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HB 226, 86th R.S.
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.

Last action: Referred to Criminal Justice

Author: Matt Krause
Joint Author: Andrew Murr | Craig Goldman | Nicole Collier | Joe Moody
Coauthor: Briscoe Cain
Sponsor: Bryan Hughes

Bill Analyses:
Committee Report (TLC)
Engrossed (Senate Research Center)
Committee Report (House Research Organization)

Subjects:
CERTAIN PENAL LAWS, COMMISSION TO STUDY
Crimes--Miscellaneous
CRIMINAL APPEALS, COURT OF
Criminal Procedure--General
Governor
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
State Agencies, Boards & Commissions
SUPREME COURT

House Committee: Criminal Jurisprudence (Nicole Collier, Keith Bell, Jessica González, Todd Hunter, Phil King, Joe Moody, Andrew Murr, Leo Pacheco, Bill Zedler)
Minutes: February 25 2019 | March 11 2019
Senate Committee: Criminal Justice (John Whitmire, Dawn Buckingham, Peter Flores, Joan Huffman, Bryan Hughes, Borris Miles, Charles Perry)

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