HB 3
| Thompson Huffman | Relating to the imposition of a sentence of life without parole on certain defendants who commit certain sexual offenses. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 25
| Guillen Patrick, Dan | Relating to the carrying of certain weapons in a watercraft. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 218
| Gallego Uresti | Relating to possessing a glass container within the boundaries of certain riverbeds; providing for criminal penalties. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 253
| Hilderbran Nelson | Relating to the protection of children by enforcing compulsory public school attendance requirements, ensuring reports of abuse, protecting children from abuse, ensuring that births are reported, and prosecuting bigamy. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 260
| Hilderbran Patrick, Dan | Relating to the prosecution and punishment of unlawful transport of a person. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 290
| Jackson, Jim Nelson | Relating to the punishment for the offense of employment harmful to children. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 612
| Hopson Nichols | Relating to the criminal penalty for failure of a trustee to pay the beneficiaries of the trust the purchase price for timber sold by the trustee. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 718
| Fletcher Birdwell | Relating to the period in which a person commits the offense of funeral service disruption. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 1043
| Christian Lucio | Relating to creating an offense for engaging in certain conduct relating to cockfighting and to the criminal and civil consequences of committing that offense. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 1137
| Darby Estes | Relating to the transmission of records regarding over-the-counter sales of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and norpseudoephedrine and a person's civil liability for certain acts arising from the sale of those products. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 1199
| Gallego Patrick, Dan | Relating to the penalty for certain intoxication assaults. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 1215
| McClendon Uresti | Relating to the creation of the offense of unauthorized acquisition or transfer of certain financial information. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 1344
| Burkett Deuell | Relating to certain defenses to prosecution for the offense of sale, distribution, or display of harmful material to a minor. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 1529
| Miller, Sid Wentworth | Relating to the offense of fraudulent use or possession of identifying information. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 1666
| Castro Watson | Relating to the prosecution of the offense of online harassment. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 1856
| Woolley Patrick, Dan | Relating to the prosecution of and punishment for the offense of tampering with a witness. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 2014
| Thompson Van de Putte | Relating to certain criminal and civil consequences of trafficking of persons, compelling prostitution, and certain other related criminal offenses and to the prevention, prosecution, and punishment of those offenses. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 2118
| Coleman Estes | Relating to adding certain synthetic compounds to Penalty Group 2 of the Texas Controlled Substances Act. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 2482
| Pena Williams | Relating to the offense of organized retail theft. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 2577
| Miller, Sid Hegar | Relating to the unlawful use of a criminal instrument or mechanical security device. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 3000
| Thompson Van de Putte | Relating to creating the offense of continuous trafficking of persons. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 3384
| Madden Whitmire | Relating to the penalties for repeat and habitual felony offenders. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 3396
| Hernandez Luna Patrick, Dan | Relating to the prosecution of and punishment for the offense of breach of computer security. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 3423
| Lozano Hinojosa | Relating to certain criminal offenses committed in relation to a federal special investigator. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 3474
| Gallego Watson | Relating to the offense of public intoxication. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 24
| Van de Putte Thompson | Relating to the prosecution, punishment, and certain criminal and civil consequences of offenses involving or related to the trafficking of persons and to certain protections for victims of those offenses. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 82
| Nelson Gallego | Relating to the prosecution of the offense of stalking. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 158
| Williams Fletcher | Relating to the fraudulent obtaining of a controlled substance from a practitioner; providing a penalty. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 331
| Shapiro Madden | Relating to adding certain synthetic cannabinoids to Penalty Group 2 of the Texas Controlled Substances Act. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 377
| Huffman Riddle | Relating to the murder of a child as a capital offense. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 407
| Watson Craddick | Relating to the creation of the offense of electronic transmission of certain visual material depicting a minor and to certain educational programs concerning the prevention and awareness of that offense. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 496
| Fraser Hilderbran | Relating to the punishment for the offense of evading arrest or detention. |
| General Remarks: | SUPPORT: Amends evading arrest statute to include fleeing while using a watercraft. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 844
| Patrick, Dan Hunter | Relating to the offense of escape from custody by a person lawfully detained. |
| General Remarks: | CLEAT discovered an appellate court opinion a few years ago that raised questions whether or not a person could be charged with the offense of escape if they escaped when lawfully detained. The court case referred to the “evading arrest or detention” statute and pointed out that the lawfully detained element was not included in the “escape” statute as it is for "evading arrest". For example, if a person is lawfully detained based on reasonable suspicion and placed in the back of a police vehicle while the officer conducts an investigation and the officer returns to find that the person has broken out and fled, could the person be charged with escape since the person was not technically “under arrest” for a specific offense at the time. If the officer did not see the person escape and activily pursue them, then they could not be charged with "evading arrest" either. Also, there was a concern whether or not a person could be charged with the offense of "escape" if they escaped from a police station. The law provides for escape from a "secure correctional facility" which includes prisons or county jails but does not include other facilities. SB 844 addressed these concerns by including the “lawfully detained” element into the escape statute. The bill also clarified that a person could be charged with "escape" if they escape from any “law enforcement facility”. This bill ran into numerous road blocks from defense lawyers and civil liberty organizations throughout the session, but we were able to craft a bill that addressed their concerns and this bill passed during the last week of the session. The bill was signed by the governor and takes effect on September 1, 2011. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 887
| Carona Riddle | Relating to the penalty for theft of an automated teller machine or the contents or components of an automated teller machine. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 1024
| Rodriguez Rodriguez | Relating to the prosecution of the offense of theft of service. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 1043
| Watson Martinez | Relating to the criminal penalty for the discarding of certain burning materials. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 1103
| Carona Carter | Relating to the venue for prosecution of certain theft offenses. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 1273
| Williams Hamilton | Relating to the lawful manufacture, distribution, and possession of and prescriptions for controlled substances under the Texas Controlled Substances Act. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 1331
| Watson Gallego | Relating to criminal offenses regarding the possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages by a minor and providing alcoholic beverages to a minor. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 1416
| Hinojosa Gallego | Relating to the creation of the offense of possession, manufacture, transportation, repair, or sale of a tire deflation device. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 1716
| Duncan Fletcher | Relating to voidability of contracts procured through barratry and liability arising from conduct constituting barratry. |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
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