Chair
State Senator (D)
Criminal Justice
Senate Committee
Vice Chair
State Senator (R)
Committee members
Referred bills
| Bill | Category | Caption | Date Referred to Committee |
|---|---|---|---|
| SB 99 | Crime State Agencies |
Relating to the supervised reentry into the community of certain inmates nearing their date of discharge from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. | 01/26/2015 |
| SB 81 | Crime Judiciary State Agencies |
Relating to the creation of a commission to examine and prevent wrongful convictions. | 01/26/2015 |
| SB 82 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Crime Other |
Relating to community supervision for certain drug possession offenses. | 01/26/2015 |
| SB 33 | Crime Education Family and Children Issues Health Judiciary |
Relating to the offense of hazing. | 01/26/2015 |
| SB 95 | Crime |
Relating to the state's burden of proof in certain criminal asset forfeiture proceedings. | 01/26/2015 |
| SB 135 | Crime Judiciary |
Relating to the organization of a grand jury. | 01/27/2015 |
| SB 128 | Crime Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to criminal history record information obtained or disseminated by certain private entities; providing a civil penalty. | 01/27/2015 |
| SB 158 | Crime Education Legal Issues Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to a body worn camera program for certain law enforcement agencies in this state; creating a criminal offense; authorizing a fee. | 01/27/2015 |
| 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. | 01/27/2015 |
| SB 183 | Crime Family and Children Issues Health Judiciary State Agencies |
Relating to the offenses of the violation of civil rights of and improper sexual activity with individuals in custody; imposing a criminal penalty. | 01/27/2015 |
| SB 187 | Crime Health Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to a defense to prosecution of the offense of Medicaid fraud. | 01/27/2015 |
| SB 199 | Crime |
Relating to the designation of certain synthetic compounds to Penalty Group 2 or 2-A of the Texas Controlled Substances Act. | 01/27/2015 |
| SB 166 | Judiciary Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the jurisdiction and powers of and the referral of certain proceedings to a criminal law hearing officer in Cameron County. | 01/27/2015 |
| SB 180 | Crime Executive Branch |
Relating to the authority of the governor to grant one or more reprieves in a capital case. | 01/27/2015 |
| 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. | 01/27/2015 |
| SB 104 | Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary State Agencies |
Relating to the age of criminal responsibility and to certain substantive and procedural matters related to that age. | 01/27/2015 |
| SB 106 | Education Family and Children Issues Judiciary Legal Issues State Agencies |
Relating to court jurisdiction and procedures relating to truancy; providing criminal penalties; imposing a court cost. | 01/27/2015 |
| SB 174 | Immigration Legal Issues Other |
Relating to the eligibility of certain persons to receive a sentence of community supervision, including deferred adjudication community supervision. | 01/27/2015 |
| SB 148 | Crime Education |
Relating to the repeal of the offense of homosexual conduct. | 01/27/2015 |
| SB 108 | Crime Education Judiciary |
Relating to certain criminal procedures for misdemeanor offenses committed by children. | 01/27/2015 |
| SB 126 | Crime Health Other Senior Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the release of certain inmates on medically recommended intensive supervision. | 01/27/2015 |
| SB 146 | Crime Housing and Property Legal Issues |
Relating to compensation to victims of stalking for relocation and housing rental expenses. | 01/27/2015 |
| 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. | 01/27/2015 |
| SB 181 | Crime Legal Issues |
Relating to the electronic recording and admissibility of certain custodial interrogations. | 01/27/2015 |
| SB 131 | Crime Legal Issues Other Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to evidence technician training and the disposition of certain evidence in a criminal case. | 01/27/2015 |
| SB 124 | Crime Guns |
Relating to certain criminal offenses concerning the unlawful transfer or purchase of certain weapons. | 01/27/2015 |
| 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. | 01/27/2015 |
| SB 171 | Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Crime Family and Children Issues Immigration |
Relating to the addition of an offense for the continuous smuggling of persons. | 01/27/2015 |
| 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. | 01/27/2015 |
| SB 130 | Crime |
Relating to the eligibility of criminal defendants for an order of nondisclosure; authorizing a fee. | 01/27/2015 |
| SB 236 | Crime Family and Children Issues Health |
Relating to the punishment of certain controlled substance offenses committed in a drug-free zone. | 01/28/2015 |
| SB 260 | Crime Judiciary Welfare and Poverty |
Relating to caseloads for attorneys who are appointed to represent indigent defendants in criminal cases. | 01/28/2015 |
| SB 285 | Crime Education Family and Children Issues Judiciary Legal Issues Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to court jurisdiction and procedures for truancy. | 01/28/2015 |
| SB 231 | Crime State Agencies |
Relating to certain duties of the Commission on Jail Standards regarding visitation periods for county jail prisoners. | 01/28/2015 |
| SB 226 | Crime Health Judiciary Labor and Employment |
Relating to the applicability of the death penalty to a capital offense committed by a person with an intellectual disability. | 01/28/2015 |
| SB 370 | Crime |
Relating to the insanity defense in a criminal case. | 02/02/2015 |
| SB 377 | Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Crime |
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of prostitution. | 02/02/2015 |
| SB 380 | Crime Other |
Relating to procedures for certain persons charged with a violation of a condition of release from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on parole or to mandatory supervision. | 02/02/2015 |
| SB 393 | Crime Housing and Property |
Relating to the punishment for certain offenses against property or against public administration. | 02/02/2015 |
| SB 390 | Crime Family and Children Issues |
Relating to docket preference for trials in which the alleged victim is younger than 14 years of age. | 02/02/2015 |
| SB 352 | 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. | 02/02/2015 |
| SB 345 | Crime Science and Medical Research Technology and Communication |
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of breach of computer security. | 02/02/2015 |
| SB 369 | Crime Judiciary |
Relating to jury instructions regarding the insanity defense in a criminal case. | 02/02/2015 |
| SB 308 | Crime Education Other |
Relating to the powers and duties of campus police departments at private institutions of higher education. | 02/02/2015 |
| 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. | 02/02/2015 |
| SB 344 | Crime Family and Children Issues Technology and Communication |
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of online solicitation of a minor. | 02/02/2015 |
| SB 417 | Crime Judiciary State Agencies Transportation |
Relating to the eligibility of certain persons to participate in a drug court program. | 02/04/2015 |
| SB 412 | Crime Health Judiciary Other State Agencies |
Relating to the penalty for certain offenders for possession of a small amount of certain controlled substances. | 02/04/2015 |
| SB 416 | Crime Legal Issues |
Relating to criminal history record information that is subject to an order of nondisclosure and prohibiting a person's waiver of a right to an expunction or to an order of nondisclosure with respect to a criminal offense. | 02/04/2015 |
| SB 419 | Crime |
Relating to the penalty for possession of certain small amounts of controlled substances in Penalty Group 1. | 02/04/2015 |
| SB 446 | 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. | 02/09/2015 |
| SB 418 | Judiciary State Agencies |
Relating to requests by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct for certain records held by court reporters. | 02/09/2015 |
| SB 492 | Crime Family and Children Issues |
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of indecency with a child. | 02/10/2015 |
| SB 487 | Crime Legal Issues Science and Medical Research |
Relating to postconviction forensic DNA analysis. | 02/10/2015 |
| 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. | 02/10/2015 |
| SB 493 | 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. | 02/11/2015 |
| SB 510 | 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. | 02/11/2015 |
| SB 509 | Crime State Agencies |
Relating to the prosecution of certain offenses committed against a person in custody. | 02/11/2015 |
| SB 544 | Crime Judiciary Other Welfare and Poverty |
Relating to reimbursement for the costs of legal services provided to an indigent defendant in a criminal case. | 02/18/2015 |
| SB 563 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Crime |
Relating to orders of nondisclosure issued for records of certain fine-only misdemeanors; authorizing a fee. | 02/18/2015 |
| SB 560 | Education Family and Children Issues Judiciary State Agencies |
Relating to procedures involving truancy and other fine-only misdemeanors committed by children. | 02/18/2015 |
| SB 566 | Crime Other |
Relating to the use of proceeds received from criminal asset forfeiture. | 02/18/2015 |
| SB 536 | Crime Judiciary Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the designation of certain prostitution prevention programs as commercially sexually exploited persons court programs. | 02/18/2015 |
| SB 537 | Crime Family and Children Issues Other |
Relating to a fee imposed as a condition of community supervision for certain sexual offenses involving a child victim. | 02/18/2015 |
| SB 589 | Crime State Agencies |
Relating to the award of diligent participation credit to defendants confined in a state jail felony facility. | 02/23/2015 |
| SB 614 | Crime Family and Children Issues |
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of aggravated kidnapping; creating an offense. | 02/23/2015 |
| SB 630 | Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Crime Other |
Relating to protective orders for certain victims of sexual assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking. | 02/23/2015 |
| SB 578 | Crime State Agencies |
Relating to providing inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice with information regarding reentry and reintegration resources. | 02/23/2015 |
| SB 662 | Crime Judiciary Legal Issues Welfare and Poverty |
Relating to the representation of certain indigent applicants for a writ of habeas corpus. | 02/24/2015 |
| SB 701 | Crime Family and Children Issues Legal Issues |
Relating to the elimination of the statute of limitations for the offense of sexual performance by a child. | 02/25/2015 |
| SB 696 | 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. | 02/25/2015 |
| SB 698 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Transportation |
Relating to increasing the maximum amount of a fee for verification or monitoring of an ignition interlock device as a condition of bond for certain intoxication offenders. | 02/25/2015 |
| SB 737 | Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Crime Judiciary Other Technology and Communication |
Relating to certain protective orders and magistrate's orders for emergency protection. | 03/02/2015 |
| SB 770 | Crime Judiciary State Agencies |
Relating to the creation of the Texas Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice. | 03/02/2015 |
| 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. | 03/02/2015 |
| SB 746 | Crime Health Judiciary State Agencies |
Relating to the civil commitment of sexually violent predators; amending provisions subject to criminal penalties. | 03/02/2015 |
| SB 741 | Crime Education Judiciary |
Relating to criminal procedures related to certain offenses committed by a student on property under control of a school district. | 03/02/2015 |
| SB 790 | Crime Other |
Relating to the procedures applicable to the revocation of a person's release on parole or to mandatory supervision. | 03/02/2015 |
| SB 771 | Crime |
Relating to the frequency with which the Board of Pardons and Paroles considers the eligibility of certain inmates for release on parole. | 03/02/2015 |
| SB 780 | Crime Health Legal Issues Transportation |
Relating to the preservation of toxicological evidence collected in connection with certain intoxication offenses. | 03/02/2015 |
| 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. | 03/02/2015 |
| SB 725 | Crime Legal Issues Other Science and Medical Research Technology and Communication |
Relating to the creation of DNA records for the DNA database system. | 03/02/2015 |
| SB 825 | Crime |
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of prostitution. | 03/03/2015 |
| SB 888 | Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to the appeal of waiver of jurisdiction and transfer to criminal court in juvenile cases. | 03/04/2015 |
| SB 873 | Crime Judiciary Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the courts authorized to hear certain matters relating to a capias pro fine. | 03/04/2015 |
| SB 851 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Crime State Agencies |
Relating to reducing the penalty for certain offenders for possession of a small amount of certain controlled substances; creating a dedicated account. | 03/04/2015 |
| SB 889 | Crime Judiciary Legal Issues |
Relating to jury instructions regarding eyewitness identification testimony in certain criminal cases. | 03/04/2015 |
| SB 923 | Crime Legislative Affairs State Agencies |
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of obstruction or retaliation; creating a criminal offense. | 03/09/2015 |
| SB 944 | Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary Social Issues |
Relating to the establishment of a task force to promote uniformity in the collection and reporting of information relating to family violence, sexual assault, stalking, and human trafficking. | 03/09/2015 |
| SB 943 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to contempt of court committed by certain juvenile offenders and the detention of certain juvenile offenders. | 03/09/2015 |
| SB 891 | Crime Education Labor and Employment State Agencies |
Relating to the operations of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, including conditions of confinement of certain inmates and required training for correctional officers employed by the department. | 03/09/2015 |
| SB 890 | Crime Health State Agencies |
Relating to restricting the use of administrative segregation by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for certain inmates. | 03/09/2015 |
| 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. | 03/10/2015 |
| SB 966 | Crime Judiciary |
Relating to the recording of the presentment of an indictment by a grand jury. | 03/10/2015 |
| SB 1037 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Crime Guns Labor and Employment Municipal and County Issues Other State Agencies |
Relating to law enforcement training programs and policies on using appropriate nonlethal force and nonviolent restraint; changing the education requirements for licensure as a peace officer. | 03/11/2015 |
| SB 1024 | Crime Education |
Relating to eligibility for course credit and high school diplomas of students enrolled in educational programs provided by the Windham School District in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. | 03/11/2015 |
| SB 1040 | Crime Judiciary Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the courts authorized to hear certain matters relating to a capias pro fine. | 03/11/2015 |
| SB 1083 | Crime Judiciary |
Relating to the punishment for a capital felony committed by an individual younger than 18 years of age; changing parole eligibility. | 03/16/2015 |
| SB 1096 | 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 |
| SB 1088 | Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Crime Legal Issues |
Relating to judicial proceedings on a petition for a pardon or an order of expunction of criminal history record information for certain victims of trafficking of persons convicted of prostitution. | 03/16/2015 |
| 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. | 03/16/2015 |
| 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. | 03/16/2015 |
| SB 1057 | Crime Judiciary Welfare and Poverty |
Relating to the provision of funding for indigent defense services. | 03/16/2015 |
| SB 1071 | Crime |
Relating to requiring notice of the scheduling of an execution date and the issuance of a warrant of execution. | 03/16/2015 |
| SB 1250 | Crime Judiciary Legal Issues |
Relating to certain rights of witnesses who appear before a grand jury; providing a penalty. | 03/17/2015 |
| SB 1212 | Crime Technology and Communication |
Relating to the creation of the offense of unlawful disclosure of intimate visual material. | 03/17/2015 |
| SB 1223 | Judiciary Technology and Communication |
Relating to requiring the consent of all parties to legally intercept certain communications. | 03/17/2015 |
| SB 1149 | Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary State Agencies |
Relating to the commitment of certain juveniles to local post-adjudication secure correctional facilities in certain counties and to the release under supervision of those juveniles. | 03/17/2015 |
| SB 1195 | Judiciary Technology and Communication |
Relating to the use of telephone interpreter services in any criminal proceeding before a judge or magistrate. | 03/17/2015 |
| 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. | 03/17/2015 |
| SB 1417 | Crime Transportation |
Relating to a civil penalty for possession of certain small amounts of marihuana and an exception to prosecution for possession of associated drug paraphernalia. | 03/18/2015 |
| SB 1446 | Crime Technology and Communication |
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of improper photography or visual recording. | 03/18/2015 |
| SB 1401 | Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to the creation of an advisory committee to examine and recommend a plan to increase the minimum age of juvenile jurisdiction. | 03/18/2015 |
| SB 1287 | Crime Other Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to the Texas Forensic Science Commission, the accreditation of crime laboratories, and the licensing and regulation of forensic analysts; authorizing fees; requiring an occupational license. | 03/18/2015 |
| SB 1353 | Crime Judiciary Technology and Communication Welfare and Poverty |
Relating to the provision and administration of indigent defense services. | 03/18/2015 |
| SB 1330 | Crime Executive Branch Labor and Employment Public Services |
Relating to injury leave for certain peace officers. | 03/18/2015 |
| SB 1333 | Crime Judiciary State Agencies |
Relating to the secure confinement of certain children. | 03/18/2015 |
| SB 1418 | Crime Family and Children Issues Other |
Relating to increasing the penalty for causing injury to a child; changing the eligibility for community supervision and parole. | 03/18/2015 |
| SB 1355 | Crime Environmental Executive Branch Labor and Employment State Agencies |
Relating to compensation and leave for certain peace officers. | 03/18/2015 |
| SB 1286 | Crime Public Services State Agencies Transportation |
Relating to the use of automatic license plate readers by a law enforcement agency. | 03/18/2015 |
| 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. | 03/18/2015 |
| SB 1335 | Crime Judiciary Legal Issues |
Relating to the period after which a governmental entity must execute an expunction order. | 03/18/2015 |
| SB 1317 | Crime Legal Issues Technology and Communication |
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of invasive visual recording. | 03/18/2015 |
| SB 1310 | Judiciary Military |
Relating to the administration of and eligibility for participation in a veterans court program and the automatic expunction of arrest records and files for certain veterans who successfully complete that program; imposing a court cost on conviction to benefit veterans court programs; changing a fee. | 03/18/2015 |
| SB 1474 | Crime Judiciary Military |
Relating to the redesignation of veterans court programs as veterans treatment court programs and the eligibility for participation in and administration of those programs. | 03/19/2015 |
| SB 1477 | Crime State Agencies |
Relating to the continuity of care and service program for offenders with mental impairments. | 03/19/2015 |
| SB 1486 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Business and Consumers Commerce Crime |
Relating to the presumption of intent in the prosecution of certain criminal cases involving theft by check or issuance of a bad check. | 03/19/2015 |
| SB 1697 | Crime Other |
Relating to the confidentiality of certain information regarding procedures and substances used in the execution of a convict. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1705 | Family and Children Issues Health Judiciary |
Relating to the testing of a juvenile for a sexually transmitted disease or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) following the filing of a petition and a finding of probable cause that the juvenile has engaged in certain delinquent conduct. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1565 | Crime |
Relating to criminal asset forfeiture proceedings. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1505 | Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary Legal Issues |
Relating to expunction of certain criminal records. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1517 | Crime Judiciary Welfare and Poverty |
Relating to the appointment of counsel to represent indigent defendants in criminal cases. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1506 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Crime |
Relating to the amount of the fee paid by a defendant for a peace officer's services in executing or processing an arrest warrant, capias, or capias pro fine. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1576 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Labor and Employment Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to the compensatory time and overtime pay for commissioned officers of the Department of Public Safety. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1646 | Crime Legal Issues |
Relating to the procedure for expunction for certain defendants. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1690 | Crime |
Relating to the release of a criminal defendant on partial bail and to the procedures governing a cash bond. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1573 | Crime Other Transportation |
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain offenses committed on the premises of a public transportation system. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1661 | Crime |
Relating to abolishing the death penalty. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1676 | Crime |
Relating to the state's burden of proof in certain criminal asset forfeiture proceedings. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1686 | Crime Other |
Relating to revocation of community supervision for use or possession of small amounts of marihuana. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1630 | Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary State Agencies |
Relating to the commitment of juveniles in post-adjudication secure correctional facilities operated by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department and by local probation departments. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1637 | Animal Rights and Wildlife Issues Crime Labor and Employment Other |
Relating to canine encounter training for peace officers. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1708 | Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Crime Executive Branch Family and Children Issues |
Relating to the creation of a governor's program for victims of child sex trafficking. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1704 | Crime State Agencies |
Relating to the transfer of certain inmates to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice following pronouncement of the inmate's sentence. | 03/23/2015 |
| SJR 54 | Crime Legislative Affairs |
Proposing a constitutional amendment abolishing the death penalty. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1647 | Crime Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to the use of and training for incident-based reporting of information and statistics concerning criminal offenses committed in this state. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1644 | Crime Legal Issues |
Relating to the right to expunction. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1529 | Crime Other Public Services |
Relating to the creation and regulation of a law enforcement agency or police department. | 03/23/2015 |
| SB 1762 | Crime Health State Agencies |
Relating to the provision of medical care to inmates confined by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. | 03/24/2015 |
| SB 1746 | Crime |
Relating to a prohibition on requiring a defendant to enter a plea of guilty or nolo contendere as a condition of entering certain pretrial intervention programs. | 03/24/2015 |
| SB 1795 | Crime |
Relating to creating a defense to prosecution for the offense of resisting arrest, search, or transportation or the offenses of escape or permitting or facilitating escape. | 03/24/2015 |
| SB 1740 | Crime Judiciary |
Relating to the authority of certain judges in criminal cases to review and modify a bail bond set by a municipal court judge or justice of the peace. | 03/24/2015 |
| 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. | 03/24/2015 |
| SB 1235 | Health |
Relating to defining the duties and to the penalties concerning pain management clinics. | 03/24/2015 |
| SB 1958 | Crime Judiciary Other |
Relating to the election of certain county bail bond board members. | 03/25/2015 |
| 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. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1863 | Crime Legal Issues |
Relating to repealing civil asset forfeiture provisions and establishing criminal asset forfeiture in this state. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1828 | Crime Housing and Property Transportation |
Relating to the creation of the offense of cargo theft. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1838 | Crime Public Services |
Relating to the definition of peace officer for purposes of intercepting or collecting information in relation to certain communications in an investigation conducted by an arson investigating unit. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1853 | Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Crime Family and Children Issues Guns Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to authorizing the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas to establish a statewide program for the prevention and detection of certain criminal offenses. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1921 | Crime Health Other |
Relating to the prosecution of certain offenses involving controlled substances and other prohibited drugs, substances, or paraphernalia. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1847 | Judiciary Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the option of providing electronic recordings of proceedings in the municipal court of record for the City of Houston. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1887 | Crime Judiciary State Agencies |
Relating to the period for which a defendant with an intellectual disability who is found incompetent to stand trial may be civilly committed before the court holds a hearing to determine whether the defendant's release is appropriate. | 03/25/2015 |
| 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. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1923 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Health State Agencies Transportation |
Relating to the funding of the designated trauma facility and emergency medical services account through the imposition of court costs on persons convicted of certain driving-related offenses. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1874 | Crime Other Public Services State Agencies Technology and Communication |
Relating to accessing criminal history record information and other records of involvement in the criminal justice system; authorizing fees; authorizing a civil penalty; creating criminal offenses. | 03/25/2015 |
| HB 10 | Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Crime Education Executive Branch Family and Children Issues Health Judiciary Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to certain criminal and civil consequences of trafficking of persons, compelling prostitution, and certain other related criminal offenses; to the prevention, prosecution, and punishment of those offenses, and to compensation paid to victims of those offenses. | 03/25/2015 |
| HB 834 | Crime Other Senior Issues |
Relating to the criteria for issuing a silver alert for a missing senior citizen. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1959 | Crime Health |
Relating to peace officers commissioned by the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1944 | Crime Guns Health |
Relating to the disposition of a firearm seized from certain persons with mental illness. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1960 | Crime Judiciary Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the release of bulk criminal history record information by certain individuals and agencies. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1888 | Crime Municipal and County Issues State Agencies |
Relating to a requirement that a county report the number of certain persons with mental illness detained in that county's jail. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1811 | Business and Consumers Commerce Crime Legal Issues Other |
Relating to certain publications of intimate visual material by a business; providing civil penalties. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 1922 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Health State Agencies Transportation |
Relating to the funding of the designated trauma facility and emergency medical services account through the imposition of court costs on persons convicted of certain driving-related offenses. | 03/25/2015 |
| SB 2019 | Crime Legal Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the composition of the Texas Violent Gang Task Force. | 03/30/2015 |
| SB 107 | Education |
Relating to the designation of campus behavior coordinators to serve at public school campuses and issues to be considered when removing a student from class. | 04/07/2015 |
| SB 2054 | Crime Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas Juvenile Justice Department to the State Orphans Home Alumni Association. | 04/15/2015 |
| 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. | 04/21/2015 |
| HB 904 | Crime State Agencies |
Relating to the transfer of certain inmates to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice following pronouncement of the inmate's sentence. | 04/21/2015 |
| HB 593 | Animal Rights and Wildlife Issues Crime Other |
Relating to canine encounter training for peace officers. | 04/23/2015 |
| HB 896 | Crime Science and Medical Research Technology and Communication |
Relating to creating a criminal offense regarding the breach of computer security. | 04/23/2015 |
| 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. | 04/23/2015 |
| HB 188 | Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Crime State Agencies |
Relating to the composition, duties, and continuation of the human trafficking prevention task force. | 04/23/2015 |
| HB 941 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Crime Science and Medical Research State Agencies Technology and Communication |
Relating to the creation of DNA records for the DNA database system. | 04/27/2015 |
| HCR 34 | Legislative Affairs Public Services State Agencies |
Directing DPS to name the new crime lab in Laredo the Oscar "O. J." Hale Crime Lab. | 04/27/2015 |
| HB 511 | Crime State Agencies |
Relating to the prosecution of certain offenses committed against a person in custody. | 04/27/2015 |
| HB 2272 | Commerce Crime Labor and Employment Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to surety bond requirements for reserve deputy sheriffs. | 04/30/2015 |
| HB 1546 | Crime State Agencies |
Relating to the award of diligent participation credit to defendants confined in a state jail felony facility. | 04/30/2015 |
| HB 643 | Crime |
Relating to the procedures for discharging bail in certain criminal proceedings. | 04/30/2015 |
| HB 1793 | Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Crime Family and Children Issues |
Relating to reports of certain missing children and to the administration of missing or exploited children prevention grants. | 04/30/2015 |
| HB 372 | Crime Other Technology and Communication |
Relating to the monitoring of the Internet access of certain sex offenders placed on community supervision or released on parole or to mandatory supervision. | 04/30/2015 |
| HB 1417 | Crime Other Public Services |
Relating to peace officer identification cards. | 05/04/2015 |
| HB 518 | Crime Other |
Relating to certain waivers by a defendant regarding a community supervision revocation hearing. | 05/04/2015 |
| HB 1617 | Housing and Property Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to authorizing certain real property transactions involving the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas. | 05/04/2015 |
| HB 1595 | Crime Health State Agencies |
Relating to testing certain defendants or confined persons for communicable diseases. | 05/04/2015 |
| 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. | 05/04/2015 |
| HB 2135 | Crime Guns Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the purchasing of a firearm of an honorably retired or deceased peace officer. | 05/04/2015 |
| HB 1061 | Crime |
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of interference with public duties. | 05/04/2015 |
| HB 324 | Crime Legal Issues |
Relating to a requirement that a peace officer obtain a search warrant before conducting a body cavity search during a traffic stop. | 05/04/2015 |
| HB 872 | Crime Other Public Services |
Relating to the reactivation of a peace officer license; authorizing fees. | 05/04/2015 |
| HB 1293 | Crime Executive Branch Other |
Relating to the confidentiality of identifying information of victims of stalking; creating a criminal offense. | 05/05/2015 |
| 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. | 05/05/2015 |
| HB 210 | Crime Legal Issues |
Relating to victim-offender mediation services offered by the victim services division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. | 05/05/2015 |
| HB 875 | Crime Military State Agencies |
Relating to the verification of the veteran status of inmates and prisoners. | 05/05/2015 |
| HB 473 | Crime Municipal and County Issues State Agencies Transportation |
Relating to a prohibition on the sale or transfer of certain law enforcement vehicles before removal of certain equipment and insignia. | 05/05/2015 |
| HB 2189 | Crime Health Labor and Employment State Agencies |
Relating to a developmentally disabled offender program established by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. | 05/05/2015 |
| HB 2680 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Crime Other |
Relating to allocation of money from the law enforcement officer standards and education fund. | 05/05/2015 |
| HB 885 | Crime Other |
Relating to certain county bail bond boards. | 05/05/2015 |
| HB 3211 | Crime Labor and Employment Other |
Relating to training requirements for peace officers appointed to supervisory positions. | 05/05/2015 |
| HB 2547 | Crime Housing and Property Public Services |
Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to Fort Bend County. | 05/05/2015 |
| HB 3729 | Family and Children Issues Judiciary Military |
Relating to inclusion of family members of veterans court program participants in the treatment and services provided to the participants under the program. | 05/05/2015 |
| HB 2583 | Crime Labor and Employment Municipal and County Issues Public Services |
Relating to access to criminal history record information by a county sheriff. | 05/05/2015 |
| HB 4030 | Business and Consumers Other Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to applications for and certain information regarding an applicant for registration or endorsement under the Private Security Act. | 05/05/2015 |
| HB 1914 | Crime |
Relating to the frequency with which the Board of Pardons and Paroles considers the eligibility of certain inmates for release on parole. | 05/06/2015 |
| HB 2828 | Crime Labor and Employment Municipal and County Issues Social Issues |
Relating to the authority of a municipality or county to obtain criminal history record information for certain persons, including employees, independent contractors, and volunteers. | 05/06/2015 |
| HB 2037 | Crime Environmental Executive Branch Labor and Employment State Agencies |
Relating to compensation and leave for certain peace officers. | 05/06/2015 |
| HB 1774 | Judiciary Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the jurisdiction and powers of and the referral of certain proceedings to a criminal law hearing officer in Cameron County. | 05/06/2015 |
| 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. | 05/06/2015 |
| HB 516 | Education Judiciary |
Relating to venue for the offense of failure to attend school. | 05/06/2015 |
| HB 642 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Health Judiciary Other State Agencies |
Relating to an alcohol awareness program or drug education program for certain minors convicted of or adjudicated to have engaged in, or placed on deferred disposition or community supervision for, certain drug or alcohol related offenses; authorizing a fee. | 05/06/2015 |
| HB 1140 | Crime Health Municipal and County Issues Reproductive Issues Sexual Orientation and Gender Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the confinement of pregnant prisoners in county jails. | 05/06/2015 |
| 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. | 05/06/2015 |
| HB 121 | Crime Judiciary |
Relating to an alternative means of payment of certain past due criminal fines and court costs. | 05/06/2015 |
| HB 2299 | Crime Legal Issues Other |
Relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain laws concerning community supervision granted in criminal cases, including conforming amendments. | 05/06/2015 |
| HB 2455 | Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary Social Issues |
Relating to the establishment of a task force to promote uniformity in the collection and reporting of information relating to family violence, sexual assault, stalking, and human trafficking. | 05/06/2015 |
| HB 381 | Crime Housing and Property Other |
Relating to the punishment for the offense of burglary of a vehicle; increasing a criminal penalty. | 05/07/2015 |
| HB 2945 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Family and Children Issues Health Municipal and County Issues Other |
Relating to the use of the juvenile case manager fund. | 05/07/2015 |
| HB 3791 | Crime Technology and Communication Transportation |
Relating to the provision of recordings of certain interactions with a peace officer relating to intoxication offenses. | 05/07/2015 |
| HB 3212 | Crime Other |
Relating to peace officer identification cards. | 05/07/2015 |
| HB 1338 | Crime Health Labor and Employment Military Public Services State Agencies |
Relating to training for peace officers and first responders on certain persons affected by trauma. | 05/07/2015 |
| HB 1363 | Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Crime |
Relating to the prosecution of and punishment for the offense of prostitution; creating a criminal offense. | 05/07/2015 |
| 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. | 05/07/2015 |
| HB 1386 | Crime Judiciary Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the prohibition of more than one counsel appearing in a misdemeanor case. | 05/07/2015 |
| HB 307 | Crime Other State Agencies |
Relating to a study on the feasibility and potential costs and benefits of implementing a pay-for-performance contract program for certain criminal justice programs and services. | 05/11/2015 |
| HB 2616 | Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary State Agencies |
Relating to procedures related to juvenile justice proceedings; increasing the punishment for certain delinquent conduct. | 05/11/2015 |
| HB 2372 | Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary Labor and Employment State Agencies |
Relating to training requirements for juvenile correctional officers employed by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department. | 05/11/2015 |
| 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. | 05/11/2015 |
| HB 510 | Crime Legal Issues |
Relating to disclosure of certain information about expert witnesses in a criminal case. | 05/11/2015 |
| HB 1015 | Crime Other State Agencies |
Relating to notice provided to a court regarding certain defendants placed on state jail felony community supervision. | 05/11/2015 |
| HB 478 | Campaign Finance and Election Issues Crime |
Relating to the restoration of certain rights to a criminal defendant. | 05/11/2015 |
| HB 1855 | Crime Education Guns Labor and Employment State Agencies |
Relating to training, continuing education, and weapons proficiency standards for correctional officers employed by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. | 05/11/2015 |
| HB 1036 | Crime Executive Branch |
Relating to reporting requirements for certain injuries or deaths caused by peace officers and for certain injuries or deaths of peace officers. | 05/11/2015 |
| HB 3656 | Judiciary Technology and Communication |
Relating to the use of telephone interpreter services in any criminal proceeding before a judge or magistrate. | 05/11/2015 |
| HB 905 | Guns Municipal and County Issues |
Relating to the regulation of knives by a municipality or county. | 05/11/2015 |
| 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. | 05/11/2015 |
| 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. | 05/11/2015 |
| HB 1311 | Crime Family and Children Issues Other State Agencies |
Relating to the confidentiality of personal information concerning certain employees currently or formerly involved in the Texas juvenile justice system. | 05/11/2015 |
| HB 634 | Crime Family and Children Issues Legal Issues State Agencies |
Relating to the rights of a guardian of a person in the criminal justice system. | 05/12/2015 |
| HB 1083 | Crime State Agencies |
Relating to a mental health assessment of certain inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. | 05/12/2015 |
| HB 2300 | Crime Technology and Communication |
Relating to eliminating telegraph transmission as a method to communicate certain information in a criminal case. | 05/12/2015 |
| HB 1663 | Crime |
Relating to a defendant's payment of costs associated with a court-appointed counsel. | 05/12/2015 |
| HB 2302 | Crime |
Relating to the mandatory dismissal of misdemeanor charges against certain defendants determined to be incompetent to stand trial. | 05/12/2015 |
| HB 1930 | Crime Other |
Relating to strategic planning for the operation of community supervision and corrections departments. | 05/12/2015 |
| HB 1425 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Crime |
Relating to the amount of the fee paid by a defendant for a peace officer's services in executing or processing an arrest warrant, capias, or capias pro fine. | 05/12/2015 |
| HB 2448 | Crime State Agencies |
Relating to the creation of an advisory committee to examine the state jail system within the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. | 05/12/2015 |
| HB 2499 | Crime Technology and Communication |
Relating to the electronic filing of bail bonds. | 05/13/2015 |
| HB 3387 | Crime Other |
Relating to sex offender treatment as a condition of parole or mandatory supervision for certain releasees. | 05/13/2015 |
| 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. | 05/13/2015 |
| HB 452 | Crime Judiciary |
Relating to pretrial hearings in criminal cases in certain courts. | 05/13/2015 |
| 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. | 05/13/2015 |
| HB 549 | Crime State Agencies |
Relating to certain duties of the Commission on Jail Standards regarding visitation periods for county jail prisoners. | 05/13/2015 |
| 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. | 05/14/2015 |
| 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. | 05/14/2015 |
| HB 1783 | Crime Education |
Relating to the right of a school employee to report a crime, persons subject to the prohibition on coercing another into suppressing or failing to report information to a law enforcement agency, and the reporting of criminal history record information of educators and other public school employees who engage in certain misconduct; creating a criminal offense. | 05/14/2015 |
| HB 480 | Crime Judiciary |
Relating to retaining a reserve investigator by a prosecuting attorney. | 05/14/2015 |
| HB 309 | Crime Judiciary Other State Agencies |
Relating to a study on the feasibility and potential costs and benefits of implementing a pay-for-performance contract program for certain juvenile justice programs and services. | 05/14/2015 |
| 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. | 05/14/2015 |
| HB 207 | Crime Family and Children Issues |
Relating to creating the offense of voyeurism; providing a penalty. | 05/14/2015 |
| 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. | 05/14/2015 |
| HB 2398 | Budget, Spending, and Taxes Education Family and Children Issues Judiciary Legal Issues Municipal and County Issues State Agencies |
Relating to court jurisdiction and procedures relating to truancy; establishing judicial donation trust funds; providing criminal penalties; imposing a court cost. | 05/14/2015 |
| HB 1549 | Crime Family and Children Issues Legal Issues State Agencies |
Relating to nonsubstantive corrections in statutes to references to the Texas Youth Commission and Texas Juvenile Probation Commission. | 05/14/2015 |
| HB 1424 | Crime |
Relating to increasing penalties for defendants convicted of the manufacture or delivery of certain controlled substances. | 05/15/2015 |
| HB 678 | Crime Housing and Property Legislative Affairs |
Relating to advance notice regarding the housing of sexually violent predators at a new location in various counties of this state. | 05/15/2015 |
| 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. | 05/15/2015 |
| HB 583 | Crime Military Other |
Relating to donations to certain local veteran's charities ordered as a condition of community supervision. | 05/15/2015 |
| 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. | 05/15/2015 |
| 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. | 05/15/2015 |
| HB 1810 | Business and Consumers Commerce Crime Labor and Employment State Agencies |
Relating to the sale of prison-made products to certain persons. | 05/15/2015 |
| HB 1829 | Crime Recreation |
Relating to increasing the punishment for assault committed against certain sports participants. | 05/15/2015 |
| HB 777 | Crime |
Relating to the punishment for the offense of indecent exposure. | 05/18/2015 |
| HB 3128 | Crime Family and Children Issues Other Social Issues |
Relating to service of a temporary ex parte order issued in response to an application for a protective order in circumstances involving family violence. | 05/18/2015 |
| HB 2744 | Crime Other Transportation |
Relating to the use of automatic license plate readers by a law enforcement agency or municipal parking enforcement authority. | 05/18/2015 |
| HB 1782 | Crime Family and Children Issues Legal Issues Other Social Issues |
Relating to protective orders against certain persons who are convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for an offense involving family violence. | 05/18/2015 |
| HB 249 | Crime Executive Branch State Agencies |
Relating to the reporting of proceeds and property forfeited under criminal asset forfeiture proceedings. | 05/18/2015 |
| 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. | 05/18/2015 |
| HB 710 | Crime Other |
Relating to procedures for certain persons charged with a violation of a condition of release from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on parole or to mandatory supervision. | 05/18/2015 |
| 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. | 05/18/2015 |
| HB 1908 | Crime State Agencies |
Relating to the continuity of care for offenders with mental impairments. | 05/18/2015 |
| HB 2596 | Crime Family and Children Issues Other Social Issues |
Relating to the date by which certain protective order information must be entered by a local law enforcement agency into the statewide law enforcement information system. | 05/18/2015 |
| HB 1144 | Crime Executive Branch Family and Children Issues Judiciary State Agencies |
Relating to establishing a task force to examine the adjudication, disposition, and registration of juvenile sex offenders. | 05/18/2015 |
| HB 2159 | Crime Family and Children Issues Other Social Issues |
Relating to requiring the payment of restitution as a condition of community supervision for offenses involving family violence committed in the presence of certain children. | 05/18/2015 |
| HB 1491 | Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to the publication of confidential criminal and juvenile justice records of certain juveniles; providing civil penalties. | 05/18/2015 |
| HB 3884 | Crime Guns |
Relating to the carrying of knives; creating a criminal offense. | 05/18/2015 |
| HB 2150 | Crime Judiciary |
Relating to the organization of a grand jury. | 05/18/2015 |
| HB 211 | Crime |
Relating to resuming a criminal case after a defendant is determined to be competent to stand trial. | 05/19/2015 |
| HB 234 | Animal Rights and Wildlife Issues Judiciary Legal Issues |
Relating to certain costs associated with certain court proceedings for cruelly treated animals; authorizing fees and costs. | 05/19/2015 |
| HB 1845 | Crime Family and Children Issues |
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for causing certain assaultive physical contact with a child. | 05/19/2015 |
| 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. | 05/19/2015 |
| HB 580 | Crime Legal Issues |
Relating to the statute of limitations for aggravated assault. | 05/19/2015 |
| HB 1490 | Education Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to public school interventions for truancy and eliminating a criminal penalty and authorizing a civil penalty for truancy. | 05/20/2015 |
| HB 3579 | Crime Legal Issues |
Relating to certain criminal history record information; authorizing a fee. | 05/20/2015 |
| HB 2632 | Education Family and Children Issues Judiciary |
Relating to removing a criminal penalty and authorizing a civil penalty for truancy. | 05/20/2015 |
| HB 3277 | Crime Family and Children Issues Judiciary Municipal and County Issues Other State Agencies |
Relating to the authority of the office of independent ombudsman with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department in regard to juveniles in custody in certain facilities. | 05/20/2015 |
| HB 2684 | Crime Education Labor and Employment Other |
Relating to the creation of a model training curriculum and to the required training for certain school district peace officers and school resource officers. | 05/21/2015 |
| HB 3184 | Crime Family and Children Issues Legal Issues |
Relating to the establishment, operation, and funding of victim-offender mediation programs; authorizing fees. | 05/21/2015 |
| HB 2346 | Commerce Crime |
Relating to granting limited state law enforcement authority to commissioned law enforcement officers of a Federal Reserve bank. | 05/21/2015 |
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