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HB268

Assigned to Committee
Authored by Brooks Landgraf (R)
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Caption: Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for making certain false reports and to restitution for emergency response costs associated with those false reports.
Initially Referred to House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee, chaired by a Republican
Joint authors: Louderback (R); Vasut (R)

Nov 12, 2024

(H) Landgraf signed onto the bill as Author
(H) Filed

Feb 27, 2025

(H) Read first time
(H) Referred to the House Criminal Jurisprudence, chaired by a Republican

Mar 11, 2025

(H) Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
(H) Left pending in committee

Mar 18, 2025

(H) Louderback signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Vasut signed onto the bill as Joint Author

Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

Against

(Tue 3/11/2025) Testifying before H Criminal Jurisprudence as Mandi Zapata for self (with Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP))
(Tue 3/11/2025) Registering before H Criminal Jurisprudence as Beverly Biehl for self
(Tue 3/11/2025) Registering before H Criminal Jurisprudence as Kathy Mitchell for self (with Equity Action)

For

(Tue 3/11/2025) Registering before H Criminal Jurisprudence as Carlos Ortiz for San Antonio police officers Association
(Tue 3/11/2025) Registering before H Criminal Jurisprudence as Heidi Ruiz for Houston Police Department
(Tue 3/11/2025) Registering before H Criminal Jurisprudence as James Kershaw for Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39
(Tue 3/11/2025) Registering before H Criminal Jurisprudence as James Smith for San Antonio Police Department
(Tue 3/11/2025) Registering before H Criminal Jurisprudence as Jennifer Szimanski for Combined Law Enforcement Association of Texas (CLEAT)
(Tue 3/11/2025) Registering before H Criminal Jurisprudence as John Wilkerson for Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA)
(Tue 3/11/2025) Registering before H Criminal Jurisprudence as Joshua Sanders for City of Houston
(Tue 3/11/2025) Registering before H Criminal Jurisprudence as Ray Hunt for self (with Houston Police Officers Union (HPOU))
(Tue 3/11/2025) Registering before H Criminal Jurisprudence as Scott Rubin for Texas Police Chiefs Association
(Tue 3/11/2025) Registering before H Criminal Jurisprudence as Thomas Parkinson for self