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HB 2193 was passed by the
Texas Legislature
Please
ask Governor Perry to sign the bill
HB 2193 is
authored by:
- Chairman Jerry Madden, Chairman of
the House Corrections Committee;
- Speaker Pro Tem Sylvester Turner,
Chairman of the Criminal Justice Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee;
- Chairman Ray Allen, former Chairman
of the House Corrections Committee now Chairman of the House County Affairs Committee;
- Representative Pat Haggerty, former
Chairman of the House Corrections Committee now member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal Justice;
- Representative Jim McReynolds, member
of the House Corrections Committee and the House Public Health Committee; and
- Dean Whitmire, Chairman of the Senate Criminal Justice Committee, Chairman
of the Criminal Justice Subcommittee of the Senate Finance Committee and Dean of the Texas Senate.
HB 2193 will protect the public, promote healthy families, and use taxpayer dollars wisely. It provides:
- intensive supervision for those who need it,
- judicial compliance reviews,
- more judicial control over incentives
and sanctions,
- local control over conditions of probation
and sanctions,
- more opportunities for a jury to consider probation,
- a prison diversion pilot program, and
- more drug courts.
Please ask Governor Perry to
sign this legislation.
Governer Rick Perry
P.O. Box 12428
Austin, Texas 78711
(512) 463-1849 Fax
(512) 463-2000
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