Today's Committee Meetings on the LRL website is a calendar of interim committee hearings with links to agendas. Below are resources related to upcoming Interim Hearings.
January 16
House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence CANCELED
Charge: Death penalty for defendants with serious mental illness or intellectual and developmental disabilities
- "Texas Death Penalty Juror Hopes to Change Law as Execution Looms," Texas Tribune, March 28, 2017
- "Should Death Be So Different?: Sentencing Purposes and Capital Jury Decisions in an Era of Smart on Crime Sentencing Reform," 70 Arkansas Law Review 227 (2017)
- "The 'Of Mice and Men' Rule for Texas Executions," The Atlantic, November 28, 2016
- "'Outsmarting' Death by Putting Capital Punishment on Life Support: The Need for Uniform State Evaluations of the Intellectually Disabled in the Wake of Hall v. Florida," 81 Brooklyn Law Review 1683 (2016)
- "How Texas Keeps Putting the Intellectually Disabled on Death Row," New Republic, May 15, 2014
- Evaluating Fairness and Accuracy in State Death Penalty Systems: the Texas Capital Punishment Assessment Report (Ch. 10 – Capital jury instructions), American Bar Association, September 2013
- "Defining Intellectual Disability and Establishing a Standard of Proof: Suggestions for a National Model Standard," 23 Health Matrix 317 (2013)
- Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Art. 37.071, Procedure in Capital Case
January 17
House Committee on Defense & Veterans' Affairs CANCELED
Charge: Impact of Hurricane Harvey related to the Texas Military Department, Emergency Management Council, and the Texas Division of Emergency Management
- Military Seeks to Learn Lessons of 2017 Hurricane Season, United States Department of Defense, December 11, 2017
- Updated Hurricane Harvey’s Fiscal Impact on State Agencies (Presented to Senate Finance Committee), Legislative Budget Board, December 2017
- Texas Emergency Management Executive Guide, FY 2017 Edition, Texas Department of Public Safety, Revised May 1, 2017
- Hurricane Harvey 2017 (Videos and stories), Texas Military Department, 2017
- Agency Strategic Plan Fiscal Years 2017-2021, Texas Military Department, June 24, 2016
- Texas Long-Term Recovery Guide, Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas Division of Emergency Management, April 2015
January 18
House Committee on General Investigating & Ethics (Houston)
Charge: Oversight of federal, state, local, and charitable funds spent in response to Hurricane Harvey
- Commission to Rebuild Texas: Issue 14, The Governor's Commission to Rebuild Texas, January 5, 2018
- "Hurricane Relief Tied to Jan. 19 Government Funding Deal," Houston Chronicle, January 4, 2018
- Interim Hearings – Week of January 8, 2018, House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Disaster Impact and Recovery (Beaumont), Legislative Reference Library, January 3, 2018
- "Nearly $1 Billion Raised for Rebuilding Texas after Harvey," Associated Press, San Antonio Express News, December 28, 2017
House Committee on Urban Affairs (Houston)
Topic: Short- and long-term housing needs and related issues resulting from Hurricane Harvey and associated flooding
- "Officials: Harvey Recovery Complicated by Cost and Lack of Temporary Housing," Houston Chronicle, November 28, 2017
- "How Much Damage Did Harvey Do to Texas Homes? There May Never Be an Exact Answer," Texas Tribune, November 22, 2017
- "HUD Provides $5 Billion To Help Texas Recover From Harvey," Governor Greg Abbott, November 17, 2017
- 2017 Disaster and Emergency Resource Page for Housing Counselors - Hurricane Harvey, HUD Exchange, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Texas Rebuilds, Hurricane Harvey (Housing information), Texas General Land Office
