Representative Harold Dutton News Today

A University of Houston Hobby School poll shows Dutton supported by just 38% of likely House District 142 voters, compared to 43% who haven’t made up their minds.

One of Texas’ most famous death row exonerees died before winning compensation under a law inspired by his own story.

An El Paso Democrat wants to close the “dead suspect loophole” that’s helped gut Texas’ once-distinguished open records law.

The chair of the House dedication committee said that based on what he's read, there need to be several bills drafted.

In the beginning of the 87th Texas Legislative Session, I felt hopeful. Hopeful for what I would learn, the ways I would grow, the people I would meet, the friends I would make, things I would learn about myself, and much more. Nearing the end of session, all of these things have come to fruition. What I have been able to learn and accomplish has shown me so much about myself. Myself and the other 12 University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work legislative interns are often asked the im...

Knife Rights Texas Knife Law Reform Bill Passes Out of House Committee Ammoland Inc. Posted on Knife Rights’ Texas Location Restricted Knife Law Reform Bill Introduced U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)- The Texas House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee held a hearing yesterday for HB 956 that would remove from statute a number of places where Location-Restricted Knives (having blades over 5 1/2 inches) are banned. Knife Rights Director of Legislative Affairs, Todd Rathner, gave testimony on the b...

Knife Rights’ Texas Location Restricted Knife Law Reform Bill Introduced U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)- Long time Texas Knife Rights sponsor Representative Harold Dutton has introduced HB 956 that would remove from statute a number of places where Location-Restricted Knives are banned. The locations being removed includes restaurants and bars that derive 51% of their income from sale or service of alcoholic beverages, amusement parks and places of religious worship. In 2013 Knife Rights’ repeal...

Grand jury indicts ex-opponent of Rep. Harold Dutton over mystery candidate FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Richard Bonton, former Democratic candidate for Texas House District 142, has been indicted on several charges surrounding the alleged “ghost candidacy” of a woman in the March primary.Jill Karnicki, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less 2of3 According a grand jury indictment, Representative Harold Dutton, Jr., shown here in 2016, was forced into a primary runoff by a “...