In Calendar Committee in Other Chamber Authored by Paul Bettencourt (R) View at Source
Caption: Relating to increasing the punishment for certain conduct constituting the offense of murder. Initially Referred to Senate Criminal Justice Committee, chaired by a Republican Last Referred to House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee, chaired by a Republican Co-authors: A. Hinojosa (R); Creighton (R); Hagenbuch (R); Huffman (R); Hughes (R); J. Hinojosa (D); Kolkhorst (R); Middleton (R); Perry (R); Sparks (R) Sponsors: Smithee (R)
Jan 29, 2025
(S) Bettencourt signed onto the bill as Author (S) Received by the Secretary of the Senate (S) Filed
Feb 13, 2025
(S) Read first time (S) Referred to the Senate Criminal Justice, chaired by a Republican
Mar 18, 2025
(S) Scheduled for public hearing on . . . (S) Considered in public hearing (S) Testimony taken in committee (S) Vote taken in committee
Mar 19, 2025
(S) Reported favorably w/o amendments (S) Committee report printed and distributed
Mar 20, 2025
(S) Perry signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Hagenbuch signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Huffman signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Hughes signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) J. Hinojosa signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Co-author authorized
Mar 24, 2025
(S) Placed on intent calendar
Mar 26, 2025
(S) A. Hinojosa signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Creighton signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Kolkhorst signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Middleton signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Sparks signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Co-author authorized (S) Rules suspended-Regular order of business (S) Record vote (S) Read 2nd time
20250326_SB990_2R: Yea 26 (R 20, D 6) - Nay 5 (R 0, D 5)
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(S) Record vote (S) Reported engrossed
Mar 27, 2025
(H) Received from the Senate
Apr 22, 2025
(H) Read first time (H) Referred to the House Criminal Jurisprudence, chaired by a Republican
May 1, 2025
(H) Referred directly to subcommittee by chair
May 8, 2025
(H) Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . . (H) Considered by s/c in public hearing (H) Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee (H) Reported from s/c favorably w/o amendment(s) (H) Vote reconsidered in subcommittee (H) Left pending in subcommittee
May 12, 2025
(H) Recalled from subcommittee (H) Considered in formal meeting (H) Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
May 20, 2025
(H) Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator (H) Committee report distributed
May 21, 2025
(H) Committee report sent to Calendars
(S) Smithee signed onto the bill as Sponsor
Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill
Against
(Thu 5/8/2025) Testifying before H Criminal Jurisprudence as Kevin Trahan for Texas Defender Service (Thu 5/8/2025) Testifying before H Criminal Jurisprudence as Kristin Houle Cuellar for Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (Thu 5/8/2025) Testifying before H Criminal Jurisprudence as Nan Tolson for Texas Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty (Thu 5/8/2025) Testifying before H Criminal Jurisprudence as Samuel Echevarria-Cruz for self (Tue 3/18/2025) Registering before S Criminal Justice as Jennifer Allmon for Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops (Thu 5/8/2025) Registering before H Criminal Jurisprudence as Jennifer Allmon for Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops (Tue 3/18/2025) Registering before S Criminal Justice as Kristin Cuellar for Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (Thu 5/8/2025) Registering before H Criminal Jurisprudence as Samuel Hooper for self (Thu 5/8/2025) Registering before H Criminal Jurisprudence as Shelton Green for Fellowship Southwest (Thu 5/8/2025) Registering before H Criminal Jurisprudence as Steven Deline for self (Thu 5/8/2025) Registering before H Criminal Jurisprudence as Veronikah Warms for Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP)
For
(Tue 3/18/2025) Testifying before S Criminal Justice as Alexis Nungaray for self (Tue 3/18/2025) Testifying before S Criminal Justice as Andy Kahan for self (with Crime Stoppers) (Tue 3/18/2025) Testifying before S Criminal Justice as April Aguirre for self (Thu 5/8/2025) Testifying before H Criminal Jurisprudence as Timothy Mabry for self (Tue 3/18/2025) Registering before S Criminal Justice as Aimee Castillo for self (Tue 3/18/2025) Registering before S Criminal Justice as Bo Stallman for Sheriffs' Association of Texas (SAT) (Thu 5/8/2025) Registering before H Criminal Jurisprudence as Bo Stallman for Sheriffs' Association of Texas (SAT) (Tue 3/18/2025) Registering before S Criminal Justice as James Kershaw for Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39 (Tue 3/18/2025) Registering before S Criminal Justice as Jennifer Szimanski for Combined Law Enforcement Association of Texas (CLEAT) (Thu 5/8/2025) Registering before H Criminal Jurisprudence as Jennifer Szimanski for Combined Law Enforcement Association of Texas (CLEAT) (Tue 3/18/2025) Registering before S Criminal Justice as J Konrad for self (Thu 5/8/2025) Registering before H Criminal Jurisprudence as Joe Morris for Game Warden Peace Officers Association (Tue 3/18/2025) Registering before S Criminal Justice as John Wilkerson for Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA) (Thu 5/8/2025) Registering before H Criminal Jurisprudence as John Wilkerson for Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA) (Tue 3/18/2025) Registering before S Criminal Justice as Leticia Ybarra for self (Tue 3/18/2025) Registering before S Criminal Justice as Melissa Rickenbacher for self (Thu 5/8/2025) Registering before H Criminal Jurisprudence as Nathan Carroll for Houston Police Department (Tue 3/18/2025) Registering before S Criminal Justice as of Texas for Combined Law Enforcement Association of Texas (CLEAT) (Thu 5/8/2025) Registering before H Criminal Jurisprudence as Ray Hunt for Houston Police Officers Union (HPOU) (Tue 3/18/2025) Registering before S Criminal Justice as Ray Hunt for self (with Houston Police Officers Union (HPOU)) (Tue 3/18/2025) Registering before S Criminal Justice as Scott Rubin for Texas Police Chiefs Association (Thu 5/8/2025) Registering before H Criminal Jurisprudence as Scott Rubin for Texas Police Chiefs Association (Thu 5/8/2025) Registering before H Criminal Jurisprudence as Thomas Parkinson for self
