Criminal Procedure

State (Alabama)
Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Expungement; hearing requirement further provided for [SB-88]
Expungement; hearing requirement further provided for

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Arthur Orr Read For The First Time And Referred To The House Committee On Judiciary on 03/05/2025

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State (Alabama)
Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Criminal procedure, out-of-state warrants further provided for [HB-156]
Criminal procedure, out-of-state warrants further provided for

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Lee Reported Out Of Committee Second House on 03/05/2025

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State (Alabama)
Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Board of Pardons and Paroles; electronic monitoring of delinquent children further provided for [HB-133]
Board of Pardons and Paroles; electronic monitoring of delinquent children further provided for

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Reed Ingram Read For The First Time And Referred To The House Committee On Public Safety And Homeland Security on 02/04/2025

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments. [HB-291]
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 533 to define terms; require the court, upon conviction of the defendant, to consider the defendant's status as a primary caretaker of a dependent child unless the defendant is a violent offender, the victim is a child, or a statute prohibits an alternative sentence; require the court, upon a finding that the defendant is a primary caretaker of a dependent child, to consider an alternative sentence; provide that the defendant shall have the right to present an alternative sentencing plan and a family impact statement (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kimberly Moser To Families & Children (s) on 03/04/2025

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 114th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, relative to criminal justice. [HB-920]
As introduced, changes from April 1 to April 15, the date by which a county legislative body must submit to the judges of the general sessions criminal court of the county and the chairs of the legislative committees having jurisdiction over criminal matters a written report setting forth findings and the overall evaluation of the use of judicial commissioners. - Amends TCA Title 40.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Cepicky P2c, Caption Bill, Held On Desk - Pending Amdt. on 02/06/2025

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to driving under the influence. [HB-220]
Amend KRS 189A.010, relating to driving under the influence, to provide that a third or subsequent offense of driving under the influence within a 10-year period is a Class D felony; provide that if a person is convicted of a third or subsequent offense of driving under the influence the minimum term of imprisonment shall be 120 days; amend KRS 189A.040, 189A.200, 189A.240, and 281A.2102 to conform.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kim King To Judiciary (s) on 03/04/2025

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 114th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 24, Chapter 1, Part 2 and Title 40, Chapter 17, Part 1, relative to law enforcement investigatory privilege. [HB-907]
As introduced, creates a law enforcement investigatory privilege; prohibits a subpoena from being issued for a civil or criminal proceeding for information protected by the law enforcement privilege. - Amends TCA Title 24, Chapter 1, Part 2 and Title 40, Chapter 17, Part 1.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Johnny Garrett Action Def. In S/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee To 3/19/2025 on 03/12/2025

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to motor vehicle racing. [HB-312]
Amend KRS 189.993 to establish enhanced penalties for a violation of KRS 189.505, including vehicle impoundment and increased fines.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown To Judiciary (h) on 02/07/2025

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to motor vehicle racing. [SB-96]
Amend KRS 189.505, relating to motor vehicle racing, to prohibit knowingly promoting, organizing, or facilitating a motor vehicle race upon any street or highway; amend KRS 189.993 to establish enhanced penalties for a violation of KRS 189.505, including vehicle impoundment, driver's license suspension, and forfeiture of a motor vehicle; amend KRS 186.560, relating to driver's license suspension for violations of various penal and traffic laws, to provide that a person with a second or subsequent violation of KRS 189.505 shall be subject to suspension (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates To Transportation (s) on 02/06/2025

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State (Texas)
Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain offenses committed by an alien. [SB-1099]
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain offenses committed by an alien.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Peter Flores Read First Time on 02/24/2025

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to the abolition of the death penalty. [SB-101]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to abolish the death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment without parole for inmates presently sentenced to death; amend KRS 532.030 to remove the death penalty; amend KRS 640.040 to prohibit life imprisonment without benefit of parole for a juvenile offender convicted of a capital offense; amend KRS 640.010 to define "serious intellectual disability" and "significant subaverage general intellectual functioning"; amend KRS 422.285, 532.050, 532.100, and 533.010 to conform; repeal KRS 431.213, 431.2135, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Neal To Judiciary (s) on 02/06/2025

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to sodomy. [HB-227]
Repeal KRS 510.100, relating to sodomy in the fourth degree; amend KRS 194A.380 and 532.031 to conform.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Adrielle Camuel To Judiciary (h) on 02/07/2025

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to expungement. [HB-257]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to create an automatic felony expungement process for eligible convictions.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. George Brown To Judiciary (h) on 02/07/2025

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State (Kentucky)
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to the abolition of the death penalty. [SB-98]
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to abolish the death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment without parole for inmates presently sentenced to death; amend KRS 532.030 to remove the death penalty; amend KRS 640.040 to prohibit life imprisonment without benefit of parole for a juvenile offender convicted of a capital offense; amend KRS 640.010 to define "serious intellectual disability" and "significant subaverage general intellectual functioning"; amend KRS 422.285, 532.050, 532.100, and 533.010 to conform; repeal KRS 431.213, 431.2135, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. David Yates To Judiciary (s) on 02/06/2025

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State (Texas)
Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the eligibility of certain wrongfully imprisoned persons for compensation and for the expunction of arrest records and files in the case. [HB-2417]
Relating to the eligibility of certain wrongfully imprisoned persons for compensation and for the expunction of arrest records and files in the case.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Elizabeth Campos Read First Time on 03/17/2025

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State (Texas)
Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the failure of certain sex offenders to comply with sex offender registration requirements. [HB-2407]
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the failure of certain sex offenders to comply with sex offender registration requirements.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Giovanni Capriglione Read First Time on 03/17/2025

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State (Texas)
Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to certain sentencing procedures in a capital case. [SB-1094]
Relating to certain sentencing procedures in a capital case.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Judith Zaffirini Read First Time on 02/24/2025

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 114th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 18; Title 38, Chapter 6; Title 39 and Title 40, Chapter 35, relative to the collection of DNA samples. [SB-841]
As introduced, requires a person arrested for a felony offense to have a biological specimen taken by the arresting authority for the purpose of DNA analysis to determine identification characteristics specific to the person. - Amends TCA Title 18; Title 38, Chapter 6; Title 39 and Title 40, Chapter 35.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. John Stevens Placed On Senate Judiciary Committee Calendar For 3/18/2025 on 03/17/2025

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State (Texas)
Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the representation of an indigent person in certain criminal proceedings in certain counties. [SB-1083]
Relating to the representation of an indigent person in certain criminal proceedings in certain counties.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Royce West Read First Time on 02/24/2025

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State (Texas)
Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the use of metal or body armor while committing an offense; increasing a criminal penalty. [HB-2383]
Relating to the use of metal or body armor while committing an offense; increasing a criminal penalty.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mihaela Plesa Read First Time on 03/14/2025

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