Criminal Procedure
Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Death penalty; severe mental illness. [HB-1522]
Death penalty; severe mental illness. Provides that a defendant in a capital case who had a severe mental illness, which is defined in the bill, at the time of the offense is not eligible for the death penalty. The bill establishes procedures for determining whether a defendant had a severe mental illness at the time of the offense and provides for the appointment of expert evaluators. When the defendant's severe mental illness is at issue, a determination will be made by the jury, or by the judge in a bench trial, as part of the sentencing proceeding,
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Special conservators of the peace; liability insurance, etc. [HB-1524]
Special conservators of the peace; liability insurance. Requires that each person registered as or seeking registration as a special conservator of the peace be covered by a policy of (i) personal injury liability insurance, (ii) property damage liability insurance, and (iii) miscellaneous casualty insurance that includes professional liability insurance that provides coverage for any activity within the scope of the duties of a special conservator of the peace, in an amount and with coverage for each as fixed by the Criminal Justice Services Board.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to convictions considered for purposes of enhancing the punishment for certain intoxication offenses. [HB-140]
Relating to convictions considered for purposes of enhancing the punishment for certain intoxication offenses.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the recording and disclosure of certain grand jury proceedings that involve a governmental employee. [HB-324]
Relating to the recording and disclosure of certain grand jury proceedings that involve a governmental employee.
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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. [SB-169]
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.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the admissibility of evidence in an asset forfeiture proceeding and the seizure and forfeiture of certain property. [HB-348]
Relating to the admissibility of evidence in an asset forfeiture proceeding and the seizure and forfeiture of certain property.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the recording and disclosure of certain grand jury proceedings that involve a peace officer. [HB-158]
Relating to the recording and disclosure of certain grand jury proceedings that involve a peace officer.
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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. [HB-99]
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.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Personal appearance by two-way electronic video and audio communication. [HB-1513]
Personal appearance by two-way electronic video and audio communication. Requires any court to use two-way electronic video and audio communication, if available, in any pre-trial proceeding to determine bail or representation by counsel that would otherwise require the transportation of a person in order to appear in person before the court. Under current law, only district courts are required to use such communication to conduct these pre-trial proceedings and only if the person would have to be transported from outside the jurisdiction of the
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Presentence reports. [HB-1511]
Presentence reports. Provides that a court shall not order a presentence report in any case in which a defendant is convicted of certain firearms-related crimes that require the imposition of a mandatory minimum sentence, provided that the defendant is convicted of no other crime in the same case.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the expunction of arrest records and files relating to an offense for which an indictment or information was dismissed with prejudice. [HB-346]
Relating to the expunction of arrest records and files relating to an offense for which an indictment or information was dismissed with prejudice.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the extent of a defendant's criminal responsibility for the conduct of another in capital felony cases. [HB-316]
Relating to the extent of a defendant's criminal responsibility for the conduct of another in capital felony cases.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the discharge or waiver of fines and costs imposed on indigent defendants. [HB-50]
Relating to the discharge or waiver of fines and costs imposed on indigent defendants.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to a parent's right to view the body of a deceased child before an autopsy is performed. [SB-239]
Relating to a parent's right to view the body of a deceased child before an autopsy is performed.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the extent of a defendant's criminal responsibility for the conduct of a coconspirator in certain felony cases. [HB-147]
Relating to the extent of a defendant's criminal responsibility for the conduct of a coconspirator in certain felony cases.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Authority of fire chief over unmanned aircraft systems at a fire, etc.; civil liability. [SB-873]
Authority of fire chief over immediate airspace at a fire, explosion, or uncontrolled release of hazardous materials. Includes immediate airspace under the current authority of the fire chief or other officer in charge of maintaining order where there is imminent danger or the actual occurrence of fire or explosion or the uncontrolled release of hazardous materials that threaten life or property.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the appointment of guardians ad litem and guardians. [HB-125]
Relating to the appointment of guardians ad litem and guardians.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to require a court to provide notice to the attorney general of a challenge to the constitutionality of a state statute and authorizing the legislature to prescribe a waiting period before the court may enter a judgment holding the statute unconstitutional. [SJR-6]
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to require a court to provide notice to the attorney general of a challenge to the constitutionality of a state statute and authorizing the legislature to prescribe a waiting period before the court may enter a judgment holding the statute unconstitutional.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the expunction of arrest records and files for certain veterans and the waiver of fees and costs charged for the expunction and to the eligibility of certain victims of trafficking of persons for an order of nondisclosure. [HB-322]
Relating to the expunction of arrest records and files for certain veterans and the waiver of fees and costs charged for the expunction and to the eligibility of certain victims of trafficking of persons for an order of nondisclosure.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the establishment, operation, and funding of victim-offender mediation programs; authorizing fees. [HB-72]
Relating to the establishment, operation, and funding of victim-offender mediation programs; authorizing fees.