Criminal Procedure

State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the expunction of arrest records and files for certain persons and to the return of certain fees to a person whose criminal record has been expunged; authorizing a fee. [HB-557]
Relating to the expunction of arrest records and files for certain persons and to the return of certain fees to a person whose criminal record has been expunged; authorizing a fee.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Toni Rose Effective On 9/1/17 on 06/15/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the authority of a court to return certain fees to a person whose criminal record has been expunged. [HB-551]
Relating to the authority of a court to return certain fees to a person whose criminal record has been expunged.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James White Scheduled For Public Hearing On . . . on 04/03/2017

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State (South Dakota)
South Dakota 2017 Regular Session

Authorize law enforcement officers to issue certain citations not signed under oath. [HB-1056]
Authorize law enforcement officers to issue certain citations not signed under oath.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jim Bolin Signed By The Governor On March 2, 2017 H.j. 618 on 03/06/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Preliminary hearing; certification of ancillary misdemeanors, fees and costs. [HB-1621]
Preliminary hearing; certification of ancillary misdemeanors; fees and costs. Provides that if, pursuant to a preliminary hearing, a district court certifies a felony offense and any ancillary misdemeanor offense for trial in circuit court, fees and costs shall be assessed against the accused in the same manner as if a final judgment had been entered by the district court on the misdemeanor offense.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher Collins Failed To Report (defeated) In Courts Of Justice (7-y 7-n) on 02/06/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the consideration of criminal history record information regarding applicants for employment. [HB-548]
Relating to the consideration of criminal history record information regarding applicants for employment.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Joe Deshotel Scheduled For Public Hearing On . . . on 03/20/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the punishment for the offense of burglary of a vehicle; increasing a criminal penalty. [SB-274]
Relating to the punishment for the offense of burglary of a vehicle; increasing a criminal penalty.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Huffman Read First Time on 01/30/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Testimony of law-enforcement officer; failure of body-worn camera. [HB-1613]
Testimony of law-enforcement officer; failure of body-worn camera. Provides that a law-enforcement officer who is required to wear a body-worn camera during the performance of his duties and fails to cause an audiovisual recording to be made may still testify regarding any occurrence that would have otherwise been recorded by the body-worn camera, but the court shall instruct the jury that the officer's failure shall be considered in determining the weight given to his testimony or, if there is no jury, the court shall consider such failure in determining (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Marshall Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/07/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the issuance of a citation or notice to appear for certain misdemeanors punishable by a fine only. [SB-271]
Relating to the issuance of a citation or notice to appear for certain misdemeanors punishable by a fine only.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Kirk Watson Co-author Authorized on 03/21/2017

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State (South Dakota)
South Dakota 2017 Regular Session

Revise certain provisions regarding the interception of certain communications. [HB-1028]
Revise certain provisions regarding the interception of certain communications.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Judiciary Signed By The Governor On February 3, 2017 H.j. 302 on 02/06/2017

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State (South Dakota)
South Dakota 2017 Regular Session

Revise the state automated victim notification system. [SB-26]
Revise the state automated victim notification system.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Judiciary Signed By The Governor On February 15, 2017 S.j. 408 on 02/16/2017

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State (South Dakota)
South Dakota 2017 Regular Session

Authorize background investigations for current and potential employees of the Bureau of Information and Telecommunications and information technology contractors and subcontractors. [HB-1020]
Authorize background investigations for current and potential employees of the Bureau of Information and Telecommunications and information technology contractors and subcontractors.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. State Affairs Signed By The Governor On February 3, 2017 H.j. 302 on 02/06/2017

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State (South Dakota)
South Dakota 2017 Regular Session

Revise the exceptions to presumptive probation. [SB-28]
Revise the exceptions to presumptive probation.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Judiciary Signed By The Governor On March 14, 2017 S.j. 747 on 03/27/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Motor Vehicles, Department of; disclosure of photographs, search warrant. [HB-1614]
Department of Motor Vehicles; disclosure of photographs; search warrant. Precludes the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles from disclosing the photograph of any person contained in the records of the Department to any state or local government department, agency, or instrumentality having jurisdiction over criminal law enforcement absent a search warrant.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Marshall Left In Transportation on 02/07/2017

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 110th General Assembly

As introduced, reduces the fee for expunction to $205, reduces the time after which sentences have been completed before a person can apply for expunction to one year, and allows a person to obtain expunction for an assault conviction. - Amends TCA Section 40-32-101. [HB-383]
As introduced, reduces the fee for expunction to $205, reduces the time after which sentences have been completed before a person can apply for expunction to one year, and allows a person to obtain expunction for an assault conviction. - Amends TCA Section 40-32-101.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ron Gant Received From House, Passed On First Consideration on 04/19/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the duties of a magistrate to inform an arrested person of consequences of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere. [SB-265]
Relating to the duties of a magistrate to inform an arrested person of consequences of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Kirk Watson Read First Time on 01/30/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to decreasing the fee for the issuance of an original or renewed license to carry a handgun. [SB-16]
Relating to decreasing the fee for the issuance of an original or renewed license to carry a handgun.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Drew Springer Effective On 9/1/17 on 05/26/2017

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 110th General Assembly

As enacted, prohibits a person charged with incest from participating in judicial diversion. - Amends TCA Section 40-35-313. [SB-280]
As enacted, prohibits a person charged with incest from participating in judicial diversion. - Amends TCA Section 40-35-313.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jon Lundberg Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 951 on 05/18/2018

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Invasion of privacy; civil action, damages, attorney fees and costs. [HB-1602]
Invasion of privacy; civil action; damages; attorney fees and costs. Creates a civil cause of action for the physical and constructive invasion of privacy where a person, with the intent to coerce, intimidate, or harass, enters onto the land or into the airspace above the land of another person to capture an image, as specified in the bill, of private property or an individual located on the private property without consent or uses any device, including an unmanned aircraft system, to capture such an image in lieu of physically entering the land (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. C. Matthew Fariss Failed To Pass In House on 02/25/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to judicial review of protective orders and the duration of those orders. [HB-472]
Relating to judicial review of protective orders and the duration of those orders.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Isaac Laid On The Table Subject To Call on 05/10/2017

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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. [SB-256]
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: Sen. Jane Nelson Effective Immediately on 05/19/2017

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