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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Jurisprudence Mar 25th, 2025

Criminal Jurisprudence

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  • And so an extraneous offense may or may not be admitted at trial.
  • And even though most, and I don't know if it's true or not, maybe it is, most of the people that are.
  • And we also know that sexual offenses are often opportunistic.
  • I'm going to use the extraneous offenses.
  • It's any bad sexual behavior, so sexual offenses.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Jurisprudence Mar 25th, 2025

Criminal Jurisprudence

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  • The subcommittee will consider bills related to new offenses and changes in penalty for existing offenses
  • That we vote on are consistent and meet a pattern that is relative to the severity of the offense.
  • Okay, so it is the Subcommittee on New Offenses and Changed Penalties.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Criminal Judiciary Feb 10th, 2026 at 03:00 pm

Criminal Judiciary

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  • a penalty for the third offense for subsequent petty larcenies.
  • Anything above $900 would be a felony for the first offense.
  • On the third offense, it will turn into a felony at any amount.
  • list, where those offenses would stay on the list.
  • It would take two offenses before you would go on the sex registry.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Criminal Judiciary Feb 10th, 2026

Criminal Judiciary

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  • Anything above $900 will be a felony first offense.
  • Anything below that will be a misdemeanor for your first two offenses.
  • That would be a first offense; you would go on the sex registry list, and those offenses, you stay on
  • So that offense...
  • So that offense there would also be a, it would take two convictions of that offense before you would
Summary: The committee considered a series of criminal justice bills, many of them focused on penalties for theft, public safety, and offenses involving foreign ownership or riot-related conduct. House Bill 3765, as amended, increased the punishment from two to five years for certain felony conduct involving unlawfully acquired foreign land ownership, and was reported do pass. House Bill 4324, a prosecutor-initiated resentencing bill, was also reported do pass after brief explanation and no opposition. Other bills approved included HB 3678, expanding the definition of public officials to cover municipal and public school board members for purposes of harassment/intimidation protections; HB 417, increasing penalties for theft causing environmental damage from crude oil or gasoline; HB 3495, criminalizing straw purchases of land for foreign nationals; HB 3040, expanding “zone of safety” protections for children by adding places like skating rinks, youth recreation centers, pools, arcades, amusement parks, and water parks; HB 362, extending firearm-carry authority to retired municipal judges; HB 4140, creating a uniform felony penalty for firearm theft and possession of stolen firearms; HB 4106, lowering the grand larceny threshold to $900 and adding penalties for repeat petty larceny; HB 4109, creating a duty to report certain crime-related evidence and circumstances at hospitals and other facilities; and HB 4104, restructuring peeping-tom/voyeurism offenses and sex-offender registration consequences. Several of these bills were amended before passage, including HB 4106 and HB 4104, and HB 3581 was taken up later with a committee substitute and amendment before discussion of its riot-related provisions. The committee also laid over HB 3497 and HB 4142, and adjourned after reporting the remaining bills out with mostly unanimous or near-unanimous votes, typically do pass or do pass as amended.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee Feb 26th, 2025

Public Safety and Homeland Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • Title 13A is the criminal law code, which is where most of the criminal acts are.
  • … Do you have an… Most other… Do you have an amendment for this bill?
  • Any offense if you're charged with murder. All right, Representative Morris.
  • It's my understanding that most of the time it...
  • Understanding that most of the time it takes a lot to elevate those crimes to murder, and most of those
OK
Summary: The House convened, completed the roll call, prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance, and then moved through routine business including second-reading referrals and committee reassignments. Senate Bill 1627 and Senate Bill 625 were withdrawn from their prior committees and assigned to Rules. The chamber also recognized Dr. James David Campbell as Doctor of the Day and Courtney Copen as Nurse of the Day. Members held several floor presentations honoring the Choctaw High School drama team for winning the 2025 OSSAA 6A-1 one-act play state championship and related speech and debate honors, and the Arapaho-Butler Lady Indians for winning the 2025 Class A fast-pitch softball state championship. A proclamation was read designating March 31, 2026, as Affordable Housing Day, highlighting Oklahoma’s housing shortage and the economic impact of the state’s affordable housing tax credit program. The House adopted House Resolution 1041, which supports designation of a nuclear lifecycle innovation campus in Oklahoma, after Representative Archer explained the measure and requested unanimous consent. During announcements, members noted Transgender Day of Visibility, committee meeting changes, a rural caucus meeting, a public health meeting, and a Capitol devotion. The House then adjourned without objection until Wednesday, April 1, 2026, at 1:30 p.m.