Criminal Procedure
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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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 Bernard Bell
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0468) on 03/13/2017
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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 Van Campen Taylor
Read First Time on 03/06/2017
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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 Lucio Walle
Committee Report Sent To Calendars on 04/18/2017
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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.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gregory D. Habeeb
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2017
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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
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Sponsored by: Rep. Lee Ware
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2017
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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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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
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Sponsored by: Rep. Hyland F. Fowler
Left In Militia, Police And Public Safety on 02/07/2017
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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
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Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara A. Favola
Passed By Indefinitely In Courts Of Justice (10-y 5-n) on 02/01/2017
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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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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to increasing the penalty for causing injury to a child; changing the eligibility for community supervision. [HB-2190]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Relating to increasing the penalty for causing injury to a child; changing the eligibility for community supervision.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dawnna Dukes
Read First Time on 03/21/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Intoxicated drivers; punitive damages for persons injured. [SB-1498]
[Alcoholic Beverages ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Punitive damages for persons injured by intoxicated drivers; evidence. Extends to blood tests performed by the Department of Forensic Science pursuant to a search warrant the rebuttable presumption in civil cases for punitive damages for injuries caused by intoxicated drivers that provides that a person's blood alcohol level demonstrated by a test performed pursuant to the implied consent statute is at least as high as the driver's blood alcohol level at the time of the accident. The bill further establishes a rebuttable presumption applicable in
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Sponsored by: Sen. Scott A. Surovell
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0671) on 03/20/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Physical evidence recovery kit; victim's right to notification of scientific analysis information. [SB-1501]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Human Rights ]
Victim's right to notification of scientific analysis information. Provides that for any physical evidence recovery kit that was received by a law-enforcement agency prior to July 1, 2016, and submitted for analysis, the victim, a parent or guardian of a minor victim, or the next of kin of a deceased victim shall be notified of the completion of the analysis and shall, upon request, receive information regarding the results of any analysis from the law-enforcement agency. The bill provides that law enforcement shall not be required to disclose the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Richard H. Black
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0672) on 03/20/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Hate crimes; adds to list of crimes that a multi-jurisdiction grand jury may investigate. [HB-2399]
[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
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lamont Bagby
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Personnel Management Information System; state agency positions designated as sensitive. [HB-2391]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[National Security ]
[Human Services ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Department of Human Resources Management; criminal background checks; state agency positions designated as sensitive; agencies to report to the Department. Requires each state agency to continue to record in the Personnel Management Information System (PMIS) positions that it has designated as sensitive to ensure that the Department of Human Resources Management has a list of all such positions. The bill clarifies who would be subject to a criminal background investigation in a sensitive position. The bill expands the definition of sensitive position
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Sponsored by: Rep. Rocky W. Holcomb
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0421) on 03/13/2017
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
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-2189]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
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 J. Anderson
Read First Time on 03/21/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Arrest; resisting law-enforcement officers, etc. [SB-1474]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Resisting arrest; penalty. Expands the Class Resisting arrest; penalty. Expands the Class 1 misdemeanor of resisting arrest to include, in addition to fleeing from a law-enforcement officer, attempting to escape from the lawful custody of a law-enforcement officer by force or violence.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bill R. DeSteph
Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/21/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Restitution; modification of terms and conditions of payment plan. [SB-1478]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Restitution; modification of terms and conditions of payment plan. Permits the court to modify the terms and conditions of a restitution payment plan or amend the total amount of restitution due for good cause shown and only after a hearing of which the defendant, attorney for the Commonwealth, and victim have been notified. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer L. McClellan
Failed To Report (defeated) In Courts Of Justice (6-y 9-n) on 01/25/2017
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the prosecution of the offenses of sexual assault and aggravated sexual assault. [SB-967]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Relating to the prosecution of the offenses of sexual assault and aggravated sexual assault.
Sponsored by: Sen. Kirk Watson
Read First Time on 03/01/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Unpaid court fines, etc.; increases grace period for collection. [HB-2386]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Collection of unpaid court fines, etc. Increases the grace period after which collection activity for unpaid court fines, costs, forfeitures, penalties, and restitution may be commenced from 30 days to 90 days after sentencing or judgment. The bill also establishes the requirements for deferred or installment payment agreements that a court must offer a defendant who is unable to pay court-ordered fines, costs, forfeitures, and penalties. The bill requires that a court take into account a defendant's financial circumstances, including whether the
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Sponsored by: Rep. John M. O'Bannon
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0802) on 04/05/2017