CS/SB 1838: Tampering With, Harassing, or Retaliating Against Court Officials
GENERAL BILL by Criminal Justice ; Martin
Tampering With, Harassing, or Retaliating Against Court Officials; Providing criminal penalties for persons who knowingly and willfully threaten specified court personnel; providing criminal penalties for persons who knowingly and willfully harass specified court personnel with certain intent; providing criminal penalties for persons who intentionally harass court officials when such harassment has a specified outcome; providing criminal penalties for persons who retaliate against court officials for their participation in official investigations or proceedings, etc.
Last Action: 3/26/2025 Senate - CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 2/28/2025 Senate • Filed
3/7/2025 Senate • Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
3/10/2025 Senate • Introduced
3/13/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/18/25, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
3/18/2025 Senate • CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
3/20/2025 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
3/26/2025 Senate • CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time
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CS/SB 1838, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/20/2025 at 9:42 AM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 1049 (c1) Protection of Court Officials Persons-Mulicka Similar Last Action: 3/31/2025 H Added to Judiciary Committee agenda Citations - Statutes (7)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 772.102 Definitions. Page 8 (pdf) 836.12 Threats or harassment. Page 1 (pdf) 895.02 Definitions. Page 10 (pdf) 918.115 Page 3 (pdf) 918.12 Tampering with jurors. Page 5 (pdf) 918.125 Page 8 (pdf) 921.0022 Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity ranking chart. Page 14 (pdf) -
SB 1838, Original Filed Version Posted 2/28/2025 at 4:51 PM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: Criminal Justice (Pre-Meeting) 3/17/2025 (pdf)
Criminal Justice (Post-Meeting) 3/20/2025 (pdf)
Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 1049 Tampering With, Harassing, or Retaliating Against Court Officials Persons-Mulicka Similar Last Action: 3/31/2025 H Added to Judiciary Committee agenda Committee Amendments (1)
Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format 595212 - Amendment
Delete lines 23 - 159 and insert:Criminal Justice
(Martin)3/17/2025
9:58 AMReplaced by Committee Substitute
3/18/2025Web Page
PDFCommittee Votes (1)
Date Committee Result 3/18/2025 3:30 PM Criminal Justice 9 Yeas - 0 Nays Citations - Statutes (6)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 772.102 Definitions. Page 6 (pdf) 895.02 Definitions. Page 8 (pdf) 918.12 Tampering with jurors. Page 1 (pdf) 918.125 Page 5 (pdf) 918.21 Page 6 (pdf) 921.0022 Criminal Punishment Code; offense severity ranking chart. Page 12 (pdf)