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19 Apr 2007, 8:03 am
Chairman Madden's big probation bill, HB 1678, discussed here, is already scheduled for a floor debate on Tuesday.Meanwhile, the Senate approved SB 166 by West, discussed here, which complement's Maden's funding bill to authorize TDJC to issue grants to probation departments instead of only paying them per offender. [read post]
18 Apr 2007, 1:53 pm
Madden, 2007 U.S. [read post]
17 Apr 2007, 1:52 am
Jerry Madden is laying out his HB 1148 in the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee this morning. [read post]
15 Apr 2007, 2:22 pm
It was maddening. [read post]
15 Apr 2007, 12:34 am
I'm behind in this week's committee previews, but let's run though the highlights, for starters, of tommorrow's Texas House Corrections Committee agenda.Revamping TYC, Creating Inspector GeneralProbably the most hot-button issue on the list is Chairman Madden's HB 2807, which would revamp TYC's inmate population by disallowing judges to sentence misdemeanants there and maxing out youths length of stay at age 19. [read post]
13 Apr 2007, 5:35 am
Congrats to her on passing an excellent bill through the lower chamber.The House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee passed a couple of very good bills, my favorite of which is HB 2391 by Madden (discussed here) which gives police officers discretion to cite and summons Class A and B misdemeanor offenders at their discretion instead of arresting them and taking them to jail. [read post]
12 Apr 2007, 5:05 am
Contact their office and either thank them for doing the right thing or scold them for voting to chip away at Texans' civil liberties:AYESAycock(R); Berman(R); Bonnen(R); Brown, Betty(R); Chisum(R); Christian(R); Crabb(R); Crownover(R); Delisi(R); Driver(R); Frost(D); Herrero(D); Jackson, Jim(R); Kolkhorst(R); Menendez(D); Otto(R); Phillips(R); Riddle(R); Talton(R); West, Buddy(R); Woolley(R); Zedler(R); Zerwas(R)NAYSAllen, Alma(D); Alonzo(D); Anchia(D); Bailey(D); Bohac(R); Bolton(D); Brown,… [read post]
10 Apr 2007, 8:15 am
Madden and whoever helped him develop this plan. [read post]
10 Apr 2007, 4:27 am
Obviously TYC conservator Jay Kimbrough has already begun the process of reducing the number of TYC inmates, but Dutton's bill would put him on a more aggressive track than at present and likely require additional funding for community based alternatives for released kids.Another bill, HB 2807 by Madden, addresses the mechanics of reducing TYC's population. [read post]
10 Apr 2007, 12:02 am
That's the question faced this morning by the Texas House Higher Ed Committee as it considers HB 1367, and I'm a tad disappointed to see that it's actually House Corrections Chairman Jerry Madden carrying the bill - I say disappointed because I think Madden's generally doing a good job as Corrections chair and is generally more sensitive to re-entry issues than this bill would indicate.Rather than run through the problems with this legislation myself,… [read post]
9 Apr 2007, 10:00 am
The noise, dirt and debris can be maddening. [read post]
9 Apr 2007, 4:18 am
Madden's HB 1611 would scale the crime to the theft statutes, allowing small checks to be charged only as a Class C misdemeanor, while the same crime involving more than $200,000 would be a first degree felony. [read post]
9 Apr 2007, 3:33 am
Chairman Madden's HB 199 is the simpler of the two, reading in its entirety:INFANT CARE AND PARENTING. [read post]
8 Apr 2007, 8:33 pm
All of the waiting around is, by far, the most inefficient and maddening part of my typical day. [read post]
4 Apr 2007, 7:58 am
On March 19, 2007, I wrote: Earth to Netroots, Move On, You Are Not Up For Reelection 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]
2 Apr 2007, 10:58 am
Finally I'm getting around to going through the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee agenda for tomorrow, and I find that three bills I really like aimed at reducing local jail overcrowding are all on the agenda:Smart approaches to reduce local jail overcrowdingHB 3059 by Peña and HB 2391 by Madden are similar bills, each authorizing officers to "cite and summons" certain Class B and a handful of non-violent A misdemeanors (for… [read post]
1 Apr 2007, 4:50 am
In conjunction with Whitmire and Madden's probation-strengthening measures in other legislation, this bill makes a lot of sense, preserving incarceration for more dangerous folks and giving addicts a second chance to turn their lives around. [read post]
29 Mar 2007, 10:19 am
The bill has quite a few (all Democratic) co-authors.Miscellaneous TDCJ-related billsHB 2053 by Madden is the Department of Corrections "Sunset" bill, which must pass for the agency (as well as the Board of Pardons and Parole) to continue to exist. [read post]
27 Mar 2007, 1:40 am
, the Corrections Committee yesterday approved the creation of a "conservator" for TYC over the objections of the chair, according to Quorum Report, which is a rare move indeed.In this case, though, I hope Chairman Madden and the Governor both reconsider and go along with the conservator plan.Let's review. [read post]
23 Mar 2007, 10:00 pm
On the other hand, the primary argument for retaining the traditional boundaries of the tort is that it “seem[s] preferable to fashion other remedies, such as unfair competition, to protect people from having intangible values used and appropriated in unfair ways” (Prosser & Keeton, Torts § 15, at 92) … “[I]t is the strength of the common law to respond, albeit cautiously and intelligently, to the demands of commonsense justice in an… [read post]
