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HB 816, 87th 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: Received from the House

Author: Matt Krause
Joint Author: Nicole Collier | Andrew Murr | Joe Moody

Bill Analyses:
Committee Report (TLC)
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--Newly Proposed
SUPREME COURT

House Committee: Criminal Jurisprudence (Nicole Collier, Keith Bell, Jeff Cason, David Cook, Jasmine Crockett, Gina Hinojosa, Ann Johnson, Andrew Murr, Cody Vasut) Minutes: March 22 2021 | March 29 2021

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