HB 816 Texas House · 87th Legislature (2021)

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.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Apr 2021
House Passage
Apr 2021
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 1, 2021 Last action Apr 19, 2021
Floor votes · House Apr 15, 2021

How they voted

1260
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 128
Apr 15, 2021
D Democratic51
49 Yea 2
96% Yea
R Republican77
77 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
23
Key actions
9
Committee
7
Amendments
1
Apr 19, 2021
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
Apr 15, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
Apr 14, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment as amended
lower
Apr 14, 2021
Lower · Passed
Amended
lower
Apr 8, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
Apr 7, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Apr 7, 2021
Lower · Passed
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
lower
Mar 29, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
Mar 22, 2021
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Mar 22, 2021
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Mar 1, 2021
Committee
Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
lower
Mar 1, 2021
Introduced
Read first time
lower
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors