Update 2/25/03 - For an update on the hearing for HB 878 see the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Please contact the members of the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee and urge them to support HB 878:
| * Chairman Terry Keel (R-Austin) | (512) 463-0652 |
| * Vice-Chair Debbie Riddle (R-Houston) | (512) 463-0572 |
| Rep. Dan Ellis (D-Livingston) | (512) 463-0570 |
| Rep. Jim Dunnam (D-Waco) | (512) 463-0508 |
| Rep. Terri Hodge (D-Dallas) | (512) 463-0586 |
| Rep. Mary Denny (R-Flower Mound) | (512) 463-0688 |
| Rep. Paul Moreno (D-El Paso) | (512) 463-0638 |
| Rep. Aaron Pena (D-Edinburg) | (512) 463-0426 |
| * Rep. Robert Talton (R-Pasadena) | (512) 463-0460 |
* indicates this Representative has signed on as a co-author to HB 878; please thank them for their support!
Also, Sen. Ken Armbrister has filed SB 501 (D-Victoria), a companion bill to HB 878. SB 501 has been referred to the Senate Criminal Justice Committee. The bill has not been set for a hearing yet, but NRA members are encouraged to call the following Senators who serve on the Criminal Justice Committee and urge them to support SB 501:
| Chairman John Whitmire (D-Houston) | (512) 463-0115 |
| Vice-Chair Tommy Williams (R-Beaumont; The Woodlands) | (512) 463-0104 |
| Sen. John Carona (R-Dallas) | (512) 463-0116 |
| Sen. Rodney Ellis (D-Houston) | (512) 463-0113 |
| Sen. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa (D-McAllen; Corpus Christi) | (512) 463-0120 |
| Sen. Steve Ogden (R-Bryan/College Station; Round Rock) | (512) 463-0105 |
| Sen. Bill Ratliff (R-Mount Pleasant) | (512) 463-0101 |
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