TX HB1551 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on February 6 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-04-21 - Committee report sent to Calendars
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on February 6 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-04-21 - Committee report sent to Calendars
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Summary
Relating to the creation of a commission to review certain penal laws of this state and 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 sabotage and sedition; imposing a civil penalty.
Title
Relating to the creation of a commission to review certain penal laws of this state and 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 sabotage and sedition; imposing a civil penalty.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2017-04-21 | House | Committee report sent to Calendars |
| 2017-04-21 | House | Committee report distributed |
| 2017-04-20 | House | Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator |
| 2017-04-10 | House | Reported favorably as substituted |
| 2017-04-10 | House | Committee substitute considered in committee |
| 2017-04-10 | House | Considered in public hearing |
| 2017-03-27 | House | Left pending in committee |
| 2017-03-27 | House | Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee |
| 2017-03-27 | House | Committee substitute considered in committee |
| 2017-03-27 | House | Considered in public hearing |
| 2017-03-27 | House | Scheduled for public hearing on . . . |
| 2017-03-09 | House | Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence |
| 2017-03-09 | House | Read first time |
| 2017-02-06 | House | Filed |
Subjects
CERTAIN PENAL LAWS, COMMISSION TO STUDY
Crimes
Crimes--Miscellaneous
CRIMINAL APPEALS, COURT OF
Criminal Procedure
Criminal Procedure--General
Governor
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
State Agencies, Boards & Commissions
SUPREME COURT
Crimes
Crimes--Miscellaneous
CRIMINAL APPEALS, COURT OF
Criminal Procedure
Criminal Procedure--General
Governor
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
State Agencies, Boards & Commissions
SUPREME COURT
