Proposed Texas Firearm Legislation HB478
Legislation Overview
Title: Relating to the restoration of certain rights to a criminal defendant.
Subject: Criminal Procedure: Criminal Procedure--General: Criminal Procedure--Sentencing & Punishment: Elections: Elections--Candidates
Description: Relating to the restoration of certain rights to a criminal defendant.
Session: 84th Legislature Regular Session
Last Action: Referred to Criminal Justice
Last Action Date: May 11, 2015
Sponsors
Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.
3 sponsors: Harold Dutton; Joe Deshotel; Ryan Guillen;
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 2% (3 of 150)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action | 
| Senate | May 11, 2015 | Read first time | 
| Senate | May 11, 2015 | Referred to Criminal Justice | 
| Senate | May 5, 2015 | Received from the House | 
| House | May 4, 2015 | Record vote | 
| House | May 4, 2015 | Read 3rd time | 
| House | May 4, 2015 | Passed | 
| House | May 4, 2015 | Reported engrossed | 
| House | May 4, 2015 | Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal | 
| House | May 2, 2015 | Placed on General State Calendar | 
| House | May 1, 2015 | Placed on General State Calendar | 
| House | May 1, 2015 | Passed to engrossment | 
| House | May 1, 2015 | Read 2nd time | 
| House | Apr 30, 2015 | Record vote | 
| House | Apr 30, 2015 | Rules suspended | 
| House | Apr 27, 2015 | Considered in Calendars | 
| House | Apr 23, 2015 | Committee report distributed | 
| House | Apr 23, 2015 | Committee report sent to Calendars | 
| House | Apr 22, 2015 | Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator | 
| House | Apr 16, 2015 | Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) | 
| House | Apr 16, 2015 | Considered in formal meeting | 
| House | Mar 11, 2015 | Scheduled for public hearing on . . . | 
| House | Mar 11, 2015 | Left pending in committee | 
| House | Mar 11, 2015 | Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee | 
| House | Mar 11, 2015 | Considered in public hearing | 
| House | Feb 12, 2015 | Read first time | 
| House | Feb 12, 2015 | Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence | 
| House | Dec 9, 2014 | Filed | 
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text | 
| Engrossed | May 4, 2015 | state link | bill text | 
| Introduced | Dec 9, 2014 | state link | bill text | 
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted | 
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
SUSPEND ALL NECESSARY RULES
HB 478Third Reading House
Link: link to state bill page
