Criminal Procedure

State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

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 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Benjamin Cline Passed By Indefinitely In Finance (16-y 0-n) on 02/15/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to grand jury proceedings; providing a penalty. [SB-1058] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Relating to grand jury proceedings; providing a penalty.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Royce West Read First Time on 03/06/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Discovery in criminal cases; duty to provide. [SB-1563] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Discovery in criminal cases; duty to provide. Requires the attorney for the Commonwealth, upon written notice by an accused to the court and to the attorney for the Commonwealth, to permit the accused to inspect, copy, or photograph (i) any relevant written or recorded statements or confessions made by the accused or any codefendant, or the substance of any oral statements or confessions made by the accused or any codefendant; (ii) any relevant written reports of autopsies, ballistic tests, fingerprint analyses, handwriting analyses, blood, urine, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. William Stanley Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/21/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the prosecution of and increased penalties for certain offenses involving the trafficking of persons. [HB-2347] [Crime ] [Human Rights ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Relating to the prosecution of and increased penalties for certain offenses involving the trafficking of persons.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Oliverson Read First Time on 03/20/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to increasing the punishment for certain offenses committed by a person who is unlawfully present in the United States; changing eligibility for parole and mandatory supervision. [SB-1054] [Immigration ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Relating to increasing the punishment for certain offenses committed by a person who is unlawfully present in the United States; changing eligibility for parole and mandatory supervision.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Craig Estes Read First Time on 03/06/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to increasing the penalty for assault of certain pregnant women. [HB-2316] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Children and Youth ] [Law Enforcement ]
Relating to increasing the penalty for assault of certain pregnant women.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Giovanni Capriglione Read First Time on 03/20/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

DUI; search warrants for blood withdrawals. [SB-1564] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Health ]
DUI; search warrants for blood withdrawals. Provides that an application for a search warrant to perform a blood test on a person suspected of committing a DUI-related offense shall be given priority over pending matters that do not involve an imminent risk to another's health or safety.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Norment Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0673) on 03/20/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to access to criminal history record information by an emergency communication district. [HB-2317] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Telecommunications ] [Criminal Justice ]
Relating to access to criminal history record information by an emergency communication district.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. William Metcalf Returned To Local & Consent Calendars Comm. on 05/12/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Tow truck drivers; registration. [HB-2441] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Crime ] [Public Safety ]
Tow truck drivers; registration. Allows persons convicted of violent crimes or any crime, other than a traffic infraction, involving the driving of a tow truck, including drug or alcohol offenses, to request a review by the Department of Criminal Justice Services 10 years after any such conviction. Current law prohibits any person convicted of such crimes from registering with the Department of Criminal Justice Services as a tow truck driver.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. C. Matthew Fariss Left In Transportation on 02/07/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Discovery in criminal cases; duty to provide. [HB-2452] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Discovery in criminal cases; duty to provide. Provides that the attorney for the Commonwealth, upon written notice by an accused to the court and to the attorney for the Commonwealth, must permit the accused to inspect, copy, or photograph (i) any relevant written or recorded statements or confessions made by the accused and the substance of any oral statements or confessions made by the accused to any law-enforcement officer; (ii) any relevant written reports of autopsies, ballistic tests, fingerprint analyses, handwriting analyses, blood, urine, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Rick Morris Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the qualifications for service as a grand juror and to the selection of grand jurors. [HB-2286] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ]
Relating to the qualifications for service as a grand juror and to the selection of grand jurors.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Brooks Landgraf Referred To Criminal Justice on 05/08/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Inpatient psychiatric hospital admission; defendant found incompetent. [HB-2462] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Healthcare ] [Mental Health ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
Inpatient psychiatric hospital admission; defendant found incompetent. Removes the prohibition on inpatient psychiatric hospital admission for defendants who have already been ordered to receive treatment to restore their competency to stand trial. This bill is identical to SB 935.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Bell Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0468) on 03/13/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to cybercrime; creating criminal offenses. [SB-1020] [Cybersecurity ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Public Safety ]
Relating to cybercrime; creating criminal offenses.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Nicholas Taylor Read First Time on 03/06/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to a public defender's investigation into a defendant's finances. [HB-2237] [Finance ] [Criminal Justice ] [Law Enforcement ] [Funding ] [Crime ]
Relating to a public defender's investigation into a defendant's finances.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Armando Walle Committee Report Sent To Calendars on 04/18/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Driver's licenses; suspension for failure to pay court fines and costs. [HB-2409] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Unpaid court fines and costs; driver's license Unpaid court fines and costs; driver's license suspensions; collection; community service. Removes the existing provisions that a person's driver's license is suspended (i) when he is convicted or placed on deferred disposition for a drug offense and (ii) for violations not pertaining to the operation of a motor vehicle. The bill provides that a court may permit an inmate in a local or regional jail to earn credits against any fines or court costs imposed against him by performing community service. (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gregory Habeeb Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Self-defense; limited immunity when reporting acts, penalties. [HB-2414] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Criminal Justice ]
Limited immunity when reporting acts of self-defense; Limited immunity when reporting acts of self-defense; penalties. Provides that no statements made by a person in a good faith effort to promptly report an incident involving the threatened or actual use of justifiable physical or deadly physical force may be used against that person in any civil or criminal proceeding. The bill also provides that any documents or reports regarding a statement made by a person in a good faith effort to promptly report an incident involving the threatened or actual (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Lee Ware Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the statute of limitations for the offense of exploitation of a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual. [SB-998] [Crime ] [Children and Youth ] [Senior Citizens ] [Disabilities ]
Relating to the statute of limitations for the offense of exploitation of a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Royce West Effective On 9/1/17 on 06/01/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Conservators of the peace, special; authority, mandatory liability insurance. [HB-2416] [Insurance ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ]
Special conservators of the peace; authority; insurance. Replaces the powers that may be provided in the power of appointment for a special conservator of the peace (SCOP) which may include all powers, functions, responsibilities, and authority of any other conservator of the peace, with only the duties for which the SCOP is qualified as specified on his application. The bill requires the order of appointment to provide that such duties shall be exercised only in the geographical limitations specified by the court. The bill requires that the order (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Hyland Fowler Left In Militia, Police And Public Safety on 02/07/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Hate crimes; adds to list of crimes that a multi-jurisdiction grand jury may investigate. [SB-1502] [Crime ] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ]
Multi-jurisdiction grand jury; hate crimes. Adds the following to the list of crimes that a multi-jurisdiction grand jury may investigate: (i) simple assault or assault and battery where the victim was intentionally selected because of his race, religious conviction, color, or national origin; (ii) entering the property of another for purposes of damaging such property or its contents or interfering with the rights of the owner, user, or occupant where such property was intentionally selected because of the race, religious conviction, color, or (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Favola Passed By Indefinitely In Courts Of Justice (10-y 5-n) on 02/01/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the confidentiality of home address information of certain victims of family violence, sexual assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking of persons. [HB-2222] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Crime ] [Human Rights ] [Public Safety ] [Data Privacy ] [Law Enforcement ]
Relating to the confidentiality of home address information of certain victims of family violence, sexual assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking of persons.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Abel Herrero Laid On The Table Subject To Call on 05/05/2017

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