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8 Document(s) [ Subject: Crime victims ]
| Committee: | Senate Criminal Justice | |
| Title: | Interim Report | |
| Subjects: | Artificial intelligence | Bail | Child sexual abuse | Crime laboratories | Crime victims | Electronic monitoring of offenders | Financial Crimes Intelligence Center | Forensics | Identity theft | Licensing and Regulation, Texas Department of | Organized crime | Rape kits | Sex crimes | Sexually explicit content | Theft | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.88 C868 | |
| Session: | 88th R.S. (2023) | |
| Online version: | View report [162 pages File size: 13,874 kb] | |
| Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
| 1. | Stopping Child Predators: Study how predators use deepfake technology and artificial intelligence (AI) to harm or exploit children. Monitor the implementation of HB 2700, 88th R.S., relating to prosecution of certain criminal offenses prohibiting sexually explicit visual material involving children. Recommend additional legislation to protect children as technology continues to evolve. | |
| 2. | Bail Reform: Examine "charitable bail organizations" that pay bail for defendants, thereby relieving them of any financial incentive to appear in court. Study the operations and funding sources of these organizations. Make recommendations to ensure accountability for "charitable bail organizations" that provide free bond for arrested individuals that reoffend while out on bond; further restrict these organizations’ ability to post bail for violent individuals; and promote transparency. | |
| 3. | Monitoring: Monitor the implementation of legislation addressed by the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice passed by the 88th Legislature, as well as relevant agencies and programs under the committee's jurisdiction. Specifically, make recommendations for any legislation needed to improve, enhance, or complete implementation of the following:
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| 4. | Supporting Victims of Sexual Assault: Examine the collection and processing of "rape kits" by law enforcement agencies and testing laboratories. Make recommendations to ensure that forensic evidence collected from victims of sexual assault is processed in a timely manner. | |
| 5. | Retail Theft: Study the effects of organized retail crime in Texas and in other states. Evaluate the reporting and legislative suggestions from the statewide Organized Retail Theft Task Force. Make recommendations to protect the safety of retail employees and business owners in Texas. | |
| 6. | Financial Crimes: Evaluate financial criminal activity trends in Texas, including the fiscal impact on consumers, financial institutions, local economies, and businesses. Determine the extent of payment fraud by transnational criminal gangs. Study the impact of the Financial Crimes Intelligence Center (FCIC). Make recommendations that enhance penalties for check and payment fraud and identify ways to strengthen financial crime investigations in Texas. | |
| Committee: | House Criminal Jurisprudence | |
| Title: | Interim Report | |
| Library Catalog Title: | House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 2006 : a report to the House of Representatives, 80th Texas Legislature | |
| Subjects: | Crime victims | Crime Victims' Compensation Fund | Criminal evidence | Criminal justice | Deadly force laws | Restorative justice | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.79 C868h | |
| Session: | 79th R.S. (2005) | |
| Online version: | View report [36 pages File size: 3,031 kb] | |
| Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
| 1. | Review the applicable laws governing the payment of restitution to victims of crime and the methods in which restitution is collected and disbursed to victims of crime and the Compensation to Victims of Crime Fund. | |
| 2. | Examine the issue of reciprocal discovery in criminal cases. | |
| 3. | Study the current legal protection against criminal prosecution and civil liability for a person who uses force, including deadly force, against a person who unlawfully and with force seeks to enter a residence, dwelling of vehicle. | |
| Committee: | Senate Finance | |
| Title: | Interim Report - crime victims compensation | |
| Library Catalog Title: | Interim report to the 78th Legislature / Senate Finance Subcommittee on Crime Victims Compensation. | |
| Subjects: | Crime victims | Crime Victims' Compensation Fund | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.77 F49CVC | |
| Session: | 77th R.S. (2001) | |
| Online version: | View report [80 pages File size: 2,370 kb] | |
| Charge: | This report should address the charge below. | |
| 1. | Review the sources of revenue dedicated to the Crime Victims Compensation Fund and the purposes for which that Fund is expended. The Committee's report should recommend ways to ensure future revenues adequately address statutorily provided spending priorities. | |
| Committee: | House Sentencing and Recidivism, Select | |
| Title: | Interim report | |
| Library Catalog Title: | Report of the House Select Committee on Sentencing and Recidivism, 70th Legislature : to the speaker and members of the Texas House of Representatives, 71st Legislature. | |
| Subjects: | Adult Probation Commission | Alcoholism | Alternatives to incarceration | Corrections, Texas Department of | Crime victims | Criminal justice | Drug rehabilitation programs | Inmate rehabilitation | Pardons and Paroles, Texas Board of | Parole | Penalties and sentences (Criminal justice) | Prison population | Probation | Substance abuse | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.70 se59 | |
| Session: | 70th R.S. (1987) | |
| Online version: | View report [32 pages File size: 1,059 kb] | |
| Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
| 1. | Undertake a comprehensive study of state laws and procedures regarding sentencing and probation, the operation of correctional facilities, and parole and other supervised release. | |
| 2. | Examine how the various state agencies involved in alcoholism and substance abuse treatment are coordinating their efforts with the criminal justice system at the state and local level to reduce recidivism. | |
| 3. | Monitor implementation of provisions of the sunset renewal acts for the Texas Department of Corrections, the Board of Pardons and Paroles, and the Texas Adult Probation Commission | |
| 4. | Review current laws relating to sentencing and recommend a revised sentencing structure that takes into account prison and jail overcrowding and current and projected rates of recidivism. | |
| Supporting documents | ||
| Committee: | House Sentencing and Recidivism, Select | |
| Title: | Interim report - Outline of revised system | |
| Library Catalog Title: | Outline of revised Texas sentencing system. | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.70 se59o | |
| Session: | 70th R.S. (1987) | |
| Online version: | View document [56 pages File size: 2,558 kb] | |
| Committee: | Senate Human Resources Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs | |
| Title: | Interim Report - Compensation for Victims of Crime Fund | |
| Library Catalog Title: | Final subcommittee report on Crime Victim Compensation Act. | |
| Subjects: | Crime victims | Crime Victims' Compensation Fund | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.67 c765v | |
| Session: | 67th R.S. (1981) | |
| Online version: | View report [7 pages File size: 228 kb] | |
| Charge: | This report should address the charge below. | |
| 1. | Investigate funding problems experienced by the Compensation to Victims of Crime Fund, and make recommendations for increasing the money available to the Fund. * | |
| Supporting documents | ||
| Committee: | Senate Human Resources Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs | |
| Title: | SR 773 | |
| Library Call Number: | SR 773 | |
| Session: | 67th R.S. (1981) | |
| Online version: | View document [3 pages File size: 742 kb] | |
| Committee: | House Employment Practices | |
| Title: | Interim Report | |
| Library Catalog Title: | Report of the Committee on Employment Practices, Texas House of Representatives, 66th Legislature. | |
| Subjects: | Crime victims | Crime Victims' Compensation Fund | Food stamps | Public retirement systems | Social Security | Unemployment | Unemployment benefits | Welfare | Workers' compensation | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.66 em74 | |
| Session: | 66th R.S. (1979) | |
| Online version: | View report [46 pages File size: 1,563 kb] | |
| Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
| 1. | Review all aspects of the worker's compensation law including: coverage, weekly payments for temporary total disability. benefits for permanent disability, administrative rules, penalties to insure that the responsibilities of the law are fulfilled, the feasibility of self-insurance, and other related matters. These efforts should be coordinated with the Committee on Insurance. | |
| 2. | Monitor the organizational activities of the State Pension Review Board. | |
| 3. | Review the administration of the Crime Victims Compensation Act. Study fine collection and claims processing and make recommendations for improvement. Summarize federal legislation on crime victims compensation. * | |
| 4. | Oversight activities shall be conducted for all appropriations-related actions of those agencies assigned to this committee for appropriative purposes during the 66th Regular Session of the Legislature. Procedures suggested for this purpose during the last interim are recommended. The agencies include: Texas Employment Commission, Merit System Council, Texas Department of Labor and Standards, Industrial Accident Board, State Pension Review Board, and Office of the Attorney General - Worker's Compensation. | |
| 5. | Study the relationship between the numbers of Social Security and worker's compensation beneficiaries to determine if a formula could be devised to use both programs in providing benefits. | |
| 6. | Study the relationship between the numbers of unemployed, Unemployment Insurance recipients, and recipients of A.F.D.C. and Food Stamps. | |
| 7. | Monitor the activities of the Industrial Accident Board with regard to the implementation of the Crime Victims Compensation Act. | |
* This represents an abstract of the report contents. Charge text is incomplete or unavailable.
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