Criminal Procedure

State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact of 1998; criminal history record information. [HB-2066]
Criminal history record information; National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact of 1998. Authorizes Virginia to become a signatory to the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact of 1998. The Compact allows member states to exchange criminal history records for noncriminal justice purposes according to the laws of the requesting state.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Mullin Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0319) on 03/13/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Law-enforcement officers; decertification, notification. [HB-2067]
Decertification of law-enforcement officers; notification. Requires persons obligated to notify the Criminal Justice Services Board when a law-enforcement officer or jail officer has committed an act or been convicted of a crime that requires decertification to notify the Criminal Justice Services Board within 48 hours of becoming aware of such act or conviction. The bill requires that, upon such notification, decertification be immediate. Any conviction of a misdemeanor that has been appealed to a court of record shall not be considered a conviction (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Mullin Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0496) on 03/13/2017

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 110th General Assembly

As enacted, clarifies that partial expunctions of criminal records are the removal of electronic records from relevant national, state, and local databases; adds $5.00 to seat belt violation fines to cover court clerk costs. - Amends TCA Section 40-32-101 and Section 55-9-603. [SB-1137]
As enacted, clarifies that partial expunctions of criminal records are the removal of electronic records from relevant national, state, and local databases; adds $5.00 to seat belt violation fines to cover court clerk costs. - Amends TCA Section 40-32-101 and Section 55-9-603.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. John Stevens Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 358 on 05/22/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Tow truck drivers; exempts registration with DCJS, exceptions. [HB-2036]
Registration with Department of Criminal Justice Services by tow truck drivers; exceptions. Exempts from registration with the Department of Criminal Justice Services tow truck drivers who are (i) not for hire in the Commonwealth, (ii) transporting a vehicle from a location outside of the Commonwealth to a destination within the Commonwealth, or (iii) transiting the Commonwealth while transporting a vehicle from a location outside of the Commonwealth to a destination outside of the Commonwealth.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jackson Miller Left In Transportation on 02/07/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to documentation regarding an arrest of a person without a warrant. [SB-630]
Relating to documentation regarding an arrest of a person without a warrant.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dawn Buckingham Not Again Placed On Intent Calendar on 05/10/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the release on personal bond of a person who is pregnant. [HB-1314]
Relating to the release on personal bond of a person who is pregnant.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Eugene Wu Placed On General State Calendar on 05/11/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Law-enforcement officer; definition, municipal park rangers training. [HB-2062]
Definition of law-enforcement officer; municipal park rangers. Requires sworn municipal park rangers to be certified through completion of training at an approved criminal justice training academy. The bill authorizes sworn municipal park rangers to access criminal history record information for the purposes of the administration of criminal justice and the screening of an employment application. The bill provides that any sworn municipal park ranger who is a conservator of the peace shall be considered a law-enforcement officer or member of a law-enforcement (continued...)

  

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

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 110th General Assembly

As introduced, permits persons who have been arrested but released as the result of certain events to have the public records of the arrest and surrounding events destroyed without cost to the arrested person and without the necessity of filing a petition. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 32. [HB-1348]
As introduced, permits persons who have been arrested but released as the result of certain events to have the public records of the arrest and surrounding events destroyed without cost to the arrested person and without the necessity of filing a petition. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 32.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Karen Camper Taken Off Notice For Cal In S/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee Of Criminal Justice Committee on 01/16/2018

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Protective orders; possession of firearms, felony. [HB-2044]
Protective orders; possession of firearms; felony. Provides that it is a Class 6 felony for a person who is subject to a permanent protective order (i.e., a protective order with a maximum duration of two years) for subjecting another person to an act of violence, force, or threat to possess a firearm while the order is in effect, which is equivalent to the existing penalty for possession of a firearm by a person subject to a permanent protective order for family abuse. The bill also provides that such person may continue to possess and transport (continued...)

  

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

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 110th General Assembly

As introduced, establishes certain procedures for expunction without cost when charge is dismissed or nolle prosequi is entered. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 32. [HB-1277]
As introduced, establishes certain procedures for expunction without cost when charge is dismissed or nolle prosequi is entered. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 32.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Harold Love Taken Off Notice For Cal In S/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee Of Criminal Justice Committee on 03/14/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to asset forfeiture proceedings under the Code of Criminal Procedure. [HB-1301]
Relating to asset forfeiture proceedings under the Code of Criminal Procedure.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Harold Dutton Scheduled For Public Hearing In S/c On . . . on 03/29/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the effect of certain felony convictions of public elected officers. [HB-500]
Relating to the effect of certain felony convictions of public elected officers.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Drew Springer Laid On The Table Subject To Call on 05/08/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Virginia Consumer Protection Act; adds certain fraud crimes. [HB-2073]
Certain fraud crimes; multi-jurisdiction grand jury; Virginia Consumer Protection Act. 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 and to prohibited practices under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act (§ 59.1-196 et seq.).

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts Passed By Indefinitely In Courts Of Justice (9-y 6-n) on 02/13/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Child pornography; discretionary sentencing guideline midpoints for possession. [HB-2039]
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 (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jackson Miller Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2017

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 110th General Assembly

As introduced, establishes certain procedures for expunction without cost when charge is dismissed or nolle prosequi is entered. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 32. [SB-1043]
As introduced, establishes certain procedures for expunction without cost when charge is dismissed or nolle prosequi is entered. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 32.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Janince Bowling Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate Judiciary Committee on 02/13/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the effect of certain felony convictions of public elected officers. [SB-500]
Relating to the effect of certain felony convictions of public elected officers.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Drew Springer Effective Immediately on 06/06/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to notice for hearings and trial settings in criminal cases. [HB-1266]
Relating to notice for hearings and trial settings in criminal cases.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jane Nelson Effective On 9/1/17 on 06/15/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the concurrent jurisdiction of certain municipal courts in certain criminal cases punishable by fine only. [HB-1264]
Relating to the concurrent jurisdiction of certain municipal courts in certain criminal cases punishable by fine only.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Angie Button Effective On 9/1/17 on 06/15/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to a challenge to a grand juror. [HB-1268]
Relating to a challenge to a grand juror.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Matt Schaefer Committee Report Sent To Calendars on 04/20/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the effect of certain felony convictions of public elected officers. [HB-1273]
Relating to the effect of certain felony convictions of public elected officers.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Charlie Geren Read First Time on 02/23/2017

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