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SB 1822, 85th R.S.

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.

Last action: Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence

Author: Konni Burton

Companion:

HB 1551 (Similar)
HB 3572 (Identical)

Bill Analyses:
Introduced (Senate Research Center)
Committee Report (Senate Research Center)

Subjects:
Crimes--Miscellaneous
Criminal Procedure--General
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing & Punishment

House Committee: Criminal Jurisprudence (Joe Moody, Terry Canales, Barbara Gervin-Hawkins, Cole Hefner, Todd Hunter, Mike Lang, Terry M. Wilson)
Senate Committee: Criminal Justice (John Whitmire, Brian Birdwell, Konni Burton, Brandon Creighton, Sylvia Garcia, Joan Huffman, Bryan Hughes, José Menéndez, Charles Perry)
Minutes: May 2 2017 | May 10 2017

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