Texas House Committee assignments came out this morning. The big news on the criminal-justice front is the creation of a Select Committee on Criminal Procedure Reform, a five-member committee whose charge (see here, p. 43) reads: "The Code of Criminal Procedure ... has not been rewritten since 1965. As a result, it has become overcrowded, disorganized and difficult to navigate, such that there is a pressing need to consider rewriting and reorganizing it. Therefore the select committee shall study and make recommendations regarding the reorganization and revision of the Code of Criminal Procedure." Presumably this rewriting will take place in the interim and result in recommendations to the 84th Texas Legislature in 2015. Here's its membership:Select Committee on Criminal Procedure ReformChair: Debbie RiddleStefani CarterAbel HerreroJoseph MoodyTan Parker And here are the membership lists for the three main standing committees related to criminal justice topics:CorrectionsChair: Tan ParkerVice Chair: James WhiteAlma AllenDebbie RiddleToni RoseJ.D. SheffieldSteve TothChairman Parker is new to the job but was on the Corrections Committee last session.Criminal JurisprudenceChair: Abel HerreroVice Chair: Stefani CarterJoe MoodyLon BurnamBryan HughesJeff LeachMatt SchaeferSteve TothVice Chair Stefani Carter is the only member who was on the committee last session, though Joe Moody was on the committee in 2009. And finally, Homeland Security and Public Safety has a new chair:Homeland Security and Public SafetyChair: Joe PickettVice Chair: Allen FletcherTony DaleGeorge LavenderPhillip CortezDan FlynnTim KleinschmidtKenneth SheetsRon Simmons See the complete lists by committee and by member. Here we go, folks.
↧
