Bills: HB375, HB986, HB1098, SCR35, SB97, SB123, SB466

Keywords: liability, regional transit, streetcars, trolley cars, motor vehicles, HB986, vehicular homicide, child support, surviving child, minor child, parent killed in crash, criminal restitution, family law, Louisiana child support schedule, R.S. 9:315.48, R.S. 14:32.1, victim compensation, traffic fatality, wrongful death, sentencing enhancement

Bills: HB85, HB94, HB276, HB323, HB374, HB586, HB656, HB998, HB1204, SB42, SB46, SB51, SB87, SB110, SB154

Keywords: animal abuse, registry, law enforcement, felony offenses, public notification, firearms, due process, confiscation, law-abiding citizen, government funding, self-defense, bail, contradictory bail hearing, Gwen's Law, pretrial detention, criminal procedure, child sexual abuse, child rape, sexual battery, oral sexual battery

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• criminal justice and recommitted here, because we went from the Code of Criminal Procedure to the public
• of employees of criminal justice agencies.
• So that’s why we moved it from the Code of Criminal Procedure initially, the way the bill was filed,
• of a criminal justice agency contained in the criminal history records of the employee.” closed simply
• of a criminal justice agency contained in the criminal history records of the employee.

Bills: HR9, HB709, HB1011, HB1057, HB1186, HB1245, HB1247, SB49, SB425, SB479

Keywords: human rights, individual liberties, Magna Carta, constitutionalism, free speech, Uniform Construction Code, building code, construction code, inspector licensing, building inspectors, plans examiners, public inspector, private inspector, private inspector company, building official, code enforcement, Louisiana Uniform Construction Code Commission, state fire marshal, International Building Code, International Residential Code

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• The defendant's court already has discretion under Article 43.09 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to
• the Department of... ...of criminal justice, additional language was proposed.
• Article 46B.084 of the Code of Criminal Procedure establishes procedures for returning restored defendants
• The Code of Criminal Procedure allows this treatment to occur in different counties if the necessary
• to address the escalation of related criminal activities. in the commission of the offense.

Bills: HB47, HB171, HB285, HB305, HB449, HB908, HB1024, HB1306, HB1443, HB1445, HB1741, HB1866, HB1902, HB2001, HB2282, HB2355, HB2492, HB2637, HB2697, HB3464, HB4263, HB4996, HB5667, HB47, HB171, HB285, HB305

Keywords: sexual assault, victim rights, forensic examination, medical care, trauma-informed care, crime victims compensation, evidence retention, chemical dependency, court-ordered treatment, mental health, health care, treatment facility, juvenile justice, criminal justice reform, animal cruelty, nonlivestock, prosecution, veterinary defense, animal welfare, pretrial hearings

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• I'm the Director of Public Policy and Advocacy for the Arc of Texas, and I'm here in strong support of
• I'm here on behalf of the Texas Association of Business.
• We did not touch a single level of any of the SPED programs.
• We're also supportive of the inclusion of language that prohibits the District of Innovation plans from
• Well, in that situation, you have kind of three tiers of folks.

Bills: HB1022, HB2856, HB3114, HJR5, HB6, HB120, HB210, HB1458, HB1188, HB3126

Keywords: HB 1022, Sul Ross State University, Rio Grande College, Texas State University System, Education Code, higher education, course levels, upper-level college, lower-division courses, community college-style courses, Del Rio, Eagle Pass, Uvalde, Board of Regents, academic programs, university expansion, HB 2856, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, clinical training placements, clinical rotations

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• Young people who are accused of criminal legal activity, who are ultimately acquitted or whose charges
• We can verify that Government Code 21.02 allows fines and jail time for Justices of the Peace and others
• The addition of disruption as a reason for out-of-school suspension of a pre-K to second grade student
• We even offer maritime business because of our proximity to the Port of Brownsville.
• HB3114 is the companion of HB2076, which we heard and voted out of this committee.

Bills: HB1022, HB2856, HB3114, HJR5, HB6, HB120, HB210, HB1458, HB1188, HB3126

Keywords: HB 1022, Sul Ross State University, Rio Grande College, Texas State University System, Education Code, higher education, course levels, upper-level college, lower-division courses, community college-style courses, Del Rio, Eagle Pass, Uvalde, Board of Regents, academic programs, university expansion, HB 2856, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, clinical training placements, clinical rotations

Bills: HB78, HB112, HB190, HB292, HB410, HB427, HB437

Keywords: jurisdiction, city court, Bogalusa, civil law, court limit, Louisiana, child relocation, custody, mileage measurement, co-parenting, Louisiana law, software, computer programs, standard of care, liability, design, development, manufacture, sale, security deposit

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• is not criminal and is not subject to prosecution under the laws of Alabama.
• That use of force cannot be criminal.
• Barn spoke of, you know, what's constitutional is not criminal, and what's unconstitutional is criminal
• Um, look, I'm really more familiar with the criminal aspects of the bill.
• and civil procedure and... create criminal and civil procedure and stick it into the actual law instead

Bills: SB156, SB134, SB108, SB47, SB88, SB89, SB106, SB18, SB9, HB38, HB54

Keywords: habitual felony offender, resentencing, Alabama Department of Corrections, victim notification, criminal justice reform, life sentences, parole eligibility, pardon, parole, law enforcement, GPS monitoring, data sharing, mail theft, stolen mail, criminal penalties, personally identifying information, felony, misdemeanor, expungement, criminal records

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• Please keep your remarks within the confines of the subject matter of the bill.
• These two systems are very different in terms of the protections and procedures that are involved within
• Criminal justice reform is a focus on locking people up that we're scared of, not people we're mad at
• It's a statement of values.
• of House Bill 4923.

Bills: HB1821, HB1822, HB1943, HB3882, HB4263, HB4476, HB4628, HB4631, HB4885, HB4923, HB5461, HB5483, HB5525

Keywords: juvenile records, sealing, privacy, criminal justice, youth rehabilitation, legal procedures, juvenile court, record sealing, nondisclosure, age jurisdiction, criminal justice reform, juvenile board, compensation, Winkler County, juvenile justice, county funding, grants, career education, technical programs, workforce development

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• I won't belabor the criminal portion of this but will hit the highlights of both.
• The remainder of the bill addresses the criminal aspects of deed fraud and...
• And theft of title, with a couple of minor exceptions, is exactly the same bill that we voted out of
• And of course, the person ultimately got criminal charges against him. But those are...
• It also will have its own DPS code so that you can track the incidences of deed fraud.

Bills: SB15, SB 15

Keywords: real property, fraud, theft, elderly, disabled, statute of limitations, criminal offense, property rights, law enforcement, department file, employee records, misconduct, confidentiality, Texas occupations code, 1185, senate, all

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• Last week by Chairman Cook relating to the eligibility of certain criminal defendants for an order of
• non-disclosure of criminal history recorded information.
• Those sorts of things involve the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
• Assistance Division within the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and the Texas Board of Criminal
• the presiding judge of the... ...Criminal Court of Appeals.

Bills: SB663, SB958

Keywords: community supervision, budget approval, corrections department, strategic plan, judicial oversight, SB 958, Texas Government Code, nondisclosure, order of nondisclosure, criminal history record information, trafficking of persons, human trafficking, compelling prostitution, survivor rights, record sealing, expunction, deferred adjudication, prostitution, controlled substances, theft

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• Before 1939, the rules of civil procedure were basically in statute.
• The legislature adopted the rules of civil procedure as statute.
• Law that dealt with civil procedure. That was the intent of the bill.
• As before, this bill builds on prior initiatives that criminalized the non-consensual distribution of
• Oftentimes, what we are finding is that we don't have a lot of criminal hooks that we can put into our

Bills: HB4922, HB4713, HB4256, HB872, HB1571, HB4266, HB4559, SB251, SB441, SB1719

Keywords: healthcare liability, emergency medical care, standard of proof, negligence, legal reforms, Texas General Arbitration Act, arbitration, binding arbitration, statute of limitations, limitations period, tolling, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, Section 16.073, alternative dispute resolution, ADR, civil procedure, lawsuit filing, court jurisdiction, Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence, procedural law

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• concerned about the impact of this legislation on our communities. main issues: immigration, criminal
• I want to speak to the criminal justice aspect of this bill.
• Y'all ever heard of V-coding?
• I think many of you have served on the Criminal Justice Committee.
• The Court of Criminal Appeals struck down that law on grounds that it violated the separation of powers

Bills: SB6, SB7, SB8, SB11, SB12, SB13, SB15, SB 6, SB 7, SB 8, SB 11, SB 12, SB 13, SB 15, SB 17

Keywords: SB 6, Woman and Child Protection Act, abortion, abortion-inducing drugs, medication abortion, mifepristone, misoprostol, pro-life, pro-choice, Texas abortion law, civil liability, qui tam, private enforcement, bounty hunter law, attorney general, parens patriae, abortion litigation, anti-SLAPP, Texas Citizens Participation Act, fee shifting

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• Chapter 32 of Texas Penal Code corruption has chapter 36.
• The Substitute Amends Penal Code, Section 2205, is in effect until the end of the year.
• this code or a similar statute. is a reasonable application of criminal law when officers have violated
• Section 9 of the Penal Code provides justifications for certain types of criminal acts, which would normally
• be criminal acts, including the use of force and deadly force.

Bills: HB2034, HB2436, HB3010, HB3033, HB3138, HB3177, HB3426, HB3686, HB3858, HB4176, HB4257, HB4264, HB4804, HCR98

Keywords: groundwater, foreign ownership, national security, water permits, environmental health, deadly conduct, firearm, recklessness, peace officer, prosecution, Penal Code, Texas laws, disaster recovery, infrastructure, rural communities, grants, state funding, emergency management, HB 3033, Texas Department of Public Safety

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• Then, 42A.055, and for the record, this is of the Code of Criminal Procedure, lays out when a jury can
• They list a lot of different sections of 4904, 4905, and 4906 of the Penal Code.
• At this time, the chair calls up Jason Clark with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice as a resource
• Only the Texas Department of Criminal Justice is able to monitor program participation and disciplinary
• HB2341 simply authorizes the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to grant the diligent participation

Bills: HB1482, HB2017, HB2103, HB2341, HB2756

Keywords: community supervision, repeat offenders, intoxication, Texas Penal Code, criminal justice reform, intoxication manslaughter, criminal penalties, mandatory supervision, parole eligibility, Grayson's Law, mental health, trauma, jailers, law enforcement, occupational health, diligent participation, state jail felony, time credits, rehabilitation programs, de-escalation

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• Chief of Operations, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, as a resource witness.
• Again, Bobby Lumpkin, Chief Operations Officer for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
• Thank you for your time, Chief of Operations at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, and you're
• 10 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
• On September 2nd, 2022, Keith Brazier was released from the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal

Bills: HB1482, HB2017, HB2103, HB2341, HB2756

Keywords: community supervision, repeat offenders, intoxication, Texas Penal Code, criminal justice reform, intoxication manslaughter, criminal penalties, mandatory supervision, parole eligibility, Grayson's Law, mental health, trauma, jailers, law enforcement, occupational health, diligent participation, state jail felony, time credits, rehabilitation programs, de-escalation

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• I want to remind some that we passed this bill out of this committee and out of the Senate a couple of
• Senate Bill 1540 is a bill that is proposing changes to the Oklahoma Criminal Code.
• Things already criminal? Some of those would be.
• But, by simply making a proposal for any of these things, isn't that already criminal?
• Is what I'm assuming that's a whole another section of criminal law.

Bills: SB1450, SB1458, SB1232, SB1238, SB1325, SB1209, SB1362, SB2072, SB1451, SB1540, SB1581, SB1535, SB1266, SB1927, SB1460, SB2084, SB2182

Keywords: criminal court costs, court fees, fines, assessments, waiver, ability to pay, indigent defendants, post-release relief, probation compliance, parole, deferred sentence, suspended sentence, restitution, child support, municipal court, district court, criminal justice reform, court debt, legal financial obligations, fee waiver

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• …and ensure the Public Utility Commission of Texas can access federal criminal history records as needed
• Does that mean some sort of proprietary coding, or are we talking about an oven with a timer on it?
• And casualty anti-rebating statutes by moving them out of Chapter 541 of the insurance code to a new
• separate section of the insurance code, creating its own code regarding this.
• These criminals post on social media, as mentioned already, in search of their accomplices.

Bills: HB106, HB144, HB145, HB252, HB1732, HB2221, HB2467, HB2468, HB2517, HB2518, HB2963, HB3016, HB3689, HB3960, HB4386, HB4490, HB4751, HB5247, HJR175, HB2213, HB106, HB144, HB145, HB252

Keywords: HB 106, oil and gas, Railroad Commission of Texas, overhead electrical lines, electrical distribution system, power line maintenance, administrative penalty, Natural Resources Code, oil and gas lease, well operator, energy safety, utility infrastructure, regulatory compliance, cleanup fund, oil and gas regulation and cleanup fund, production safety, leasehold operations, electric utility, distribution poles, inspection

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• I did a little tour yesterday of the State House, and I don't know which one of the meeting rooms will
• But that is the gist of the bill.
• duplicative of long-standing FDA policy. duplicative of long-standing FDA policy.
• So, this is, uh, the chairman of the board of the Medical Association.
• So, this is, uh, the chairman of the board of the Medical Association.

Bills: HB139, HB172, HB156

Keywords: HB139, Alabama discrimination, civil rights, public accommodations, employment discrimination, equal access, protected classes, race discrimination, sex discrimination, religious discrimination, age discrimination, disability discrimination, national origin discrimination, school board discrimination, labor organization, employment agency, retaliation, private right of action, punitive damages, attorney fees

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• And I think for probably all of us, there's just a lot of anxiety.
• Our anxiousness, we've all, a lot of us have been away from our homes for most of this year and.
• Dean of the Senate moves to excuse Senator Eckhardt on matters of important family business.
• Dean of the Senate moves to excuse Senators Miles and West on account of important business.
• Dean of the Senate moves to dispense with the reading of yesterday's journal. Is there objection?

Bills: SB 2, SB 3, SB 10, SB 16, SB 5, SB 9, SB 7, SB 17, SB 4, SB 19, SB 54, HB23, HB17, HB16, SB19, SB53, SB54, HB16, HB17, HB23, HB27, SB9, SB7, SB17, SB4, SB2, SB3, SB10, SB16, SB5

Keywords: flash flood, flood warning, outdoor warning siren, emergency alert, disaster preparedness, flood mitigation, Hill Country floods, Texas Water Development Board, municipalities, counties, local government mandate, public safety, grant program, backup power, weather siren, emergency management, flood-prone area, warning system, real property theft, real property fraud