The filing deadline for legislation in the 2011 Regular Session of the Texas Legislature has passed. Below are the death penalty related proposals filed in the Texas House and Senate and their status as of March 21, 2011.
Legislature: 82(R) – 2011
 HB 488 |
Author: Dutton | |
| Last Action: | 02/17/2011 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence | |
| Caption Version: | Introduced | |
| Caption: | Relating to standards for judicial review of certain writs of habeas corpus in capital cases. | |
| HB 543 |
Author: Dutton | |
| Last Action: | 02/18/2011 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence | |
| Caption Version: | Introduced | |
| Caption: | Relating to the admissibility of certain confessions in capital cases. | |
| HB 566 |
Author: Christian | |
| Last Action: | 02/18/2011 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence | |
| Caption Version: | Introduced | |
| Caption: | Relating to the murder of certain individuals protected under a court order as a capital offense. | |
| HB 689 |
Author: Dutton | |
| Last Action: | 02/21/2011 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence | |
| Caption Version: | Introduced | |
| Caption: | Relating to the admissibility of certain evidence in capital cases in which the state seeks the death penalty. | |
| HB 819 |
Author: Farrar | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 02/23/2011 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence | |
| Caption Version: | Introduced | |
| Caption: | Relating to abolishing the death penalty. | |
| HB 852 |
Author: Dutton | |
| Last Action: | 02/24/2011 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence | |
| Caption Version: | Introduced | |
| Caption: | Relating to abolishing the death penalty. | |
| HB 855 |
Author: Dutton | |
| Last Action: | 02/24/2011 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence | |
| Caption Version: | Introduced | |
| Caption: | Relating to the extent of a defendant’s criminal responsibility for the conduct of a coconspirator in certain felony cases. | |
| HB 1065 |
Author: Riddle | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 02/28/2011 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence | |
| Caption Version: | Introduced | |
| Caption: | Relating to the murder of a child as a capital offense. | |
| HB 1641 |
Author: Dutton | |
| Last Action: | 03/03/2011 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence | |
| Caption Version: | Introduced | |
| Caption: | Relating to the creation of a commission to study capital punishment in Texas and to a moratorium on executions. | |
| HB 1646 |
Author: Gallego | |
| Last Action: | 03/03/2011 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence | |
| Caption Version: | Introduced | |
| Caption: | Relating to representation of certain applicants for writs of habeas corpus in cases involving the death penalty. | |
| HB 1670 |
Author: Coleman | |
| Last Action: | 03/03/2011 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence | |
| Caption Version: | Introduced | |
| Caption: | Relating to the applicability of the death penalty to a capital offense committed by a person with mental retardation. | |
| HB 1918 |
Author: Larson | |
| Last Action: | 03/07/2011 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence | |
| Caption Version: | Introduced | |
| Caption: | Relating to the appointment of counsel to represent an indigent defendant in a capital case and to the reimbursement of certain expenses incurred by appointed counsel. | |
| HB 2200 |
Author: Miles | |
| Last Action: | 03/10/2011 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence | |
| Caption Version: | Introduced | |
| Caption: | Relating to the joint or separate prosecution of a capital felony charged against two or more defendants. | |
| HB 2511 |
Author: Dutton | |
| Last Action: | 03/14/2011 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence | |
| Caption Version: | Introduced | |
| Caption: | Relating to the joint or separate prosecution of a capital felony charged against two or more defendants and the extent of a defendant’s criminal responsibility for the conduct of a coconspirator in capital felony cases. | |
| HB 3323 |
Author: McClendon | |
| Last Action: | 03/18/2011 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence | |
| Caption Version: | Introduced | |
| Caption: | Relating to the standards for attorneys representing indigent defendants in capital cases. | |
| HB 3400 |
Author: Walle | |
| Last Action: | 03/18/2011 H Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence | |
| Caption Version: | Introduced | |
| Caption: | Relating to certain sentencing procedures in a capital case. | |
| HB 3762 |
Author: Marquez | |
| Last Action: | 03/11/2011 H Filed | |
| Caption Version: | Introduced | |
| Caption: | Relating to creating a transparent and deliberative process by which execution procedures are determined. | |
| HJR 97 |
Author: Naishtat | |
| Last Action: | 03/22/2011 H Scheduled for public hearing on . . . | |
| Caption Version: | Introduced | |
| Caption: | Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to a moratorium on the execution of persons convicted of capital offenses. | |
| SB 377 |
Author: Huffman | et al. | |
| Last Action: | 03/22/2011 S Scheduled for public hearing on . . . | |
| Caption Version: | Introduced | |
| Caption: | Relating to the murder of a child as a capital offense. | |
| SB 973 |
Author: Hinojosa | |
| Last Action: | 03/08/2011 S Referred to Criminal Justice | |
| Caption Version: | Introduced | |
| Caption: | Relating to the reformation of the sentences of juveniles convicted of capital felonies after being transferred to criminal court. | |
| SB 1028 |
Author: Harris | |
| Last Action: | 03/16/2011 S Referred to Criminal Justice | |
| Caption Version: | Introduced | |
| Caption: | Relating to the appointment of counsel to represent an indigent defendant in a capital case and to the reimbursement of certain expenses incurred by appointed counsel. | |
| SB 1078 |
Author: Ellis | |
| Last Action: | 03/16/2011 S Referred to Criminal Justice | |
| Caption Version: | Introduced | |
| Caption: | Relating to representation of certain applicants for writs of habeas corpus in cases involving the death penalty. | |
| SB 1079 |
Author: Ellis | |
| Last Action: | 03/16/2011 S Referred to Criminal Justice | |
| Caption Version: | Introduced | |
| Caption: | Relating to the applicability of the death penalty to a capital offense committed by a person with mental retardation. | |
| SB 1308 |
Author: Seliger | |
| Last Action: | 03/16/2011 S Referred to Jurisprudence | |
| Caption Version: | Introduced | |
| Caption: | Relating to the standards for attorneys representing indigent defendants in capital cases. | |
| SB 1688 |
Author: Ellis | |
| Last Action: | 03/11/2011 S Filed | |
| Caption Version: | Introduced | |
| Caption: | Relating to the authority of the governor to grant one or more reprieves in a capital case. | |
| SB 1832 |
Author: Ellis | |
| Last Action: | 03/11/2011 S Filed | |
| Caption Version: | Introduced | |
| Caption: | Relating to notice to inmates and their attorneys of lethal substance or substances to be used in lethal injection. | |
| SB 1835 |
Author: Ellis | |
| Last Action: | 03/11/2011 S Filed | |
| Caption Version: | Introduced | |
| Caption: | Relating to the creation of a commission to investigate and prevent wrongful convictions. | |
| SJR 44 |
Author: Ellis | |
| Last Action: | 03/11/2011 S Filed | |
| Caption Version: | Introduced | |
| Caption: | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the governor to grant one or more reprieves in a capital case. | |
