** REVISION **
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Criminal Jurisprudence 

TIME & DATE:  8:00 AM, Tuesday, April 29, 2025 

PLACE:        E2.014 
CHAIR:        Rep. John Smithee 

The chair may limit testimony time and the number of testifying witnesses to ensure consideration of posted and pending business, especially if testimony would cause the public hearing to extend into the next calendar day.

HB 115         Cook                                      
Relating to applications for a writ of habeas corpus after conviction.

HB 507         Gervin-Hawkins                            
Relating to policies and standards for providing legal representation to indigent defendants in certain capital felony cases.

HB 1765        Jones, Jolanda                            
Relating to the issuance of an arrest warrant or search warrant authorizing the use of a no-knock entry by a peace officer.

HB 1847        Collier                                   
Relating to a maximum allowable caseload for certain attorneys.

HB 2046        Davis, Aicha                              
Relating to an affirmative finding of family violence entered in the trial of certain offenses.

HB 2239        Dutton | et al.                           
Relating to the locations in which certain knives are prohibited.

HB 2328        Orr                                       
Relating to the procedures for the expunction of arrest records and files; authorizing a fee.

HB 2309        Villalobos                                
Relating to the forfeiture of certain contraband and the authority of the attorney general to bring certain forfeiture actions.

HB 2417        Campos                                    
Relating to the eligibility of certain wrongfully imprisoned persons for compensation and for the expunction of arrest records and files in the case.

HB 2728        Dutton                                    
Relating to spoliation of evidence held for use in a criminal proceeding.

HB 2813        Alders | et al.                Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to victim notification of certain scheduled court proceedings.

HB 3206        Hayes                                     
Relating to the sequestration of a jury in a criminal case.

HB 3566        Flores                                    
Relating to the frequency of county bail bond board meetings.

HB 3694        Raymond                                   
Relating to the unlawful production or distribution of certain sexually explicit media and to the removal of certain intimate visual depictions published on online platforms without the consent of the person depicted; increasing criminal penalties.

HB 3744        Manuel                                    
Relating to the definition of intervenor for purposes of crime victims' compensation.

HB 4254        Metcalf                                   
Relating to appeal of a mistrial order in a felony case.

HB 4697        Garcia, Linda                             
Relating to a defendant's appearance by telephone or videoconference in a justice or municipal court.

HB 4733        González, Jessica                         
Relating to the expunction of arrest records and files and the issuance of orders of nondisclosure of criminal history record information for certain persons.

HB 4915        Moody                                     
Relating to legal representation of indigent persons in this state and to proceedings before a magistrate including the appointment of counsel for an indigent defendant.

HB 5465        Moody                                     
Relating to procedures regarding certain persons who are or may be persons with a mental illness or intellectual or developmental disability.

Texas residents who wish to electronically submit comments related to

agenda items on this notice without testifying in person can do so until

the hearing is adjourned by visiting:

https://comments.house.texas.gov/home?c=c220

For those persons who will be testifying, information for in-person witness registration, can be found here: https://mytxlegis.capitol.texas.gov/HWRSPublic/About.aspx

A live video broadcast of this hearing will be available here: https://house.texas.gov/video-audio/

Instructions related to public access to the meeting location are available here: https://house.texas.gov/committees/public-access-house-committee-meetings/

Bills added after last posting:

HB 2813

Bills deleted after last posting:

HB 2794

**         See Committee Coordinator for previous versions         **
of this notice.

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