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
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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