Texas House Bill 226 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)
Status: Engrossed on April 9 2019 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-04-15 - Referred to Criminal Justice
Pending: Senate Criminal Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

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.

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.

Rep. Matt Krause [R]	Rep. Andrew Murr [R]	Rep. Craig Goldman [R]	Rep. Nicole Collier [D]
Rep. Joseph Moody [D]	Rep. Briscoe Cain [R]	Sen. Bryan Hughes [R]

2019-04-09 - House - Read 3rd time RV#194 (Y: 146 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-04-15	Senate	Referred to Criminal Justice
2019-04-15	Senate	Read first time
2019-04-11	Senate	Received from the House
2019-04-09	House	Reported engrossed
2019-04-09	House	Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2019-04-09	House	Record vote RV#194
2019-04-09	House	Passed
2019-04-09	House	Read 3rd time
2019-04-08	House	Passed to engrossment as amended
2019-04-08	House	Amended 2-Cyrier
2019-04-08	House	Amended 1-Krause
2019-04-08	House	Read 2nd time
2019-04-08	House	Placed on General State Calendar
2019-04-05	House	Considered in Calendars
2019-03-27	House	Considered in Calendars
2019-03-20	House	Committee report sent to Calendars
2019-03-19	House	Committee report distributed
2019-03-19	House	Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
2019-03-11	House	Reported favorably as substituted
2019-03-11	House	Committee substitute considered in committee
2019-03-11	House	Considered in public hearing
2019-02-25	House	Left pending in committee
2019-02-25	House	Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2019-02-25	House	Committee substitute considered in committee
2019-02-25	House	Considered in public hearing
2019-02-25	House	Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2019-02-19	House	Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
2019-02-19	House	Read first time
2018-11-12	House	Filed

Type	Source
Summary	https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=86R&Bill=HB226
Text	https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB00226I.htm
Text	https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB00226H.htm
Text	https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB00226E.htm
Roll Call	https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/RecordVote.aspx?LegSess=86R&Bill=HB226&RcdVtNo=194&Ch=H&Dt=04/09/2019