/23/2015
HB 3191 Crime
Family and Children Issues
Health
Relating to the penalty for delivery of certain miscellaneous substances under the Texas Controlled Substances Act; increasing a criminal penalty. 03/23/2015
HB 4071 Crime
Legal Issues
Relating to certain body cavity searches conducted by a peace officer. 03/23/2015
HB 3184 Crime
Family and Children Issues
Legal Issues
Relating to the establishment, operation, and funding of victim-offender mediation programs; authorizing fees. 03/24/2015
HB 3936 Crime
Legal Issues
Other
Relating to the eligibility of criminal defendants for an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information; authorizing a fee. 03/24/2015
HB 3893 Crime
Judiciary
Relating to the recording and disclosure of certain grand jury proceedings that involve a governmental employee. 03/24/2015
HB 4045 Crime
Judiciary
Legal Issues
Municipal and County Issues
Relating to the issuance of certain search warrants. 03/24/2015
HB 3855 Judiciary
Municipal and County Issues
Relating to the courts authorized to hear certain matters relating to a capias pro fine. 03/24/2015
HB 3724 Crime
Legal Issues
Relating to the consideration of certain scientific evidence constituting the basis for an application for a writ of habeas corpus. 03/25/2015
HB 4019 Crime
Gambling and Gaming
Recreation
Technology and Communication
Relating to the operation of a sports betting website and the placement of a bet through a sports betting website; creating a criminal offense. 04/01/2015
SB 135 Crime
Judiciary
Relating to the organization of a grand jury. 04/15/2015
SB 345 Crime
Science and Medical Research
Technology and Communication
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of breach of computer security. 04/15/2015
SB 112 Crime
Judiciary
Other
Relating to the authority of a magistrate to prohibit certain communications in an order for emergency protection; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty. 04/17/2015
SB 344 Crime
Family and Children Issues
Technology and Communication
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of online solicitation of a minor. 04/27/2015
SB 268 Crime
Immigration
Judiciary
Relating to the duties of a magistrate to inform an arrested person of consequences of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere. 04/29/2015
SB 662 Crime
Judiciary
Legal Issues
Welfare and Poverty
Relating to the representation of certain indigent applicants for a writ of habeas corpus. 04/29/2015
SB 172 Crime
Relating to the addition of certain substances to Penalty Groups 1-A and 2 of the Texas Controlled Substances Act for criminal prosecution and other purposes. 04/30/2015
SB 473 Crime
Guns
Relating to defenses and exceptions to the prosecution of the criminal offense of the possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of certain prohibited explosive weapons, firearms, and related items. 04/30/2015
SB 487 Crime
Legal Issues
Science and Medical Research
Relating to postconviction forensic DNA analysis. 04/30/2015
SB 1135 Business and Consumers
Commerce
Crime
Legal Issues
Relating to civil and criminal liability for the unlawful disclosure or promotion of certain intimate visual material; creating an offense. 04/30/2015
SB 316 Crime
Judiciary
Welfare and Poverty
Relating to the prioritization of certain available legal defense services when appointing representation for an indigent defendant in a criminal case. 04/30/2015
SB 173 Crime
Relating to the designation for criminal prosecution and other purposes of certain chemicals commonly referred to as synthetic cannabinoids as controlled substances and controlled substance analogues under the Texas Controlled Substances Act. 04/30/2015
SB 461 Commerce
Crime
Other
Relating to false or misleading packaging, labeling, or advertising of certain abusable synthetic substances; providing civil penalties; creating a criminal offense. 04/30/2015
SB 236 Crime
Family and Children Issues
Health
Relating to the punishment of certain controlled substance offenses committed in a drug-free zone. 04/30/2015
SB 630 Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
Crime
Other
Relating to protective orders for certain victims of sexual assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking. 04/30/2015
SB 1071 Crime
Relating to requiring notice of the scheduling of an execution date and the issuance of a warrant of execution. 04/30/2015
SB 1070 Crime
Health
Other
State Agencies
Relating to allowing certain defendants to successfully complete education at a substance abuse treatment facility in lieu of attending an education program; changing required conditions of community supervision for certain defendants. 04/30/2015
SB 873 Crime
Judiciary
Municipal and County Issues
Relating to the courts authorized to hear certain matters relating to a capias pro fine. 04/30/2015
SB 746 Crime
Health
Judiciary
State Agencies
Relating to the civil commitment of sexually violent predators; amending provisions subject to criminal penalties. 04/30/2015
SB 825 Crime
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of prostitution. 04/30/2015
SB 147 Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
Crime
Family and Children Issues
Other
Social Issues
Relating to the violation of certain court orders or conditions of bond in a family violence, sexual assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking case; providing penalties. 05/01/2015
SB 130 Crime
Relating to the eligibility of criminal defendants for an order of nondisclosure; authorizing a fee. 05/01/2015
SB 1864 Crime
Legal Issues
Technology and Communication
Relating to requiring a peace officer to obtain a warrant to search a cellular telephone or other wireless communications device. 05/01/2015
SB 715 Crime
Judiciary
Legal Issues
Technology and Communication
Relating to sworn statements and other documentation provided to support the issuance of a search warrant. 05/04/2015
SB 1057 Crime
Judiciary
Welfare and Poverty
Relating to the provision of funding for indigent defense services. 05/04/2015
SB 965 Crime
Judiciary
Labor and Employment
Municipal and County Issues
Relating to the filing of a copy of certain records related to the release of an accused person on personal bond. 05/04/2015
SB 1828 Crime
Housing and Property
Transportation
Relating to the creation of the offense of cargo theft. 05/04/2015
SB 393 Crime
Housing and Property
Relating to the punishment for certain offenses against property or against public administration. 05/04/2015
SB 1326 Crime
State Agencies
Relating to the maximum cumulative period allowed for restoration of a defendant's competency to stand trial and to certain time credits awarded against that cumulative period. 05/04/2015
SB 740 Crime
Judiciary
Relating to the assessment of court costs and fees on conviction of multiple offenses or on conviction of multiple counts of the same offense. 05/05/2015
SB 1743 Crime
Science and Medical Research
Technology and Communication
Relating to expanding the powers and duties of the office of capital writs and renaming the office of capital writs the office of capital and forensic writs. 05/05/2015
SB 2019 Crime
Legal Issues
State Agencies
Relating to the composition of the Texas Violent Gang Task Force. 05/05/2015
SB 1517 Crime
Judiciary
Welfare and Poverty
Relating to the appointment of counsel to represent indigent defendants in criminal cases. 05/06/2015
SB 1902 Crime
Public Services
State Agencies
Relating to the eligibility of criminal defendants for an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information; authorizing a fee. 05/06/2015
SB 145 Crime
Relating to reimbursement of certain medical costs for victims of certain sex offenses and compensation to victims of stalking for relocation and housing rental expenses. 05/07/2015
SB 923 Crime
Legislative Affairs
State Agencies
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of obstruction or retaliation; creating a criminal offense. 05/11/2015
SB 1086 Crime
Family and Children Issues
Health
State Agencies
Relating to a parent's right to view the body of a deceased child before an autopsy is performed. 05/11/2015
SB 1317 Crime
Legal Issues
Technology and Communication
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of invasive visual recording. 05/12/2015
SB 1944 Crime
Guns
Health
Relating to the disposition of a firearm seized from certain persons with mental illness. 05/14/2015
SB 779 Crime
Health
Legal Issues
Relating to access to certain medical test results in a criminal proceeding; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty. 05/14/2015
SB 1010 Crime
Executive Branch
Family and Children Issues
Legal Issues
Relating to the use of money paid as restitution to or on behalf of certain individuals depicted in child pornography. 05/23/2015

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