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AUSTIN, Texas (March 16, 2021) – On Monday, a Texas House committee held a hearing on several bills that would reform the state’s asset forfeiture process. Some of the proposed changes would also opt the state out of a federal program that allows police to...
AUSTIN, Texas (Nov. 20, 2020) – A bill prefiled in the Texas House for the 2021 legislative session would reform the state’s asset forfeiture laws and prohibit the state from taking a person’s property without a criminal conviction. The proposed law would...
