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31 May 2007, 7:37 am
Bexar County officials say HB 2391 would save the local jail $10,000 per day and generate proportional savings for other counties, if the Governor will only sign the bill.An aide to Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff forwards this letter sent to Governor Rick Perry (pdf) asking him to support HB 2391 by Madden/Seliger (discussed on Grits here and here). [read post]
30 May 2007, 6:14 am
Jerry Madden's HB 2391 (discussed by Grits here) would give police officers more discretion how to handle low-level non-violent midsdemeanor offenders.Deputy McKnight suggested this reform last fall in a letter to Grits, and its legislative embodiment, HB 2391, was the most important bill passed by the 80th Texas Legislature to assist counties facing jail overcrowding crises, which is quite a few of them. [read post]
24 May 2007, 11:00 am
HB 199 by Representatives Madden (R-Plano), Noriega (D-Houston), and Leibowitz (D-Helotes), and carried by Senator Whitmire (D-Houston) in the Senate - which creates a residential infant care program for mothers confined in TDCJ facilities - passed the Senate on Tuesday, May 22, 2007, and was signed in the House today! [read post]
23 May 2007, 10:17 am
Maddening. [read post]
22 May 2007, 6:27 am
Yesterday I left you with two maddening exit questions regarding Senator McCain. [read post]
22 May 2007, 1:16 am
His aides have said that Romney was not aware of the workers' status, and that the owner was in the country legally.Romney spokesman Kevin Madden said his boss' opposition to the immigration measure has been clear. [read post]
21 May 2007, 8:15 am
SB 166 by Senator West (D-Dallas), and carried by Representative Madden (R-Plano) in the House - which implements progressive sanctions: a safe, cost-effective way to reduce the number of probation revocations to prison - passed the House (Vote: Y: 143/N: 1) on Wednesday, May 16, 2007! [read post]
19 May 2007, 1:50 am
Kuff has more.Drug Courts and Progressive Sanctions: Two important pieces of the Whitmire/Madden prison diversion plan - SB 166 by West and HB 530 by Madden - have been finally passed and sent to the Governor. [read post]
18 May 2007, 11:17 pm
I came across a post in the Home Office Lawyer blog today concerning the blatantly unfair, humbling and maddening experience of one attorney, based entirely on prejudice toward home-based lawyers. [read post]
18 May 2007, 1:31 pm
Previously, I wrote: One of the most maddening things about the reaction of Move On and much of the Netroots to the disastrous House bill on Iraq funding is the newfound belief that it is now their role to be the "pragmatic conciliators" who need to cut deals. . . . [read post]
16 May 2007, 8:12 am
Reps Pat Haggerty (R-El Paso) Jerry Madden (R-Richardson) and Terri Hodge (D-Dallas) carried the bill in the House, and Rep. [read post]
14 May 2007, 5:02 am
These bills have passed the Senate and are pending in the House.We are privileged that House Corrections Chairman Jerry Madden, the House sponsor of these two bills as well as significant other criminal justice reform legislation, and Senator Rodney Ellis, the lead sponsor of SB1909, attended the briefing along with legislative staff and other stakeholders.Austin American-Statesman reporter Mike Ward, who has published numerous informative stories on adult and juvenile criminal justice… [read post]
11 May 2007, 11:49 am
House Corrections Chairman Jerry Madden spoke up to recognize her contribution:"There was one lone Texas Ranger who was trying to do his job," said Corrections Chairman Jerry Madden, R-Richardson. [read post]
11 May 2007, 5:55 am
IncarcerationThe House Corrections Committee this week approved SB 1909, see here, which would divert many drug addicts to treatment instead of incarceration, as well as SB 166 by West, see here, that prioritizes probation grants for departments that establish a system of progressive sanctions.Chairman Madden's bill to revamp probation departments' funding mechanism to support these progressive sanctions regiments - HB 3200, see the HRO report - also cleared second reading in the… [read post]
10 May 2007, 1:01 pm
Most of the bills I care a lot about made it through the calendar (thanks in large part to Chairman Madden's deft maneuvering), and I'll discuss most of them, I hope, over the weekend.But there's one nail biter left I'm hoping makes it through before midnight tonight: Rep. [read post]
10 May 2007, 4:52 am
Madden's major probation funding and TYC reform bills, plus some smaller but significant juvenile justice reforms.I'm a little concerned that Rep. [read post]
9 May 2007, 1:01 am
In Harris County, 60% of low-level drug arrests are repeat offenders.Grits has lamented that, except for Rep Madden's HB 2391, hardly any legislation in the 80th session appears directly aimed at solving Texas county jail overcrowding crisis. [read post]
8 May 2007, 2:47 am
Chairman Madden's legislation would have required this change anyway, but it's good to see Mrs. [read post]
7 May 2007, 3:27 pm
Amendments to get rid of the board of directors and to allow misdemeanants to be sentenced to TYC were tabled, though Chairman Madden accepted quite a few smaller changes on the floor.I've watched Chairman Madden's work closely on this committee and admire him a lot - he deserved every bit of the praise Rep. [read post]
7 May 2007, 10:52 am
Here's Fabelo's top-topline summary:The Senate and House budgets both incorporate major elements of the original Whitmire/Madden Plan. [read post]
