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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)

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  • 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

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  • SB 538, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 11/20/2023 at 1:16 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Criminal Justice (Pre-Meeting) 1/9/2024 (pdf)
    Criminal Justice (Post-Meeting) 1/10/2024 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 531 (e1) Traveling Across County Lines to Commit Criminal Offenses Snyder Similar Last Action: 3/8/2024 S Died in Fiscal Policy

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    1/10/2024 8:30 AM Criminal Justice 8 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    843.22 Traveling across county lines with intent to commit a burglary. Page 1 (pdf)

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