Criminal Procedure
Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Capitol Police, Division of; arrest without warrant. [HB-2329]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Division of Capitol Police; arrest without warrant. Adds members of the Division of Capitol Police to the list of officers authorized to arrest without a warrant in certain situations.
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Gettr Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Criminal Justice Services Board; citizen membership. [HB-2322]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Criminal Justice Services Board. Replaces the member representing the Virginia Crime Prevention Association with a member representing the Virginia Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators since the Virginia Crime Prevention Association is no longer in existence.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Multi-jurisdiction grand jury; certain fraud crimes. [HB-2333]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Construction ]
Multi-jurisdiction grand jury; certain fraud crimes. Adds the offenses of obtaining money by false pretense, financial exploitation of mentally incapacitated persons, and construction fraud to the criminal violations that a multi-jurisdiction grand jury may investigate.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Capital cases; replacing certain terminology. [SB-1352]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Mental Health ]
[Disabilities ]
Capital cases; replacing certain terminology. Replaces the term "mental retardation" in all of its various iterations with a corresponding iteration of the term "intellectual disability" for purposes of the statutes governing capital cases. The U.S. Supreme Court has held in Hall v. Florida, 134 S. Ct. 1986 (2014), that the terms describe the identical phenomenon. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia State Crime Commission. This bill is identical to HB 1882.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the creation of an innocence project grant program. [HB-1967]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Relating to the creation of an innocence project grant program.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the creation of the offense of improper contact with an adult victim. [SB-917]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Relating to the creation of the offense of improper contact with an adult victim.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the care and unlawful restraint of a dog. [HB-1961]
[Animals ]
[Crime ]
Relating to the care and unlawful restraint of a dog.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the issuance of a citation for the offense of trespass by certain persons carrying handguns. [HB-1914]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Relating to the issuance of a citation for the offense of trespass by certain persons carrying handguns.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Child pornography; discretionary sentencing guideline midpoints for possession. [SB-1278]
[Crime ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Discretionary sentencing guideline midpoints; possession of child pornography. Raises the midpoint of the recommended sentencing range for possession of child pornography by (i) 100 percent in cases in which the defendant has no previous conviction of a violent felony offense; (ii) 200 percent in cases in which the defendant has previously been convicted of a violent felony offense punishable by a maximum punishment of less than 40 years; and (iii) 400 percent in cases in which the defendant has previously been convicted of a violent felony offense
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to increasing the punishment for an offense committed against a person because of bias or prejudice on the basis of service as a peace officer, a firefighter, or emergency medical services personnel and to the confidentiality of personal information regarding certain persons who provide that service. [HB-1919]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
Relating to increasing the punishment for an offense committed against a person because of bias or prejudice on the basis of service as a peace officer, a firefighter, or emergency medical services personnel and to the confidentiality of personal information regarding certain persons who provide that service.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to increasing the punishment for an offense committed against a person because of the person's status as a peace officer, a firefighter, or emergency medical services personnel. [SB-899]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Relating to increasing the punishment for an offense committed against a person because of the person's status as a peace officer, a firefighter, or emergency medical services personnel.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the prosecution of and punishment for the offense of criminal mischief involving property used for flood control purposes or a dam. [SB-903]
[Crime ]
[Water ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Relating to the prosecution of and punishment for the offense of criminal mischief involving property used for flood control purposes or a dam.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the penalties for certain littering offenses. [HB-1884]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Crime ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Relating to the penalties for certain littering offenses.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Search warrants; customer records from financial institutions. [SB-1310]
[Finance ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Public Safety ]
Search warrants; customer records from financial institutions. Provides that a search warrant for records pertaining to a customer of a financial institution, money transmitter, commercial business that provides credit reports, or credit card issuer may be executed in the Commonwealth by hand, mail, commercial delivery service, facsimile, or other electronic means. The bill requires the executing officer to file the warrant in the circuit court clerk's office where the warrant was executed within three days after receiving the ordered records. The
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Restitution; supervised probation. [SB-1285]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Restitution; probation. Provides that for any offense that occurs on or after July 1, 2017, if restitution is ordered at the time of sentencing, the court shall place the defendant on an indefinite term of probation until all ordered restitution is paid in full. The bill requires that a probation agency ordered to monitor the restitution payments of a defendant placed on supervised probation notify the court and the attorney for the Commonwealth of the amount of unsatisfied restitution, if any, 30 days prior to the defendant's release from supervision.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Human trafficking identification and awareness training; DCJS to adopt regulations. [SB-1407]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Education ]
Department of Criminal Justice Services; human trafficking identification and awareness training. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services (the Department) to adopt regulations that make compulsory for all law-enforcement personnel the Department's training standards regarding sensitivity to and awareness of human trafficking offenses, the identification of human traffickers, and identification of and assistance for victims of human trafficking offenses. Current law requires such training only for personnel in criminal investigations
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to pretrial hearings in felony cases. [SB-882]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Relating to pretrial hearings in felony cases.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Persons allowed services without fees or costs; inability to pay on account of poverty, guidelines. [SB-1305]
[Poverty ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
Inability to pay fees or costs on account of poverty; guidelines. Requires the court to use the guidelines for determining indigency for the appointment of counsel in determining a person's inability to pay fees or costs on account of poverty in a civil action. This bill is identical to HB 2328.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to access to criminal history record information by the adjutant general. [HB-1860]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Military ]
[National Security ]
Relating to access to criminal history record information by the adjutant general.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to a prohibition on certain law enforcement inquiries regarding the nationality or immigration status of a victim of or witness to a criminal offense. [HB-1855]
[Immigration ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Relating to a prohibition on certain law enforcement inquiries regarding the nationality or immigration status of a victim of or witness to a criminal offense.