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CS/CS/HB 311: Threats

GENERAL BILL by Judiciary Committee ; Criminal Justice Subcommittee ; Massullo

Threats; Decreases penalty for threatening to throw, project, place, or discharge any destructive device with intent to do bodily harm or with intent to do damage to any property of any person; requires written or electronic threat to conduct mass shooting or act of terrorism to be sufficient to cause well-founded fear in reasonable person; revises penalties.

Effective Date: 10/1/2020
 Last Action: 3/14/2020 House - Died on Calendar
Bill Text: PDF

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    10/8/2019 House • Filed
    10/16/2019 House • Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; Judiciary Committee -HJ 29
    1/14/2020 House • Introduced -HJ 29
    1/30/2020 House • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice Subcommittee, 02/03/20, 2:00 pm, Sumner Hall
    2/3/2020 House • CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 -HJ 504
    2/5/2020 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
    • CS by Criminal Justice Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 496
    2/6/2020 House • Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee -HJ 524
    2/7/2020 House • On Committee agenda-- Justice Appropriations Subcommittee, 02/11/20, 1:30 pm, Sumner Hall
    2/11/2020 House • Favorable by Justice Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 1 -HJ 549
    • Now in Judiciary Committee -HJ 549
    2/24/2020 House • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary Committee, 02/26/20, 8:00 am, Sumner Hall
    2/26/2020 House • CS/CS by- Judiciary Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 1 -HJ 677
    2/27/2020 House • Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
    • CS/CS by Judiciary Committee read 1st time -HJ 669
    2/28/2020 House • Placed on Calendar -HJ 681
    3/3/2020 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/20
    3/6/2020 House • Temporarily postponed, on 2nd Reading -HJ 891
    3/14/2020 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died on Calendar

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  • CS/CS/HB 311, Committee Substitute 2 (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/27/2020 at 1:29 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 728 (e1) Threats Stargel Compare Last Action: 3/14/2020 H Died on Calendar Track This Bill

    Floor Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Floor Action Format
    879543 - Amendment
    Between lines 26 and 27, insert:     		Beltran 3/4/2020
    3:33 PM     		House: Withdrawn
    3/5/2020     		PDF

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    790.162 Threat to throw, project, place, or discharge any destructive device, felony; penalty. Page 2 (pdf)
    836.10 Written threats to kill, do bodily injury, or conduct a mass shooting or an act of terrorism; punishment; exemption from liability. Page 3 (pdf)
    921.0022 Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity ranking chart. Page 4 (pdf)

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  • CS/HB 311, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 2/5/2020 at 8:20 AM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Justice Appropriations Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 2/12/2020 (pdf)
    Judiciary Committee (Post-Meeting) 2/27/2020 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 728 (c2) Threats Stargel Similar Last Action: 3/14/2020 H Died on Calendar Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    951829 - Strike All Amendment
    Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Massullo 2/25/2020
    7:36 PM     		Adopted
    2/26/2020     		PDF

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    790.162 Threat to throw, project, place, or discharge any destructive device, felony; penalty. Page 1 (pdf)
    921.0022 Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity ranking chart. Page 2 (pdf)

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  • HB 311, Original Filed Version Posted 10/8/2019 at 1:21 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Criminal Justice Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 2/4/2020 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 728 (c1) Threats Stargel Compare Last Action: 3/14/2020 H Died on Calendar Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (2)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    610157 - Strike All Amendment
    Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Massullo 1/31/2020
    6:39 PM     		Adopted
    2/3/2020     		PDF
    hierarchy 537587 - Amendment to Amendment (610157)
    Remove lines 20-27 of the amendment and insert:     		Byrd 2/3/2020
    1:20 PM     		Adopted without Objection
    2/3/2020     		PDF

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    790.162 Threat to throw, project, place, or discharge any destructive device, felony; penalty. Page 1 (pdf)
    921.0022 Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity ranking chart. Page 2 (pdf)

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