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Relating to transporting an unsecured load; creating a criminal offense.
Official report Senate author(s): Hall
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SB1537 expressly ties criminal-court interpreter appointments to the Government Code’s qualification and appointment rules.
Official caption: Relating to the appointment of an interpreter in a criminal proceeding.
Regular session · Explanation in preparation
Relating to a study on digital court reporting conducted by the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System.
Official report Senate author(s): Zaffirini
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Relating to maintaining the accuracy of information contained within the statewide voter registration system; creating a criminal offense.
Official report Senate author(s): Bettencourt
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SB1563 requires training for county jailers on interacting with veterans in the criminal justice system.
Official caption: Relating to county jailer training on interacting with veterans in the criminal justice system.
Regular session · Explanation in preparation
Relating to the development and implementation of an all-hazards court security plan, composition and recommendations of court security committees, and increasing the penalty for certain criminal offenses committed against an employee of a court or the office.
Official report Senate author(s): Zaffirini
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Relating to early voting by mail by any qualified voter and to the repeal of certain criminal offenses concerning the solicitation and distribution of an application to vote by mail.
Official report Senate author(s): Eckhardt
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Relating to a prohibition on governmental contracts with companies of foreign adversaries for certain information and communications technology; authorizing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense.
Official report Senate author(s): Hughes
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Relating to the failure to report child abuse or neglect; increasing a criminal penalty.
Official report Senate author(s): Hancock
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SB1610 changes criminal penalties, bail, registration and administration for people civilly committed as sexually violent predators.
Official caption: Relating to sexually violent predators, to the Texas Civil Commitment Office, and to the prosecution of the offense of harassment by sexually violent predators and other persons confined in certain facilities; amending certain sex offender registration requirements; increasing criminal penalties.
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SB1621 expands offenses involving sexual images of children to cover lifelike computer-generated children and rewrites penalties and defenses.
Official caption: Relating to prosecution and punishment of certain criminal offenses prohibiting sexually explicit visual material involving depictions of children, computer-generated children, or other persons; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties.
Regular session · Explanation in preparation
Relating to the consideration of criminal history record information of applicants for public employment or an occupational license.
Official report Senate author(s): Miles
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SB1637 gives peace officers two specific protections under Texas’s deadly-conduct statute.
Official caption: Relating to the prosecution of the offense of deadly conduct.
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SB1646 adds criminal penalties for certain copper and brass offenses and new safeguards for business-to-business metal recycling.
Official caption: Relating to criminal conduct involving the theft, damage, or destruction of copper or brass or involving the unauthorized possession of certain copper or brass material, to transactions of metal recycling entities involving certain copper or brass material, to training on identifying certain copper or brass material, and to studying the effect of certain regulations on incidents of theft of copper or brass material; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties; providing an administrative penalty.
Regular session · Explanation in preparation
Relating to the authority of the attorney general to prosecute certain criminal offenses against public order.
Official report Senate author(s): Flores
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Relating to prohibiting the transfer of certain semiautomatic rifles to certain recipients; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.
Official report Senate author(s): Gutierrez, Alvarado, Cook, Eckhardt, Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy", et al.
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Relating to regulating certain firearm transfers, possession of certain firearms, and protective orders prohibiting possession of a firearm; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties.
Official report Senate author(s): Gutierrez, Alvarado, Blanco, Cook, Eckhardt, et al.
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Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of the possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of certain devices intended to modify handguns.
Official report Senate author(s): Huffman
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Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of cruelty to nonlivestock animals.
Official report Senate author(s): Menéndez
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Relating to the regulation of limited service pregnancy resource centers; creating a criminal offense; providing a civil penalty.
Official report Senate author(s): Menéndez
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Relating to a Texas Department of Criminal Justice record of information regarding death penalty drugs.
Official report Senate author(s): Menéndez
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Relating to the sale of certain e-cigarettes in this state and a directory of e-cigarette manufacturers and their products; authorizing fees; authorizing administrative and civil penalties; creating a criminal offense.
Official report Senate author(s): Parker
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Relating to prohibiting 3D-printed firearms; creating an offense.
Official report Senate author(s): Gutierrez
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Relating to gun storage; creating an offense.
Official report Senate author(s): Gutierrez
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Relating to the provision of solid waste disposal services by certain counties; authorizing a fee; creating a criminal offense.
Official report Senate author(s): Zaffirini
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Relating to the rulemaking power of the Texas Supreme Court.
Official report Senate author(s): Hughes
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SB1723 creates a rapid DNA-testing pilot and separately authorizes approved police agencies to perform rapid DNA analysis under statewide standards.
Official caption: Relating to rapid DNA analysis by certain law enforcement agencies, the establishment of a related pilot program, and the content of certain DNA databases.
Regular session · Explanation in preparation
Relating to service retirement benefits payable by the Employees Retirement System of Texas to certain law enforcement officers and custodial officers.
Official report Senate author(s): Huffman, Flores
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Relating to status offenses committed by a child, including the repeal of the status offense of a child voluntarily running away from home.
Official report Senate author(s): Johnson
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Relating to the collection of certain incident-based data reported to the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.
Official report Senate author(s): West
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