SB-1138: Relating to the creation of the blue alert system to aid in the apprehension of an individual suspected of killing or causing serious bodily injury to a law enforcement officer.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rodney Anderson
Effective On 9/1/17 on 06/01/2017
You have voted SB-1138: Relating to the creation of the blue alert system to aid in the apprehension of an individual suspected of killing or causing serious bodily injury to a law enforcement officer..
HB-2521: Relating to the disclosure or release by a criminal justice agency of photographs taken pursuant to an arrest or other involvement in the criminal justice system.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary Ann Perez
Read First Time on 03/23/2017
You have voted HB-2521: Relating to the disclosure or release by a criminal justice agency of photographs taken pursuant to an arrest or other involvement in the criminal justice system..
You have voted SB-1121: Relating to the presumption of intent in the prosecution of certain criminal cases involving theft by check or issuance of a bad check..
You have voted SB-1110: Relating to allowing a person suspected of committing or attempting to commit theft to complete an education program offered by a merchant..
HB-2458: Relating to the authority of a magistrate to issue a search warrant to collect a blood specimen from a person arrested for certain intoxication offenses.
Sponsored by: Rep. Four Price
Referred To Criminal Justice on 05/10/2017
You have voted HB-2458: Relating to the authority of a magistrate to issue a search warrant to collect a blood specimen from a person arrested for certain intoxication offenses..
Conservators of the peace; investigator employed by an attorney for the Commonwealth. [SB-1594]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Conservators of the peace; investigator employed by an attorney for the Commonwealth. Designates an investigator who is employed by an attorney for the Commonwealth as a conservator of the peace, provided that such investigator was an active law-enforcement officer within 10 years immediately prior to being employed by the attorney for the Commonwealth and retired or resigned from that position in good standing.
SB-1594: Conservators of the peace; investigator employed by an attorney for the Commonwealth.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jill Vogel
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0674) on 03/20/2017
HB-2429: Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the use of benzodiazepines or gamma butyrolactone to facilitate the commission of the offense of aggravated sexual assault and the addition of gamma butyrolactone to Penalty Group 1 of the Texas Controlled Substances Act for purposes of criminal prosecution; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dawnna Dukes
Read First Time on 03/22/2017
You have voted HB-2429: Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the use of benzodiazepines or gamma butyrolactone to facilitate the commission of the offense of aggravated sexual assault and the addition of gamma butyrolactone to Penalty Group 1 of the Texas Controlled Substances Act for purposes of criminal prosecution; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty..
HB-2398: Relating to the punishment for certain possession offenses under the Texas Controlled Substances Act; changing eligibility for community supervision.
Sponsored by: Rep. Cindy Burkett
Read First Time on 03/20/2017
You have voted HB-2398: Relating to the punishment for certain possession offenses under the Texas Controlled Substances Act; changing eligibility for community supervision..
You have voted SB-1079: Relating to the creation of a commission to review certain penal laws of this state that do not prescribe a culpable mental state..
Protective orders or stalking; third or subsequent offense. [HB-2473]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Violation of protective order or stalking; third or subsequent offense. Expands the offenses for which a conviction of a third or subsequent offense, when the offense is committed within 20 years of the first conviction and when either the instant or one of the prior offenses was based on an act or threat of violence and the instant and prior offenses arise out of separate incidents, is a Class 6 felony with a mandatory minimum term of confinement of six months from violating a protective order to any combination of violating a protective order
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HB-2473: Protective orders or stalking; third or subsequent offense.
Sponsored by: Rep. Benjamin Cline
Passed By Indefinitely In Finance (16-y 0-n) on 02/15/2017