Criminal Procedure

State (Texas)
Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the unauthorized entry, occupancy, sale, rental, lease, advertisement for sale, rental, or lease, or conveyance of real property, including the removal of certain unauthorized occupants of a dwelling; creating criminal offenses; increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing a fee. [HB-3518] [Real Estate ] [Crime ] [Housing ] [Criminal Justice ] [Property Tax ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Relating to the unauthorized entry, occupancy, sale, rental, lease, advertisement for sale, rental, or lease, or conveyance of real property, including the removal of certain unauthorized occupants of a dwelling; creating criminal offenses; increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing a fee.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Giovanni Capriglione Read First Time on 03/24/2025

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State (Texas)
Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to a prohibition against the cultivation of castor beans; creating a criminal offense. [HB-3519] [Agriculture ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Relating to a prohibition against the cultivation of castor beans; creating a criminal offense.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. AJ Louderback Read First Time on 03/24/2025

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State (Texas)
Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to civil liability arising out of justified uses of or threats to use force or deadly force. [SB-1730] [Crime ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
Relating to civil liability arising out of justified uses of or threats to use force or deadly force.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lois Kolkhorst Placed On General State Calendar on 05/26/2025

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State (Texas)
Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for assault of a retail establishment employee. [HB-3498] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Consumer Protection ]
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for assault of a retail establishment employee.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Cook Referred Directly To Subcommittee By Chair on 04/01/2025

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State (Texas)
Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the expunction of all records and files related to a finding of criminal contempt by a court. [HB-3477] [Criminal Justice ] [Crime ] [Law Enforcement ]
Relating to the expunction of all records and files related to a finding of criminal contempt by a court.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Schofield Received From The House on 05/09/2025

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State (Texas)
Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to representation for an indigent person subject to a civil commitment proceeding. [HB-3488] [Mental Health ] [Human Services ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ]
Relating to representation for an indigent person subject to a civil commitment proceeding.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mano DeAyala Referred To Criminal Justice on 05/12/2025

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State (Texas)
Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to rapid DNA analysis by certain law enforcement agencies, the establishment of a related pilot program, and the content of certain DNA databases. [SB-1723] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Technology and Innovation ]
Relating to rapid DNA analysis by certain law enforcement agencies, the establishment of a related pilot program, and the content of certain DNA databases.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Pena Raymond Effective Immediately on 06/20/2025

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State (Texas)
Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of cruelty to nonlivestock animals. [SB-1673] [Animals ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of cruelty to nonlivestock animals.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jose Menendez Read First Time on 03/11/2025

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State (Texas)
Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the definitions of child abuse and neglect and the temporary emergency jurisdiction of a court in this state over a child at risk of receiving certain prohibited gender transitioning or gender reassignment procedures or treatments. [HB-3478] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Healthcare ] [Children and Youth ]
Relating to the definitions of child abuse and neglect and the temporary emergency jurisdiction of a court in this state over a child at risk of receiving certain prohibited gender transitioning or gender reassignment procedures or treatments.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David Lowe Read First Time on 03/24/2025

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State (Texas)
Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to certain rights of crime victims and witnesses and associated persons and to victim impact statements. [SB-1704] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Human Rights ]
Relating to certain rights of crime victims and witnesses and associated persons and to victim impact statements.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Huffman Referred To Criminal Jurisprudence on 05/12/2025

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State (Alabama)
Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Crime Victims Compensation Commission, filing of claims further provided for [HB-355] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
Alabama Crime Victims Compensation Commission, filing of claims further provided for

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Russell Bedsole Read For The Second Time And Placed On The Calendar on 04/17/2025

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2025-2026 Session

Liam's Law [HB-246]
Liam's Law

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Becky Carney Regular Message Sent To Senate on 04/16/2025

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State (Rhode Island)
Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Increases number of members of the state crime laboratory commission 9, changes makeup of commission to include individuals with expertise in law enforcement, criminal defense, scientific research, makes chair of department of physics executive secretary. [SB-535] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Science ]
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- STATE CRIME LABORATORY COMMISSION - Increases number of members of the state crime laboratory commission 9, changes makeup of commission to include individuals with expertise in law enforcement, criminal defense, scientific research, makes chair of department of physics executive secretary.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ana B. Quezada Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study on 03/20/2025

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State (Texas)
Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for the offenses of providing or possessing with the intent to provide an alcoholic beverage, a controlled substance, or a dangerous drug to a person in the custody of a correctional facility, taking an alcoholic beverage, a controlled substance, or a dangerous drug into a correctional facility, and taking a controlled substance or dangerous drug on property owned, used, or controlled by a correctional facility. [HB-3464] [Alcoholic Beverages ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for the offenses of providing or possessing with the intent to provide an alcoholic beverage, a controlled substance, or a dangerous drug to a person in the custody of a correctional facility, taking an alcoholic beverage, a controlled substance, or a dangerous drug into a correctional facility, and taking a controlled substance or dangerous drug on property owned, used, or controlled by a correctional facility.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Royce West Effective On 9/1/25 on 06/20/2025

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State (Rhode Island)
Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Permits non-sworn public safety officers/security guards at private colleges/universities to detain individuals for no longer than 30 minutes within the campus’s jurisdiction if the officer or guard believes the person committed a criminal offense. [SB-516] [Crime ] [Education ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ]
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- ARREST - Permits non-sworn public safety officers/security guards at private colleges/universities to detain individuals for no longer than 30 minutes within the campus’s jurisdiction if the officer or guard believes the person committed a criminal offense.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Walter S. Felag Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study on 03/25/2025

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State (Texas)
Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the procedures for the expunction of arrest records and files; authorizing a fee. [SB-1667] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ]
Relating to the procedures for the expunction of arrest records and files; authorizing a fee.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Judith Zaffirini Effective On 9/1/25 on 06/20/2025

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State (Rhode Island)
Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Requires submission of a domestic violence/sexual assault reporting form when the domestic violence response or investigation involves a verbal argument or dispute. [SB-525] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Human Services ] [Family-Related Legislation ]
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION ACT - Requires submission of a domestic violence/sexual assault reporting form when the domestic violence response or investigation involves a verbal argument or dispute.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Ana B. Quezada Senate Read And Passed on 06/20/2025

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State (North Carolina)
North Carolina 2025-2026 Session

Litter Law/Rebuttable Presumption [SB-207] [Environmental ] [Waste Management / Recycling ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Litter Law/Rebuttable Presumption

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Danny Earl Britt Passed 2nd Reading on 05/06/2025

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State (Rhode Island)
Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Provides for a 10 year statute of limitations for the violation of second degree sexual assault. [SB-565] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE -- INDICTMENTS, INFORMATIONS AND COMPLAINTS - Provides for a 10 year statute of limitations for the violation of second degree sexual assault.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Frank A. Ciccone Committee Recommended Measure Be Held For Further Study on 03/25/2025

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State (Texas)
Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the retention and preservation of toxicological evidence of certain intoxication offenses. [SB-1660] [Crime ] [Public Safety ]
Relating to the retention and preservation of toxicological evidence of certain intoxication offenses.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Huffman Effective On 9/1/25 on 06/20/2025

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