HB 78
| Flynn Williams | Relating to the purchase of food and beverages by certain state law enforcement agencies for peace officer training functions. |
| Track Code(s): | LE |
| Last Action: | 6-17-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 215
| Gallego Ellis | Relating to photograph and live lineup identification procedures in criminal cases. |
| General Remarks: | WATCH: Requires Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management Institute to develop a model policy for photograph and live lineup identification procedures. Agencies would have to adopt a policy that conforms to the model policy. |
| Track Code(s): | @11L, @12, CBW, CWJ, LE, MG, PROC, WAT |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 359
| Allen Lucio | Relating to the use of corporal punishment in public schools. |
| General Remarks: | WATCH: SB 536 added as a Senate floor amendment. Requires reports to be filed relating to the use of restraint by school district peace officers or school resource officers on school property or at school-related activities. |
| Track Code(s): | CBW, CWJ, LE, MG, WAT |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 442
| Guillen Williams | Relating to the establishment of an emergency radio infrastructure account. |
| Track Code(s): | LE |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 530
| Shelton Davis, Wendy | Relating to the definition of local law enforcement authority for purposes of the sex offender registration program. |
| Track Code(s): | LE, PROC |
| Last Action: | 6-17-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 1070
| Scott Hinojosa | Relating to the taking of a defendant's bail bond by county jailers. |
| General Remarks: | SUPPORT: Allows jailers to accept bail bonds. |
| Track Code(s): | (nc), CBW, CWJ, FOR, LE, MG, PROC |
| Last Action: | 6-17-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 1075
| Anderson, Rodney Davis, Wendy | Relating to the consolidation of certain alert systems into a single statewide alert system and to the addition of other factors that will prompt an alert under the consolidated system. |
| Track Code(s): | (nc) (Support), @12, CBW (Support), CWJ (Support), FOR (Support), LE (Support), MG (Support) |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 1116
| Harper-Brown Shapiro | Relating to prohibiting the sale and use of certain radar interference devices. |
| Track Code(s): | (nc), CBW, CWJ, LE, MG, TRAF |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 1173
| Riddle Huffman | Relating to the release on bond of certain persons arrested for a misdemeanor without a warrant in certain counties. |
| Track Code(s): | LE, PROC |
| 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. |
| Track Code(s): | CRIM, LE, PROC |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 1254
| Pickett Rodriguez | Relating to consideration of the consolidation of school district peace officers and security personnel in certain counties. |
| Track Code(s): | (nc), CBW, CWJ, LE, MG, WAT |
| Last Action: | 5-28-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 1386
| Coleman Ellis | Relating to the public health threat presented by youth suicide and to the prevention of associated discrimination, harassment, bullying, and cyberbullying. |
| Track Code(s): | LE |
| Last Action: | 6-17-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 1541
| McClendon Wentworth | Relating to the prevention of automobile burglary and theft. |
| General Remarks: | SUPPORT: Senate amendment funds Auto Theft Prevention Account in Department of Motor Vehicles. |
| Track Code(s): | (nc) (Support), @11L (Support), @12 (Support), CBW (Support), CWJ (Support), FOR (Support), LE (Support), MG (Support) |
| 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. |
| Track Code(s): | (nc), CRIM, LE, TABC |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 2490
| Solomons Carona | Relating to the regulation of certain metal dealers. |
| Track Code(s): | LE |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 3324
| McClendon Watson | Relating to intelligence data standards and protected personal information. |
| Track Code(s): | LE |
| Last Action: | 6-17-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 3423
| Lozano Hinojosa | Relating to certain criminal offenses committed in relation to a federal special investigator. |
| Track Code(s): | (nc) (Support), CBW (Support), CRIM (Support), CWJ (Support), FOR (Support), LE (Support), MG (Support) |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 3439
| Raymond Rodriguez | Relating to missing children and missing persons. |
| Track Code(s): | LE, PROC |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
HB 3815
| Lewis Seliger | Relating to the authority of the Ector County Hospital District to employ and commission peace officers. |
| Track Code(s): | 212, CBW, CWJ, LE, MG, WAT |
| Last Action: | 6-17-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 150
| West Miller, Sid | Relating to granting limited state law enforcement authority to special agents of the Office of Inspector General of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. |
| Track Code(s): | 212, CBW, CWJ, LE, MG, WAT |
| Last Action: | 6-17-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 315
| Carona Madden | Relating to the agencies and entities responsible for compiling and maintaining information pertaining to criminal combinations and criminal street gangs. |
| Track Code(s): | (nc), LE, PROC |
| Last Action: | 6-17-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 530
| Huffman Miller, Sid | Relating to granting limited state law enforcement authority to special agents of the Office of Inspector General of the United States Social Security Administration and to updating certain references related to the grant of authority. |
| Track Code(s): | 212 (Support), CBW (Support), CWJ (Support), FOR (Support), LE |
| Last Action: | 6-17-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 601
| Rodriguez Gonzalez, Naomi | Relating to the authority of the El Paso County Hospital District to employ and commission peace officers. |
| Track Code(s): | 212, CBW, CWJ, LE, MG, WAT |
| Last Action: | 6-17-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 604
| Rodriguez Gonzalez, Naomi | Relating to the execution of lawful process by county jailers. |
| General Remarks: | Allows county jailers to exercise same authority to execute process as a peace officer within the county jail, including warrants, capias, subpoena, and attachments. Status changed to SUPPORT. |
| Track Code(s): | (nc), CBW, CWJ, FOR (Support), LE, MG, WAT |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 653
| Whitmire Madden | Relating to abolishing the Texas Youth Commission and the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission and transferring the powers and duties of those agencies to the newly created Texas Juvenile Justice Department. |
| Track Code(s): | 212, LE |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 694
| West Smith, Wayne | Relating to the regulation of metal recycling entities. |
| Track Code(s): | LE |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 1160
| Seliger Jackson, Jim | Relating to the liability of a landowner for harm to a trespasser. |
| General Remarks: | House Amendment: Added limit of liability for landowner based on actions of peace officer or federal officer who enters agricultural land. |
| Track Code(s): | CBW, CWJ, LE, MG, WAT |
| Last Action: | 5-20-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 1233
| West Coleman | Relating to the promotion of efficiencies in and the administration of certain county services and functions. |
| General Remarks: | SUPPORT: Allows county jailers to execute lawful process. Allows peace officers to testify before a grand jury via video teleconferencing. |
| Track Code(s): | (nc) (Support), @11L (Support), @12 (Support), CBW (Support), CWJ (Support), FOR (Support), LE (Support), MG (Support), PROC, WAT |
| Last Action: | 6-17-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 1292
| Hegar Fletcher | Relating to the issuance of a driver's license to a peace officer that includes an alternative to the officer's residence address. |
| General Remarks: | SUPPORT: Allows DPS to adopt rules that would allow a peace officer to obtain a drivers license with an alternative address. |
| Track Code(s): | (nc) (Support), CBW (Support), CWJ (Support), FOR (Support), LE (Support), MG (Support) |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 1378
| Nichols Otto | Relating to the authority of the Alabama-Coushatta Indian Tribe to commission peace officers. |
| General Remarks: | WATCH: Allows Alabama-Coushatta Indian Tribe to commission peace officers. |
| Track Code(s): | (nc), 212, CBW, CWJ, LE, MG, PROC, WAT |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 1551
| Rodriguez Raymond | Relating to missing children and missing persons. |
| Track Code(s): | LE, PROC |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 1636
| Davis, Wendy McClendon | Relating to the collection, analysis, and preservation of sexual assault or DNA evidence. |
| Track Code(s): | (nc), LE |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 1687
| Ellis Coleman | Relating to information on turnover among county jail personnel. |
| General Remarks: | SUPPORT: Requires county to send report to TCJS on staffing in order to devolop risk assesment for each jail. |
| Track Code(s): | (nc) (Support), CBW (Support), CWJ (Support), FOR (Support), LE (Support), MG (Support), PLAB (Support), WAT |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
SB 1787
| Patrick, Dan Martinez Fischer | Relating to the information provided by a peace officer before requesting a specimen to determine intoxication. |
| General Remarks: | SUPPORT: Allows officer to obtain a warrant to obtain breath or urine speciman from DWI suspect. |
| Track Code(s): | (nc) (Support), CBW (Support), CWJ (Support), FOR (Support), LE (Support), MG (Support), TRAF (Support) |
| Last Action: | 9- 1-11 G Earliest effective date |
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