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Select bill	Bill	Session	Author & Sponsor	Caption	Committees	Last action
	HB 2567	77-0 (2001)	Author: Hinojosa, Juan Sponsor: Armbrister, Kenneth	Relating to the creation of the offense of extortion.	House: Criminal Jurisprudence Senate: Criminal Justice	Left pending in committee
	HB 50	55-0 (1957)	Author: Cotten, James M.	Relating to amending the Penal Code so as to enlarge a certain offense to include threats for the purpose or with the view of extorting money or anything of value from the person threatened or from any other person.
	HB 506	53-0 (1953)	Author: Bradshaw, Floyd Francis	Relating to amending certain Acts by declaring it a felony to make certain threats for the purpose of extorting money or anything of value from the person threatened or from any other person; providing the penalty therefor.
	SB 188	53-0 (1953)	Author: Wagonseller, Wayne Warren	Relating to amending the Penal Code, declaring it a felony to make certain threats for the purpose of extorting money or anything of value from the person threatened or from any other person; providing a penalty therefor.
	HB 180	42-0 (1931)	Author: DeWolfe, Homer C.	Relating to making it a felony to threaten to take the life of any human being or to inflict serious bodily injury or to burn, injure or destroy any property of any person in order to extort money or anything of value from the person threatened; providing for the penalty therefor.
	HB 244	42-0 (1931)	Author: Petsch, Alfred P.C. | et. al.	Relating to defining the offense of kidnapping for extortion, ransom or robbery and prescribing the punishment.
	SB 111	30-0 (1907)	Author: Glasscock, Jr., George Washington	Relating to making it a misdemeanor punishable with a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $250 for any officer, or other person authorized by law to demand or receive fees of office, to willfully make out his account for fees in excess of those allowed by law, to present or file such account with the proper officer with whom the law requires the same to be presented or filed.

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