Criminal Procedure
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the punishment for the offense of theft. [HB-2440]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Relating to the punishment for the offense of theft.
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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. [HB-2458]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
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.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
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.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to public access to juvenile court proceedings. [HB-2441]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Relating to public access to juvenile court proceedings.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
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-2429]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Law Enforcement ]
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.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to policies and procedures for the issuance of personal bonds in certain counties. [HB-2439]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Relating to policies and procedures for the issuance of personal bonds in certain counties.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the punishment for certain possession offenses under the Texas Controlled Substances Act; changing eligibility for community supervision. [HB-2398]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Relating to the punishment for certain possession offenses under the Texas Controlled Substances Act; changing eligibility for community supervision.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to certain sentencing procedures in a capital case. [SB-1065]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Relating to certain sentencing procedures in a capital case.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the creation of a commission to review certain penal laws of this state that do not prescribe a culpable mental state. [SB-1079]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Relating to the creation of a commission to review certain penal laws of this state that do not prescribe a culpable mental state.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the punishment for theft offenses involving certain metals. [SB-1077]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Relating to the punishment for theft offenses involving certain metals.
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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
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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