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HB 816

  • Texas House Bill
  • 87th Legislature (2021)
  • Introduced in House Apr 19, 2021
  • Passed House Apr 15, 2021
  • Senate
  • Governor

Relating to the creation of a commission to review certain penal laws of this state and to make certain recommendations regarding those laws, to criminal offenses previously compiled in statutes outside the Penal Code, to repealing certain of those offenses, and to conforming punishments for certain of those offenses to the penalty structure provided in the Penal Code; increasing the punishment for the criminal offenses of sedition, sabotage, and capital sabotage; imposing a civil penalty.

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Bill Subjects

Certain Penal Laws, Commission To Study (V1021) Criminal Appeals, Court Of (V1605) Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200) Criminal Procedure--General (I0208) Governor (I0375) Lieutenant Governor (S0096) Speaker Of The House (S0306) Supreme Court (V0311) State Agencies, Boards & Commissions--Newly Proposed (I0773)

Abstract

Bill Sponsors (4)

Matt Krause

  • Republican
Primary

Nicole Collier

  • Democratic
  • Representative
  • District 95
Primary

Andy Murr

  • Republican
  • Representative
  • District 53
Primary

Joe Moody

  • Democratic
  • Representative
  • District 78
Primary

Votes

Apr 15, 2021

passage

Pass

House

Actions

Apr 19, 2021

Senate

Received from the House

Apr 15, 2021

House

Read 3rd time

House

Reported engrossed

House

Record vote

House

Passed

Apr 14, 2021

House

Placed on General State Calendar

House

Read 2nd time

House

Postponed

House

Laid out as postponed business

House

Amended

House

Amended

House

Passed to engrossment as amended

Apr 12, 2021

House

Considered in Calendars

Apr 08, 2021

House

Committee report sent to Calendars

Apr 07, 2021

House

Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

House

Committee report distributed

Mar 29, 2021

House

Considered in public hearing

House

Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

Mar 22, 2021

House

Considered in public hearing

House

Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

House

Left pending in committee

Mar 01, 2021

House

Read first time

House

Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence

  • Referral-Committee
Criminal Jurisprudence

Dec 14, 2020

House

Filed

Bill Text

Bill Text Versions Format
Introduced PDF HTML
House Committee Report PDF HTML
Engrossed PDF HTML

Related Documents

Document Format
Witness List (House Committee Report) HTML
Fiscal Note (Introduced) HTML
Analysis (House Committee Report) HTML

Sources

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