Criminal Procedure

State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to a database of employers penalized for failure to pay wages or convicted of certain offenses involving wage theft. [HB-202]
Relating to a database of employers penalized for failure to pay wages or convicted of certain offenses involving wage theft.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jeff Leach Committee Report Sent To Calendars on 05/01/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to enhancing the penalties for certain repeat and habitual offenders. [HB-383]
Relating to enhancing the penalties for certain repeat and habitual offenders.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jim Murphy Placed On General State Calendar on 05/10/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

DCJS training; jail officers; mental health first aid. [SB-933]
DCJS training; jail officers; mental health first aid. Requires that the compulsory training standards established by the Department of Criminal Justice Services for persons employed as deputy sheriffs and jail officers by local criminal justice agencies include annual training in mental health first aid. This bill was incorporated into SB 940.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Favola Incorporated By Finance on 01/31/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to a parent's right to view the body of a deceased child before an autopsy is performed. [HB-298]
Relating to a parent's right to view the body of a deceased child before an autopsy is performed.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Rodney Anderson Vetoed By The Governor on 06/15/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the governor from appointing certain prosecuting attorneys to fill a vacancy of a district judge. [HJR-20]
Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the governor from appointing certain prosecuting attorneys to fill a vacancy of a district judge.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Harold Dutton Read First Time on 03/22/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Grand larceny; threshold. [SB-923]
Grand larceny; threshold. Increases from $200 to $500 the threshold amount of money taken or value of goods or chattel taken at which the crime rises from petit larceny to grand larceny. The bill increases the threshold by the same amount for the classification of certain property crimes. This bill was incorporated into SB816.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. John Petersen Incorporated By Courts Of Justice on 01/23/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the age of criminal responsibility and to certain substantive and procedural matters related to that age. [HB-122]
Relating to the age of criminal responsibility and to certain substantive and procedural matters related to that age.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Roberto Alonzo Received From The House on 04/24/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the expunction of arrest records and files relating to certain nonviolent offenses. [HB-325]
Relating to the expunction of arrest records and files relating to certain nonviolent offenses.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Terry Canales Read First Time on 02/15/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to notification provided to certain victims of criminal offenses. [HB-104]
Relating to notification provided to certain victims of criminal offenses.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James White Effective On 9/1/17 on 06/14/2017

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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. [HB-149]
As enacted, prohibits a person charged with incest from participating in judicial diversion. - Amends TCA Section 40-35-313.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Carter Pub. Ch. 951 on 05/18/2018

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to notice provided to a court regarding certain defendants placed on state jail felony community supervision. [HB-342]
Relating to notice provided to a court regarding certain defendants placed on state jail felony community supervision.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Terry Canales Considered In Calendars on 04/20/2017

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 110th General Assembly

As enacted, clarifies that a person petitioning for a certificate of employability does not have to be in the process of restoring the person's rights of citizenship. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 29, Part 1. [HB-128]
As enacted, clarifies that a person petitioning for a certificate of employability does not have to be in the process of restoring the person's rights of citizenship. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 29, Part 1.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Brenda Gilmore Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 83 on 04/11/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Inpatient psychiatric hospital admission; defendant found incompetent. [SB-895]
Inpatient psychiatric hospital admission; defendant 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 was incorporated into SB935.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dave Marsden Incorporated By Courts Of Justice on 01/16/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Expungement of police and court records; costs. [SB-883]
Expungement of police and court records; costs. Relieves a person who petitions for the expungement of police and court records related to a crime of which the person was acquitted or the charge of which was otherwise dismissed from paying any fees or costs for filing such petition.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lionell Spruill Passed By Indefinitely In Courts Of Justice (14-y 1-n) on 01/23/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the electronic recording and admissibility of certain custodial interrogations. [HB-229]
Relating to the electronic recording and admissibility of certain custodial interrogations.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Terry Canales Read First Time on 02/13/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the operations of the Department of Public Safety, Parks and Wildlife Department, and state military forces in the border region. [SB-168]
Relating to the operations of the Department of Public Safety, Parks and Wildlife Department, and state military forces in the border region.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jose Rodriguez Read First Time on 01/25/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to ethyl alcohol monitoring as a condition of community supervision for certain intoxication offenses; authorizing the imposition of costs. [HB-117]
Relating to ethyl alcohol monitoring as a condition of community supervision for certain intoxication offenses; authorizing the imposition of costs.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Rodney Anderson Referred To Criminal Justice on 05/09/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the child support obligation of an obligor during the obligor's confinement in jail or prison. [HB-161]
Relating to the child support obligation of an obligor during the obligor's confinement in jail or prison.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Harold Dutton Received From The House on 05/09/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to public and private school searches of students with parental consent and certain disciplinary measures and other procedures that may arise from such a search. [HB-176]
Relating to public and private school searches of students with parental consent and certain disciplinary measures and other procedures that may arise from such a search.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Raymond Read First Time on 02/14/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the consequences of successfully completing a period of deferred adjudication community supervision. [HB-183]
Relating to the consequences of successfully completing a period of deferred adjudication community supervision.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Harold Dutton Received From The House on 05/10/2017

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