Bill: HB 2085, 85(R) - 2017

Committee

House Criminal Jurisprudence

Companion Bill

SB 1264

Vote Recommendation

Vote Recommendation Economic Freedom Property Rights Personal Responsibility Limited Government Individual Liberty
Neutral Neutral Neutral Neutral Neutral Neutral

Author(s)

Carol Alvarado

Bill Caption

Relating to psychological counseling for certain grand jurors. 


Fiscal Notes

From the LBB: no significant fiscal implication to the state is anticipated.

Bill Analysis

Under current law a commissioners court may provide up to 10 hours of psychological counseling to a juror who served on a criminal trial involving graphic evidence or testimony and who requests the counseling within 180 days after the jury is dismissed.

This legislation would allow a commissioners court to provide the same counseling for grand jurors under the same circumstances. 

Vote Recommendation Notes

This legislation is administrative and permissive with no apparent connection to our liberty principles and we remain neutral.

Organizations Supporting

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas

Organizations Opposed

League of Women Voters of Texas

Source URL (retrieved on 03/28/2024 03:03 AM): http://reports.texasaction.com/bill/85r/hb2085?print_view=true