Criminal Jurisprudence

Relating to procedures related to juvenile justice proceedings, the treatment of children placed in or committed to a juvenile facility, and certain offenses or conduct committed by a child or by a person placed in or committed to certain juvenile facilities; changing the eligibility for community supervision.

Out of committee

Relating to certain criminal offenses involving mail or a mail receptacle key or lock; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.

Out of committee

Relating to certain procedures in connection with a bond forfeiture.

Out of committee

Relating to the monitoring of certain family violence offenders, the provision of resources for family violence victims, and the collection of information about conditions of bond imposed in family violence cases and certain other criminal cases.

Out of committee

Relating to the admissibility of evidence regarding a victim's past sexual behavior in prosecutions of certain trafficking, sexual, or assaultive offenses.

Out of committee

Relating to sexual assault and other sex offenses.

Out of committee

Relating to extreme risk protective orders; creating criminal offenses.

In committee

Relating to the repeal of the offense of homosexual conduct.

In committee

Relating to the duty of a magistrate to make written findings in certain criminal proceedings.

Out of committee

Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds to pay bail bonds.

In committee

Relating to prosecution and punishment of certain criminal offenses prohibiting sexually explicit visual material involving depictions of children, computer-generated children, or other persons; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties.

Out of committee

Relating to the punishment for the offense of aggravated assault.

In committee

Relating to the criminal penalties for possession or delivery of marihuana concentrate.

In committee

Relating to the use of metal or body armor while committing certain offenses; increasing a criminal penalty.

Out of committee

Relating to postconviction applications for a writ of habeas corpus.

Out of committee

Relating to the release on personal bond of certain defendants charged with a misdemeanor or state jail felony.

In committee

Relating to the dismissal of a criminal case by the attorney representing the state.

In committee

Relating to committing the criminal offense of endangering a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual by engaging in certain conduct involving a controlled substance listed in Penalty Group 1-B of the Texas Controlled Substances Act.

Out of committee

Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of possession, promotion, or production of certain obscene visual material appearing to depict a child.

Out of committee

Relating to the punishment for the offense of trafficking of persons.

Out of committee

Relating to the prosecution and punishment for the offense of trafficking of persons; increasing a criminal penalty.

Out of committee

Relating to the retention and preservation of toxicological evidence of certain intoxication offenses.

Out of committee

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain violations of certain court orders or conditions of bond in cases involving family violence, child abuse or neglect, sexual assault or abuse, indecent assault, stalking, or trafficking.

Out of committee

Relating to the prosecution of the offenses of trafficking of persons, continuous trafficking of persons, and compelling prostitution.

Out of committee

Relating to extreme risk protective orders; creating criminal offenses.

In committee

Relating to the definition of a designated law enforcement office or agency for purposes of certain laws governing the installation and use of tracking equipment and access to certain communications.

Out of committee

Relating to qualifications, training, removal, and supervision of certain masters, magistrates, referees, associate judges, and hearing officers.

Out of committee

Relating to the prosecution of certain criminal offenses prohibiting sexually explicit visual material involving an anatomically correct doll, mannequin, or robot that has the features of a child.

In committee

Relating to the prosecution of certain criminal offenses involving the unlawful disclosure of a residence address or telephone number.

Out of committee

Relating to the prosecution of the offense of theft of service.

Out of committee

Relating to creating the criminal offense of promotion or possession of a child-like sex doll.

Out of committee

Relating to jury instructions regarding parole eligibility and the release on parole of certain inmates convicted of an offense committed when younger than 18 years of age; changing parole eligibility.

Out of committee

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of stealing or receiving a stolen check or similar sight order.

Out of committee

Relating to civil and criminal liability for the unlawful disclosure or promotion of intimate visual material.

In committee

Relating to the procedures for the expunction of arrest records and files; authorizing a fee.

Out of committee

Relating to the rights of victims of sexual assault and other sex offenses, the offense of continuous sexual abuse, and the prosecution, punishment, and collateral consequences of certain sex offenses; creating a criminal offense; increasing criminal penalties; changing the eligibility for community supervision, mandatory supervision, and parole for persons convicted of certain sex offenses.

Out of committee

Relating to the compensation of counsel appointed to provide representation and services to indigent individuals in criminal and juvenile proceedings.

Out of committee

Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of invasive visual recording and the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to that offense.

Out of committee

Relating to the composition, duties, and personnel of the Moore County Juvenile Board.

Out of committee

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for making certain false reports and to restitution for emergency response costs associated with those false reports.

In committee

Relating to the procedures and practices of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department regarding grievances submitted by department employees and former department employees and to the eligibility of a person to be appointed to the department's release review panel and the authority of a panel member.

Out of committee

Relating to access to the crime laboratory portal.

Out of committee

Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for forgery.

Out of committee

Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds to pay bail bonds; authorizing injunctive relief.

Out of committee

Relating to the participation of certain juvenile justice entities in the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) Grant Program.

Out of committee

Relating to the prosecution of the offense of cruelty to nonlivestock animals.

Out of committee

Relating to creating the criminal offense of operating a premises for unlawful controlled substance consumption.

In committee

Relating to the time period for conducting pretrial hearings after a criminal defendant has been restored to competency.

Out of committee

Relating to credit toward payment of fines and costs for certain defendants.

Out of committee

Relating to creating a criminal offense for interfering with a motor fuel metering device or motor fuel unattended payment terminal and the prosecution of certain organized criminal activity.

Out of committee

Relating to the prosecution of the offense of sexual assault.

In committee

Relating to the disclosure of certain information by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.

Out of committee

Relating to the offense of failure to report child abuse or neglect by certain professionals and the statute of limitations for that offense; harmonizing other statute of limitations provisions.

Out of committee

Relating to personal bond offices, to the notification provided to a judge regarding tampering with an electronic monitoring device while released on bond or community supervision, and to the availability of certain information regarding a person required to submit to an electronic monitoring program or being supervised by a community supervision and corrections department.

Out of committee

Relating to the prosecution of the offense of invasive visual recording in a lactation room.

In committee

Relating to the affirmative defense to prosecution for a criminal offense for persons acting under duress.

In committee

Relating to the amount of the reimbursement fee paid by a defendant for a peace officer's services in executing or processing an arrest warrant, capias, or capias pro fine.

Out of committee

Relating to the definition of authorized peace officer for purposes of certain laws governing the installation and use of tracking equipment and access to certain communications.

Out of committee

Relating to the offense of sexual assault and to the rights of crime victims, including the enforcement of certain rights of sexual assault victims; authorizing a civil penalty.

Out of committee

Relating to the admissibility of certain hearsay statements in the prosecution of certain sexual or assaultive offenses committed against a child or person with a disability.

In committee

Relating to enhancing the criminal penalty for the offense of intoxication manslaughter in certain circumstances.

Out of committee

Relating to the admissibility of certain hearsay statements in the adjudication of certain sexual or assaultive offenses committed against a child or a person with a disability.

Out of committee

Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of false caller identification information display.

In committee

Relating to the unlawful production or distribution of sexually explicit images or videos using deep fake technology; increasing a criminal penalty.

In committee

Relating to creating the criminal offense of trespass on or near school or day-care center property.

Out of committee

Relating to certain statutes of limitations for criminal offenses, including the statute of limitations for the offense of improper relationship between educator and student, and to the applicability of sex offender registration requirements for the offense of improper relationship between educator and student.

Out of committee

Relating to the period within which the Texas Juvenile Justice Department must accept custody of a person committed to the department and to the consequences for the failure of the department to accept custody of the person within that period.

Out of committee

Relating to the video recording of a deposition taken of the testimony of certain elderly or disabled persons in a criminal case.

Out of committee

Relating to restitution and compensation paid to victims of certain offenses for tattoo removal related to the offense.

Out of committee

Relating to the release of certain defendants detained in jail pending trial.

Out of committee

Relating to prosecution and punishment of certain criminal offenses prohibiting sexually explicit visual material involving children or other persons; increasing a criminal penalty.

In committee

Relating to prohibiting carrying a firearm while intoxicated; creating a criminal offense.

In committee

Relating to the placement of children in a detention or correctional facility according to biological sex.

Out of committee

Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for delivery of a controlled substance in Penalty Group 1-B to a child.

In committee

Relating to certain pretrial hearings for defendants charged with certain controlled substance offenses and the expunction of all records and files related to arrests for certain controlled substance offenses.

Out of committee

Relating to an application for a writ of habeas corpus based on certain relevant scientific evidence that was not available at the applicant's trial.

In committee

Relating to the unlawful production or distribution of sexually explicit media using deep fake technology.

Out of committee

Relating to abolishing the death penalty.

In committee

Relating to extreme risk protective orders; creating criminal offenses.

In committee

Relating to the confidentiality of identifying information of victims of certain offenses.

Out of committee

Relating to policies and standards for providing legal representation to indigent defendants in certain capital felony cases.

Out of committee

Relating to a subpoena to compel the attendance of certain peace officers who are witnesses in a misdemeanor case punishable by fine only.

In committee

Relating to human trafficking, prostitution, and child pornography and to the prosecution of sexual or assaultive offenses or the prosecution of a failure to stop or report those offenses; amending and harmonizing certain statute of limitations provisions; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.

Out of committee

Relating to the use of a social media platform in furtherance of an offense involving the delivery of a controlled substance; increasing criminal penalties.

Out of committee

Relating to the disclosure or release of certain information received by the attorney general regarding an application for compensation from the crime victims' compensation fund.

Out of committee

Relating to the chairman of the juvenile board of Parker County.

Out of committee

Relating to orders of nondisclosure for certain victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution.

In committee

Relating to the operation of a motor vehicle in a school crossing zone while intoxicated; increasing a criminal penalty.

Out of committee

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the failure of certain sex offenders to comply with sex offender registration requirements.

Out of committee

Relating to the period during which an order for emergency protection remains in effect.

Out of committee

Relating to the imposition of consecutive sentences for more than one criminal offense of injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual arising out of the same criminal episode.

In committee

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of burglary of a vehicle and to grants of community supervision to persons who commit that offense.

In committee

Relating to the punishment for the criminal offense of attempted capital murder of a peace officer; increasing a criminal penalty; changing eligibility for parole and mandatory supervision.

Out of committee

Relating to rights of a victim, guardian of a victim, or close relative of a deceased victim in certain criminal cases involving family violence, sexual or assaultive offenses, stalking, or a violation of a protective order or condition of bond and to the duration of certain protective orders.

Out of committee

Relating to the prosecution of the offense of sexual assault.

Out of committee

Relating to certain sentencing procedures in a capital case.

In committee

Relating to creating the criminal offense of jugging.

Out of committee

Relating to victims of sex offenses, sex-based human trafficking offenses, or acts of a sexual nature and to the confidentiality of or restrictions on the availability of certain property, material, or information regarding those victims, offenses, or acts.

Out of committee

Relating to abolishing the death penalty.

In committee

Relating to the provision of information regarding an arrested person and the victim of the offense to a magistrate for purposes of an order for emergency protection.

Out of committee