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.
April 4, 2022
Senate Committee on Border Security
Topic: Review border security appropriations and their directed purposes. Invited testimony only from the following:
- Office of the Governor
- Texas Department of Public Safety
- Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
- Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
- Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board
Border Security Appropriations (Presented to Senate Committee on Border Security), Legislative Budget Board, March 8, 2022
April 5, 2022
Senate Committee on Border Security
Topic: Review border security appropriations and their directed purposes. Invited testimony only from the following:
- Texas Military Department
- Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
- Office of the Attorney General
- Office of Court Administration
- Texas Department of Criminal Justice
- Texas Commission on Jail Standards
- Texas Commission on Law Enforcement
- Department of State Health Services
Border Security Appropriations (Presented to Senate Committee on Border Security), Legislative Budget Board, March 8, 2022
April 7, 2022
House Select Committee on Youth Health & Safety
Charge: Study the allocation and use of state resources to preventative and rehabilitative services that address the primary challenges facing Texas youth placed in the juvenile justice system, including the redirection of those resources as necessary to ensure effectiveness and efficiency.
- Monthly Tracking of Adult and Juvenile Correctional Population Indicators, Legislative Budget Board, March 2022
- Annual Report to the Governor and Legislative Budget Board: Community Juvenile Justice Appropriations, Riders, and Special Diversion Programs, Texas Juvenile Justice Department, December 2021
- Sunset Advisory Commission Self-Evaluation Report, Texas Juvenile Justice Department, September 1, 2021
- Statewide Criminal and Juvenile Justice Recidivism and Revocation Rates, Legislative Budget Board, January 2021
- Interim Report to the 86th Legislature (Charge 6 – Review of the impact of substance abuse on Texans involved with the adult or juvenile criminal justice system and/or the Child Protective Services system), House Select Committee on Opioids and Substance Abuse, November 2018
- Interim Report to the 84th Legislature (Charge – Review correctional facilities and procedures, including Texas Juvenile Justice Department), House Committee on Corrections, January 2015
Charge: Study the programs, services, and governmental action focused on the rehabilitation of youthful offenders, including considerations related to developmental factors that impact a youth's entry into the justice system.
- NCSL Juvenile Justice Update (Newsletter), National Conference of State Legislatures, March 2022
- Historical Analysis of Lifetime Justice Involvement of Harris County Youth, Partnership with HCJPD (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department), Texas Policy Lab, 2022
- Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical or Mental Impairments Biennial Report (Juvenile Case Management Service - Mental Health), Texas Department of Criminal Justice, February 2021
- Second Look: For Justice, Safety & Savings: A Plan to Address Rehabilitated Youth Serving Extreme Sentences in Adult Prisons, Texas Criminal Justice Coalition, May 2020
- State Services, Texas Juvenile Justice Department
- Youth Justice Archives, Texas Center for Justice & Equity
