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SB 538: Traveling Across County Lines to Commit Criminal Offenses

GENERAL BILL by Harrell

Traveling Across County Lines to Commit Criminal Offenses; Deleting the definition of the term “burglary”; providing for reclassification of grand theft or forcible felony offenses if the person who commits the offense travels with the intent to commit the offense in a county other than the person’s county of residence, etc.

Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
Last Action: 3/8/2024 Senate - Died in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Criminal Justice (CJ)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice (ACJ)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
11/20/2023 Senate • Filed
12/5/2023 Senate • Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
1/5/2024 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 01/10/24, 8:30 am, 37 Senate Building
1/9/2024 Senate • Introduced
1/10/2024 Senate • Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
• Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
3/8/2024 Senate • Died in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice