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HB 2066, 81st R.S.
Relating to enhancing penalties for assaulting a family member by strangulation or suffocation.

Last action: Effective on 9/1/09

Author: Pete Gallego
Joint Author: Joe Moody | Valinda Bolton
Coauthor: David Leibowitz | Eddie Lucio III | Allen Vaught
Sponsor: Jane Nelson

Session Law Chapter:
Acts 2009, 81st R.S.,ch. 427, General and Special Laws of Texas

Companion:

SB 1324 (Identical)

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

Subjects:
Crimes--Against Persons--General
Criminal Procedure--General
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing & Punishment
Family--Family Violence
Family--Marriage Relationship

House Committee: Criminal Jurisprudence (Pete Gallego, Wayne Christian, Allen Fletcher, Terri Hodge, Eric Johnson, Carol Kent, Robert Miklos, Joe Moody, Paula Pierson, Debbie Riddle, Allen Vaught, Hubert Vo)
Minutes: March 11 2009 | March 24 2009 | April 1 2009
House Committee: Violent Crime (HB 2066) (Allen Vaught, Terri Hodge, Robert Miklos, Debbie Riddle, Hubert Vo)
Senate Committee: Criminal Justice (John Whitmire, John Carona, Rodney Ellis, Glenn Hegar, Juan Hinojosa, Joan Huffman, Dan Patrick, Kel Seliger)
Minutes: May 12 2009 | May 13 2009

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