Criminal Procedure
Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Testimony of law-enforcement officer; failure of body-worn camera. [HB-1613]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Data Privacy ]
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
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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]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Relating to the issuance of a citation or notice to appear for certain misdemeanors punishable by a fine only.
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South Dakota 2017 Regular Session
Revise certain provisions regarding the interception of certain communications. [HB-1028]
[Crime ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[National Security ]
[Public Safety ]
Revise certain provisions regarding the interception of certain communications.
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South Dakota 2017 Regular Session
Revise the state automated victim notification system. [SB-26]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Revise the state automated victim notification system.
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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]
[Telecommunications ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorize background investigations for current and potential employees of the Bureau of Information and Telecommunications and information technology contractors and subcontractors.
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South Dakota 2017 Regular Session
Revise the exceptions to presumptive probation. [SB-28]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Revise the exceptions to presumptive probation.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles, Department of; disclosure of photographs, search warrant. [HB-1614]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Data Privacy ]
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.
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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]
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[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
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.
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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]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Relating to the duties of a magistrate to inform an arrested person of consequences of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere.
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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]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
Relating to decreasing the fee for the issuance of an original or renewed license to carry a handgun.
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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]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Law Enforcement ]
As enacted, prohibits a person charged with incest from participating in judicial diversion. - Amends TCA Section 40-35-313.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Invasion of privacy; civil action, damages, attorney fees and costs. [HB-1602]
[Data Privacy ]
[Drones ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Public Safety ]
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
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to judicial review of protective orders and the duration of those orders. [HB-472]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Relating to judicial review of protective orders and the duration of those orders.
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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]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Crime ]
[Human Rights ]
[Human Services ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Relating to the confidentiality of home address information of certain victims of family violence, sexual assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking of persons.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to judicial review of protective orders and the duration of those orders. [SB-257]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Relating to judicial review of protective orders and the duration of those orders.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Defendants; transportation order from correctional facility. [HB-1579]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Transportation order for defendant held in correctional facility. Requires the court or clerk, upon request of the attorney for the Commonwealth or counsel for the defendant, to issue a transportation order for a defendant to be brought to court from a correctional facility.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Appeal to Supreme Court; time frame for filing of petition. [SB-946]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Appeal to Supreme Court; time frame for filing of petition. Expresses the time frame within which petitions for appeal from a final judgment of a trial court or the State Corporation Commission to the Supreme Court shall be filed, currently expressed in months, in an equivalent number of days. As introduced, the bill is a recommendation of the Judicial Council.
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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. [HB-429]
[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 admissibility of certain evidence relating to climate change or global warming in certain criminal cases. [HB-420]
[Climate Change ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Environmental ]
Relating to the admissibility of certain evidence relating to climate change or global warming in certain criminal cases.
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to providing certain information to criminal defendants charged with certain drug offenses before a plea is entered. [HB-419]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Overdose Prevention ]
Relating to providing certain information to criminal defendants charged with certain drug offenses before a plea is entered.