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| HB 33 | McLaughlin, Don (F) | Relating to active shooter events and other emergencies, including certain accreditations of law enforcement agencies that respond to such emergencies. |
| Bill History: |
03-03-25 H Filed 03-05-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans 03-19-25 H Meeting set for 10:30 A.M. OR ADJ., E2.016 House Homeland, Public Safety, Veter 03-19-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans 03-19-25 H Committee action pending House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans |
| HB 36 | Bowers, Rhetta | Relating to the monitoring of certain family violence offenders, the provision of resources for family violence victims, and the collection of information about conditions of bond imposed in family violence cases. |
| Bill History: |
03-03-25 H Filed 03-05-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence 03-18-25 H Meeting set for 10:30 A.M., E2.014 House Criminal Jurisprudence 03-18-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Criminal Jurisprudence 03-18-25 H Committee action pending House Criminal Jurisprudence 04-01-25 H Voted favorably from committee as substituted House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 47 | Howard, Donna | Relating to sexual assault and other sex offenses. |
| Bill History: |
03-14-25 H Filed 03-17-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence 04-01-25 H Meeting set for 10:30 A.M. OR ADJ., E2.014 House Criminal Jurisprudence 04-01-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Criminal Jurisprudence 04-01-25 H Committee action pending House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 75 | Smithee, John | Relating to the release of defendants on bail, the duties of a magistrate in certain criminal proceedings, and the regulation of charitable bail organizations. |
| Bill History: |
03-05-25 H Filed 03-06-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence 03-18-25 H Meeting set for 10:30 A.M., E2.014 House Criminal Jurisprudence 03-18-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Criminal Jurisprudence 03-18-25 H Committee action pending House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 108 | Plesa, Mihaela | Relating to the use of metal or body armor while committing an offense. |
| Bill History: |
03-14-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 115 | Cook, David | Relating to applications for a writ of habeas corpus after conviction. |
| Bill History: |
03-13-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 121 | King, Ken | Relating to measures for ensuring public school safety, including the commissioning of peace officers by the Texas Education Agency, public school safety and security requirements, and the provision of safety-related resources. |
| Bill History: |
03-13-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Public Education 03-25-25 H Meeting set for 8:00 A.M., JHR 140 House Public Education 03-25-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Public Education 03-25-25 H Committee action pending House Public Education |
| HB 155 | Raymond, Richard | Relating to the confidentiality of certain autopsy records. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 02-27-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Public Health 03-10-25 H Meeting set for 8:00 A.M., E2.030 House Public Health 03-10-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Public Health 03-10-25 H Committee action pending House Public Health 03-31-25 H Voted favorably from committee on House Public Health |
| HB 162 | Cain, Briscoe | Relating to prohibiting the recognition, service, and enforcement of extreme risk protective orders. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 02-27-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House State Affairs |
| HB 200 | Buckley, Brad | Relating to jury instructions regarding parole eligibility and the release on parole of certain inmates convicted of an offense committed when younger than 18 years of age. |
| Bill History: |
03-05-25 H Filed 03-06-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 234 | Johnson, Ann | Relating to extreme risk protective orders. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 02-27-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 246 | Guillen, Ryan | Relating to landowner compensation for certain damage to or on agricultural land caused by certain criminal activities. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 02-27-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House State Affairs 03-26-25 H Meeting set for 8:00 A.M., JHR 140 House State Affairs 03-26-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House State Affairs 03-26-25 H Committee action pending House State Affairs 04-02-25 H Voted favorably from committee as substituted House State Affairs |
| HB 260 | Lalani, Suleman | Relating to prohibiting sex offenders from purchasing firearms. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 02-27-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans |
| HB 272 | Perez, Mary Ann | Relating to the prosecution of the offense of fraudulent use or possession of credit card or debit card information. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 02-27-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Pensions/Investments/Financial Servi 03-17-25 H Meeting set for 10:00 A.M., E2.012 House Pensions/Investments/Financial 03-17-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Pensions/Investments/Financial Servi 03-17-25 H Committee action pending House Pensions/Investments/Financial Services 03-24-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Pensions/Investments/Financial Servi 03-24-25 H Voted favorably from committee on House Pensions/Investments/Financial Services 03-26-25 H Reported favorably from committee on House Pensions/Investments/Financial Services 03-26-25 H Recommended for Local and Consent Calendar |
| HB 280 | Thompson, Senfronia | Relating to the authority of a court to terminate the sentence of certain persons released on parole. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 02-27-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Corrections |
| HB 305 | Hayes, Richard | Relating to the time period for conducting a pretrial hearing after a criminal defendant has been restored to competency. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 02-28-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence 03-11-25 H Meeting set for 10:30 A.M., E2.014 House Criminal Jurisprudence 03-11-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Criminal Jurisprudence 03-11-25 H Committee action pending House Criminal Jurisprudence 03-25-25 H Voted favorably from committee as substituted House Criminal Jurisprudence 03-31-25 H Reported from committee as substituted House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 333 | Gonzalez, Mary | Relating to the authority of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo to commission peace officers. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 02-28-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Subcommittee on State-Federal Relati 03-13-25 H Meeting set for 10:30 A.M. OR ADJ., E1.026 House Subcommittee on State-Federal 03-13-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Subcommittee on State-Federal Relati 03-13-25 H Committee action pending House Subcommittee on State-Federal Relations 03-18-25 H Called from subcommittee to House Intergovernmental Affairs 03-18-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Intergovernmental Affairs 03-18-25 H Voted favorably from committee on House Intergovernmental Affairs 03-26-25 H Reported favorably from committee on House Intergovernmental Affairs 03-26-25 H Recommended for Local and Consent Calendar |
| HB 368 | Landgraf, Brooks | Relating to a prohibition on remotely controlling electronic devices of certain individuals and to the criminal prosecution of that conduct. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 02-28-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Subcommittee on Family and Fiduciary 03-31-25 H Meeting set for 2:00 P.M. OR ADJ., E2.016 House Subcommittee on Family and Fid 03-31-25 H Laid out for consideration in subcommittee House Subcommittee on Family and Fiduci 03-31-25 H Subcommittee action pending House Subcommittee on Family and Fiduciary |
| HB 380 | Guillen, Ryan | Relating to the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to the offense of improper relationship between educator and student. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 02-28-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence 03-11-25 H Meeting set for 10:30 A.M., E2.014 House Criminal Jurisprudence 03-11-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Criminal Jurisprudence 03-11-25 H Committee action pending House Criminal Jurisprudence 04-01-25 H Voted favorably from committee as substituted House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 394 | Johnson, Ann | Relating to the admissibility of certain hearsay statements in the prosecution of certain sexual or assaultive offenses committed against a child or person with a disability. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 02-28-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 413 | Jones, Jolanda | Relating to the release of certain defendants detained in jail pending trial. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 02-28-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 417 | Bucy, John | Relating to early voting by mail by any qualified voter and to the repeal of certain criminal offenses concerning the solicitation and distribution of an application to vote by mail. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 02-28-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Elections |
| HB 444 | Moody, Joe | Relating to an application for a writ of habeas corpus based on certain relevant scientific evidence that was not available at the applicant's trial. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 02-28-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 454 | Bucy, John | Relating to abolishing the death penalty. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 02-28-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 463 | Jones, Jolanda | Relating to the automatic expunction of arrest records and files after certain controlled substance offense charges are dismissed. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 02-28-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence 03-25-25 H Meeting set for 10:30 A.M. OR ADJ., E2.014 House Criminal Jurisprudence 03-25-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Criminal Jurisprudence 03-25-25 H Committee action pending House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 478 | Goodwin, Vikki | Relating to extreme risk protective orders. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 02-28-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 486 | Bucy, John | Relating to prohibiting the publication of certain criminal record information of individuals involved in the criminal justice system. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 02-28-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans |
| HB 498 | Meza, Terry | Relating to requiring a person convicted of an offense involving family violence or a person who is the subject of a family violence protective order to surrender firearms owned by the person. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 02-28-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans |
| HB 502 | Flores, Lulu | Relating to the confidentiality of identifying information of victims of certain offenses. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 03-03-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence 03-25-25 H Meeting set for 10:30 A.M. OR ADJ., E2.014 House Criminal Jurisprudence 03-25-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Criminal Jurisprudence 03-25-25 H Committee action pending House Criminal Jurisprudence 04-01-25 H Voted favorably from committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 507 | Gervin-Hawkins, Barbara | Relating to policies and standards for providing legal representation to indigent defendants in certain capital felony cases. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 03-03-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence 04-01-25 H Sent to subcommittee House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 525 | Vasut, Cody | Relating to a subpoena to compel the attendance of certain peace officers who are witnesses in a misdemeanor case punishable by fine only. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 03-03-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 578 | Moody, Joe | Relating to certain sentencing procedures in a capital case. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 03-03-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 580 | Flores, Lulu | Relating to prohibited disqualification of and peremptory challenges to certain prospective jurors. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 03-03-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence |
| HB 605 | Jones, Jolanda | Relating to the authority of the Harris County Hospital District to employ and commission peace officers. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 03-04-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Subcommittee on County Government 03-24-25 H Meeting set for 10:00 A.M., E2.028 House Subcommittee on County Governm 03-24-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Subcommittee on County Government 03-24-25 H Committee action pending House Subcommittee on County Government |
| HB 624 | Thompson, Senfronia | Relating to the placement on community supervision, including deferred adjudication community supervision, of a defendant who is the primary caretaker of a child. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 03-04-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Corrections |
| HB 626 | Bell, Cecil | Relating to granting limited state law enforcement authority to certain federal law enforcement officers. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 03-04-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans 03-12-25 H Meeting set for 10:30 A.M. OR ADJ., E2.016 House Homeland, Public Safety, Veter 03-12-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans 03-12-25 H Committee action pending House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans 03-19-25 H Voted favorably from committee on House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans 03-24-25 H Reported favorably from committee on House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans |
| HB 628 | Meza, Terry | Relating to early voting by mail by any qualified voter and to the repeal of certain criminal offenses concerning the solicitation and distribution of an application to vote by mail. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 03-04-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Elections |
| HB 651 | Moody, Joe | Relating to abolishing the death penalty. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 03-04-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 655 | Reynolds, Ron | Relating to extreme risk protective orders. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 03-04-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 656 | Thompson, Senfronia | Relating to law enforcement policies regarding the issuance of citations for misdemeanors punishable by fine only and to a limitation on the authority to arrest a person for certain fine-only misdemeanors. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 03-04-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans |
| HB 658 | Tepper, Carl | Relating to the carrying of weapons by community supervision and corrections department officers, juvenile probation officers, and certain retired law enforcement officers and to criminal liability. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 03-04-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans 03-12-25 H Meeting set for 10:30 A.M. OR ADJ., E2.016 House Homeland, Public Safety, Veter 03-12-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans 03-12-25 H Committee action pending House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans 03-19-25 H Voted favorably from committee on House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans 03-24-25 H Reported favorably from committee on House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans |
| HB 688 | Thompson, Senfronia | Relating to the applicability of the death penalty to a capital offense committed by a person with an intellectual disability. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 03-04-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 764 | Vasut, Cody | Relating to increasing the minimum term of imprisonment and changing the eligibility for community supervision, mandatory supervision, and parole for persons convicted of intoxication manslaughter. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 03-05-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Corrections |
| HB 770 | Lalani, Suleman | Relating to prohibiting a sex offender from possessing a firearm. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 03-05-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans |
| HB 773 | Moody, Joe | Relating to the authority of a court to grant a commutation of punishment to certain individuals serving a term of imprisonment. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 03-05-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 833 | Moody, Joe | Relating to credit toward a defendant's sentence for time confined in jail or prison before sentencing. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 03-05-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 857 | Moody, Joe | Relating to requiring certain persons prohibited by law from owning, possessing, or controlling a firearm to dispose of firearms owned, possessed, or controlled by the person. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 03-05-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans |
| HB 858 | Thompson, Senfronia | Relating to the date on which certain persons placed on deferred adjudication community supervision are eligible to file a petition for an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 03-05-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Corrections |
| HB 864 | Thompson, Senfronia | Relating to the procedure for an application for a writ of habeas corpus based on certain new evidence. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 03-05-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 867 | Jones, Jolanda | Relating to the dismissal of a criminal case by the attorney representing the state. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 03-05-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 870 | Thompson, Senfronia | Relating to requiring the corroboration of certain testimony in a criminal case involving a controlled substance. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 03-05-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 888 | Thompson, Senfronia | Relating to the duty of a peace officer to request and render aid for an injured person. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 03-06-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans |
| HB 893 | Moody, Joe | Relating to extreme risk protective orders. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 03-06-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 908 | Spiller, David | Relating to the reporting by law enforcement agencies of missing children to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 03-06-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans 03-12-25 H Meeting set for 10:30 A.M. OR ADJ., E2.016 House Homeland, Public Safety, Veter 03-12-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans 03-12-25 H Committee action pending House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans 03-19-25 H Voted favorably from committee on House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans 03-24-25 H Reported favorably from committee on House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans 04-02-25 H Set on the House Calendar 04-02-25 H B4Z6K4BLVz8 (01:32:16) 04-02-25 H Passed to third reading |
| HB 910 | DeAyala, Emilio | Relating to the venue for the prosecution of an election offense. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 03-06-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Elections |
| HB 916 | Harrison, Brian | Relating to the tracking, reporting, and disposition of proceeds and property from asset forfeiture proceedings under the Code of Criminal Procedure. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 03-06-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 933 | Spiller, David | Relating to the jurisdiction of the Texas Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 03-06-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence 04-02-25 H Meeting set for 8:00 A.M., E2.030 House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprude 04-02-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence 04-02-25 H Committee action pending House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence |
| HB 945 | Spiller, David | Relating to the authority of a justice of the peace to issue a search warrant to collect a blood specimen from a person arrested for certain intoxication criminal offenses. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 03-06-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 956 | Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra(F) | Relating to the reporting of certain orders and convictions to the Department of Public Safety and Federal Bureau of Investigation for use with the National Instant Criminal Background. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 03-06-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans |
| HB 958 | Toth, Steve | Relating to a district or county attorney participating as counsel in certain proceedings in federal court. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 03-06-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House State Affairs |
| HB 1068 | Dorazio, Mark | Relating to law enforcement reports concerning certain arrest information of persons who are not lawfully present in the United States. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 03-07-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans |
| HB 1140 | Oliverson, Tom | Relating to prohibiting a registered sex offender from residing within a certain distance of a public primary or secondary school. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 03-07-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1167 | Cunningham, Charles | Relating to the release on bail of certain defendants accused of committing a felony offense and the criminal consequences of committing a felony while released on bail for a prior felony. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 03-07-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1194 | Manuel, Christian | Relating to the period during which an order for emergency protection remains in effect. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 03-07-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1215 | Schatzline, Nate | Relating to the prosecution of the offenses of indecency with a child and sexual assault. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 03-10-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1221 | Lozano, Jose | Relating to increasing the reimbursement fee for certain expenses related to pretrial intervention programs. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 03-10-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1222 | Thompson, Senfronia | Relating to postconviction forensic DNA testing. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 03-10-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1261 | Cunningham, Charles | Relating to the disposition of abandoned or unclaimed property seized by a peace officer. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 03-10-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans 03-19-25 H Meeting set for 10:30 A.M. OR ADJ., E2.016 House Homeland, Public Safety, Veter 03-19-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans 03-19-25 H Committee action pending House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans 03-26-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans 03-26-25 H Voted favorably from committee on House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans |
| HB 1264 | Schatzline, Nate | Relating to the prosecution of the offenses of indecency with a child and sexual assault. |
| Bill History: |
11-13-24 H Filed 03-10-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1274 | Gonzalez, Mary | Relating to intelligence databases for combinations, criminal street gangs, and foreign terrorist organizations. |
| Bill History: |
11-13-24 H Filed 03-10-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans |
| HB 1291 | Thompson, Senfronia | Relating to the consideration of a subsequent writ of habeas corpus in certain felony cases. |
| Bill History: |
11-13-24 H Filed 03-10-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1303 | Hopper, Andy (F) | Relating to certain criminal offenses involving illegal entry into or illegal presence in this state by a person who is an alien, including the enforcement of those offenses. |
| Bill History: |
11-13-24 H Filed 03-10-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans |
| HB 1352 | Meza, Terry | Relating to a law enforcement agency policy regarding the discharge of a firearm by a peace officer at or in the direction of a moving vehicle. |
| Bill History: |
11-15-24 H Filed 03-11-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans |
| HB 1391 | Hopper, Andy (F) | Relating to the prosecution and punishment of certain trafficking and sexual offenses. |
| Bill History: |
11-18-24 H Filed 03-11-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1401 | Harris, Cody | Relating to the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to the offense of improper relationship between educator and student. |
| Bill History: |
11-19-24 H Filed 03-11-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1414 | Allen, Alma | Relating to the punishment for the offense of driving while license invalid. |
| Bill History: |
11-19-24 H Filed 03-11-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence 04-03-25 H Meeting set for 10:30 A.M. OR ADJ., E2.014 House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1418 | Schatzline, Nate | Relating to the use of in-custody informant testimony in a criminal trial. |
| Bill History: |
11-20-24 H Filed 03-11-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1426 | Bucy, John | Relating to a prohibition on the issuance or enforcement of a search warrant, subpoena, or other court order for certain menstrual health data. |
| Bill History: |
11-20-24 H Filed 03-11-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1445 | Hernandez, Ana | Relating to the compensation of counsel appointed to provide representation and services to indigent individuals in criminal and juvenile proceedings. |
| Bill History: |
11-21-24 H Filed 03-11-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence 03-25-25 H Meeting set for 10:30 A.M. OR ADJ., E2.014 House Criminal Jurisprudence 03-25-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Criminal Jurisprudence 03-25-25 H Committee action pending House Criminal Jurisprudence 04-01-25 H Voted favorably from committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1455 | Jones, Jolanda | Relating to the collection and reporting of information regarding mental health jail diversion. |
| Bill History: |
11-22-24 H Filed 03-11-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans |
| HB 1461 | Frank, James | Relating to the confinement or detention of certain individuals in a county jail or other facility operated by or for the county and to the compensation to the county for the costs of that confinement. |
| Bill History: |
11-22-24 H Filed 03-11-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Corrections 04-02-25 H Meeting set for 8:00 A.M., E1.014 House Corrections 04-02-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Corrections 04-02-25 H Committee action pending House Corrections |
| HB 1465 | Hickland, Hillary (F) | Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of invasive visual recording and the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to that offense. |
| Bill History: |
11-25-24 H Filed 03-11-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence 03-25-25 H Meeting set for 10:30 A.M. OR ADJ., E2.014 House Criminal Jurisprudence 03-25-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Criminal Jurisprudence 03-25-25 H Committee action pending House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1511 | Hickland, Hillary (F) | Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to adopt or enforce a juvenile curfew. |
| Bill History: |
12-04-24 H Filed 03-12-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice 03-26-25 H Meeting set for 8:00 A.M., E1.026 House Subcommittee on Juvenile Justi 03-26-25 H Laid out for consideration in subcommittee House Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice 03-26-25 H Subcommittee action pending House Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice |
| HB 1604 | Bucy, John | Relating to public access to criminal proceedings. |
| Bill History: |
12-12-24 H Filed 03-12-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1610 | Leach, Jeff | Relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, including conforming amendments. |
| Bill History: |
03-13-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence 04-02-25 H Meeting set for 8:00 A.M., E2.030 House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprude 04-02-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence 04-02-25 H Committee action pending House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence |
| HB 1620 | Leach, Jeff | Relating to nonsubstantive additions to, revisions of, and corrections in enacted codes, to the nonsubstantive codification or disposition of various laws omitted from enacted codes, and to conforming codifications. |
| Bill History: |
03-13-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence 04-02-25 H Meeting set for 8:00 A.M., E2.030 House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprude 04-02-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence 04-02-25 H Committee action pending House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence |
| HB 1650 | Canales, Terry | Relating to a special bill of review to reform a final judgment of forfeiture of a bail bond. |
| Bill History: |
12-18-24 H Filed 03-12-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1653 | Schatzline, Nate | Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of possession or promotion of child pornography. |
| Bill History: |
12-18-24 H Filed 03-12-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1666 | Canales, Terry | Relating to the expunction of arrest records and files relating to certain nonviolent misdemeanor offenses. |
| Bill History: |
12-18-24 H Filed 03-12-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1668 | Gerdes, Stan | Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of enticing a child and to the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to that offense. |
| Bill History: |
12-18-24 H Filed 03-12-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1678 | Canales, Terry | Relating to the collection and disclosure of certain public information. |
| Bill History: |
12-19-24 H Filed 03-12-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Delivery of Government Efficiency |
| HB 1686 | Hull, Lacey | Relating to victims of sex offenses, sex-based human trafficking offenses, or acts of a sexual nature and to the confidentiality of or restrictions on the availability of certain property. |
| Bill History: |
12-20-24 H Filed 03-12-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence 04-01-25 H Meeting set for 10:30 A.M. OR ADJ., E2.014 House Criminal Jurisprudence 04-01-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Criminal Jurisprudence 04-01-25 H Committee action pending House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1720 | Gervin-Hawkins, Barbara | Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of trespass in a facility housing an animal and to restitution for property damage resulting from that trespass. |
| Bill History: |
01-02-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence 04-01-25 H Sent to subcommittee House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1740 | Tepper, Carl | Relating to requiring a search warrant for certain fire, health, or code inspections. |
| Bill History: |
01-06-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Intergovernmental Affairs |
| HB 1741 | Johnson, Ann | Relating to certain proceedings and supervision following certain adjudications occurring in a criminal case. |
| Bill History: |
01-06-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Public Health 03-24-25 H Meeting set for 8:00 A.M., E2.030 House Public Health 03-24-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Public Health 03-24-25 H Committee action pending House Public Health 03-31-25 H Voted favorably from committee as substituted House Public Health |
| HB 1752 | Manuel, Christian | Relating to a limitation on public access by livestream or videoconference to certain criminal proceedings involving evidence depicting an act of a sexual nature. |
| Bill History: |
01-07-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1754 | Manuel, Christian | Relating to the minimum duration of certain protective orders. |
| Bill History: |
01-07-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1760 | Leach, Jeff | Relating to increasing the minimum term of imprisonment and changing the eligibility for community supervision, mandatory supervision, and parole for persons convicted of intoxication manslaughter. |
| Bill History: |
01-07-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Corrections 04-02-25 H Meeting set for 8:00 A.M., E1.014 House Corrections 04-02-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Corrections 04-02-25 H Committee action pending House Corrections |
| HB 1762 | Leach, Jeff | Relating to changing the eligibility of certain persons to receive community supervision, including deferred adjudication community supervision. |
| Bill History: |
01-07-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Corrections 04-02-25 H Meeting set for 8:00 A.M., E1.014 House Corrections 04-02-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Corrections 04-02-25 H Committee action pending House Corrections |
| HB 1763 | Rosenthal, Jon | Relating to repealing certain offenses and removing certain regulations relating to marihuana, cannabis, cannabinoids, synthetic cannabinoids, and paraphernalia. |
| Bill History: |
01-07-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1765 | Jones, Jolanda | Relating to the issuance of an arrest warrant or search warrant authorizing the use of a no-knock entry by a peace officer. |
| Bill History: |
01-07-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1778 | Thompson, Senfronia | Relating to human trafficking, prostitution, and child pornography and to the prosecution of sexual or assaultive offenses or the prosecution of a failure to stop or report those offenses. |
| Bill History: |
01-08-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence 03-25-25 H Meeting set for 10:30 A.M. OR ADJ., E2.014 House Criminal Jurisprudence 03-25-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Criminal Jurisprudence 03-25-25 H Committee action pending House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1801 | Bhojani, Salman | Relating to the definition of authorized peace officer for purposes of certain laws governing the installation and use of tracking equipment and access to certain communications. |
| Bill History: |
01-09-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1817 | Harrison, Brian | Relating to the deregulation of certain activities and occupations. |
| Bill History: |
01-10-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on Licensing and Administrative Procedures |
| HB 1820 | Bowers, Rhetta | Relating to the expunction of arrest records and files when a grand jury fails to find that probable cause exists to believe the alleged offense was committed. |
| Bill History: |
01-13-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1824 | Bowers, Rhetta | Related to monitoring domestic violence offenders through advanced tracking systems to enhance victim safety. |
| Bill History: |
01-13-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1847 | Collier, Nicole | Relating to a maximum allowable caseload for certain attorneys. |
| Bill History: |
01-15-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1852 | Collier, Nicole | Relating to authority of a court to reduce or modify a defendant's sentence. |
| Bill History: |
01-15-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1853 | Moody, Joe | Relating to the availability of certain information regarding persons who provide materials used in the execution of a convict. |
| Bill History: |
01-15-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Corrections |
| HB 1866 | Lujan, John | Relating to the state law enforcement authority of federal National Park Service law enforcement officers. |
| Bill History: |
01-15-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans 03-26-25 H Meeting set for 10:30 A.M. OR ADJ., E2.016 House Homeland, Public Safety, Veter 03-26-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans 03-26-25 H Committee action pending House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans 04-02-25 H Voted favorably from committee on House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans |
| HB 1891 | Cook, David | Relating to the offense of invasive visual recording of a minor, including the statute of limitations for that offense and the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to that offense. |
| Bill History: |
01-16-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1904 | Canales, Terry | Relating to the release of a balloon and associated littering. |
| Bill History: |
01-16-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Environmental Regulation |
| HB 1913 | Schatzline, Nate | Relating to prohibiting a registered sex offender in certain circumstances from going within a certain distance of the residence of a victim of any offense committed by the offender. |
| Bill History: |
01-16-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1950 | Capriglione, Giovanni | Relating to the consolidated municipal court building security and technology fund in certain municipalities. |
| Bill History: |
01-17-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Intergovernmental Affairs 03-25-25 H Meeting set for 8:00 A.M., E2.026 House Intergovernmental Affairs 03-25-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Intergovernmental Affairs 03-25-25 H Committee action pending House Intergovernmental Affairs |
| HB 1953 | Thompson, Senfronia | Relating to rights of crime victims and the enforcement of those rights. |
| Bill History: |
01-17-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence 04-01-25 H Meeting set for 10:30 A.M. OR ADJ., E2.014 House Criminal Jurisprudence 04-01-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Criminal Jurisprudence 04-01-25 H Committee action pending House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1975 | Cook, David | Relating to victims of sex offenses, sex-based human trafficking offenses, or acts of a sexual nature and to the confidentiality of or restrictions on the availability of certain property, material. |
| Bill History: |
01-22-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 1977 | Cook, David | Relating to the admissibility of evidence of certain extraneous offenses or acts in the prosecution of sexual assault or aggravated sexual assault or an attempt or conspiracy to commit sexual assault. |
| Bill History: |
01-22-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence 03-25-25 H Meeting set for 10:30 A.M. OR ADJ., E2.014 House Criminal Jurisprudence 03-25-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Criminal Jurisprudence 03-25-25 H Committee action pending House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2000 | Ashby, Trent | Relating to the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to the offense of child grooming. |
| Bill History: |
01-22-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence 03-25-25 H Meeting set for 10:30 A.M. OR ADJ., E2.014 House Criminal Jurisprudence 03-25-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Criminal Jurisprudence 03-25-25 H Committee action pending House Criminal Jurisprudence 03-25-25 H Voted favorably from committee as substituted House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2006 | Plesa, Mihaela | Relating to the expunction of arrest records and files by a statutory county court. |
| Bill History: |
01-22-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2017 | Gerdes, Stan | Relating to increasing the minimum term of imprisonment and changing the eligibility for community supervision, mandatory supervision, and parole for certain persons convicted of intoxication manslaughter. |
| Bill History: |
01-22-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Corrections 03-26-25 H Meeting set for 8:00 A.M., E1.014 House Corrections 03-26-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Corrections 03-26-25 H Committee action pending House Corrections 04-02-25 H Voted favorably from committee on House Corrections |
| HB 2042 | Plesa, Mihaela | Relating to automatic expunction of arrest records and files for certain persons who are tried for an offense and subsequently acquitted and to the provision of certain records relating to that expunction. |
| Bill History: |
01-23-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2045 | Davis, Aicha (F) | Relating to automatic expunction of arrest records and files for certain persons who are tried for an offense and subsequently acquitted. |
| Bill History: |
01-23-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2046 | Davis, Aicha (F) | Relating to an affirmative finding of family violence entered in the trial of certain offenses. |
| Bill History: |
01-23-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2066 | Virdell, Wes (F) | Relating to the expunction of arrest records and files for certain defendants placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for the unlawful carrying of a handgun. |
| Bill History: |
01-24-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence 03-25-25 H Meeting set for 10:30 A.M. OR ADJ., E2.014 House Criminal Jurisprudence 03-25-25 H Committee action pending House Criminal Jurisprudence 04-01-25 H Voted favorably from committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2136 | Bhojani, Salman | Relating to design and use of a model criminal citation. |
| Bill History: |
01-28-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans |
| HB 2151 | Capriglione, Giovanni | Relating to the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to the offense of indecent assault. |
| Bill History: |
01-28-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence 04-01-25 H Meeting set for 10:30 A.M. OR ADJ., E2.014 House Criminal Jurisprudence 04-01-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Criminal Jurisprudence 04-01-25 H Committee action pending House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2172 | Harris, Cody | Relating to a limitation on the use of certain unsubstantiated information relating to peace officer misconduct. |
| Bill History: |
01-28-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2177 | Harless, Sam | Relating to authorizing the disclosure of certain electronic customer data by a provider of an electronic communications service or a remote computing service in certain immediate life-threatening situations. |
| Bill History: |
01-28-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2178 | Harless, Sam | Relating to the emergency installation and use of a mobile tracking device on a vehicle by an authorized peace officer. |
| Bill History: |
01-28-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2180 | Cunningham, Charles | Relating to a waiver of the preservation of evidence and the return of a seized weapon in a criminal case. |
| Bill History: |
01-28-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2209 | Bumgarner, Ben | Relating to the period for which a person arrested for certain crimes committed against a child may be held after bond is posted. |
| Bill History: |
01-29-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2227 | Hinojosa, Gina | Relating to the period for transporting a criminal defendant who is found incompetent to stand trial to a facility for competency restoration services and to the compensation to the county for the costs. |
| Bill History: |
01-29-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Public Health |
| HB 2229 | Hernandez, Ana | Relating to the expunction of arrest records and files by a statutory county court. |
| Bill History: |
01-29-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2237 | Dutton, Harold | Relating to abolishing the death penalty. |
| Bill History: |
01-29-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2282 | Lopez, Janie | Relating to the amount of the reimbursement fee paid by a defendant for a peace officer's services in executing or processing an arrest warrant, capias, or capias pro fine. |
| Bill History: |
01-30-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2306 | Villalobos, Denise (F) | Relating to changing the eligibility for release on parole of certain inmates serving sentences for trafficking offenses involving child victims and disabled individuals. |
| Bill History: |
01-31-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Corrections |
| HB 2309 | Villalobos, Denise (F) | Relating to the forfeiture of certain contraband and the authority of the attorney general to bring certain forfeiture actions. |
| Bill History: |
01-31-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2318 | Thompson, Senfronia | Relating to the establishment of a statewide human trafficking data repository within the office of the attorney general and to reporting of human trafficking data to the office of the attorney general. |
| Bill History: |
01-31-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans 03-26-25 H Meeting set for 10:30 A.M. OR ADJ., E2.016 House Homeland, Public Safety, Veter 03-26-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans 03-26-25 H Committee action pending House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans 04-02-25 H Voted favorably from committee as substituted House Homeland, Public Safety, Veter |
| HB 2328 | Orr, Angelia | Relating to the procedures for the expunction of arrest records and files. |
| Bill History: |
02-03-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2333 | Hopper, Andy (F) | Relating to certain statutes of limitations for criminal offenses, including the statutes of limitations for felony offenses relating to an election conducted in this state. |
| Bill History: |
02-03-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2341 | Allen, Alma | Relating to the award of diligent participation credit to defendants confined in a state jail felony facility. |
| Bill History: |
02-03-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Corrections 03-26-25 H Meeting set for 8:00 A.M., E1.014 House Corrections 03-26-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Corrections 03-26-25 H Committee action pending House Corrections 04-02-25 H Voted favorably from committee on House Corrections |
| HB 2348 | Capriglione, Giovanni | Relating to the video recording of a deposition taken of the testimony of certain elderly or disabled persons in a criminal case. |
| Bill History: |
02-03-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2355 | Fairly, Caroline (F) | Relating to requests for law enforcement agency reports from the attorney general related to crime victims compensation applications. |
| Bill History: |
02-03-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence 04-01-25 H Meeting set for 10:30 A.M. OR ADJ., E2.014 House Criminal Jurisprudence 04-01-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Criminal Jurisprudence 04-01-25 H Committee action pending House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2363 | Patterson, Jared | Relating to the authority of certain peace officers to arrest a person without a warrant while outside the officer's jurisdiction. |
| Bill History: |
02-03-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans 03-26-25 H Meeting set for 10:30 A.M. OR ADJ., E2.016 House Homeland, Public Safety, Veter 03-26-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans 03-26-25 H Committee action pending House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans 04-02-25 H Voted favorably from committee as substituted House Homeland, Public Safety, Veter |
| HB 2383 | Plesa, Mihaela | Relating to the use of metal or body armor while committing an offense. |
| Bill History: |
02-04-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2407 | Capriglione, Giovanni | Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the failure of certain sex offenders to comply with sex offender registration requirements. |
| Bill History: |
02-04-25 H Filed 03-17-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2417 | Campos, Liz | Relating to the eligibility of certain wrongfully imprisoned persons for compensation and for the expunction of arrest records and files in the case. |
| Bill History: |
02-04-25 H Filed 03-17-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2430 | Capriglione, Giovanni | Relating to prohibiting sex offenders from residing or loitering within a certain distance of certain locations where children commonly gather and from participating in certain Halloween activities. |
| Bill History: |
02-05-25 H Filed 03-17-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2448 | Moody, Joe | Relating to the waiver of a defendant's arraignment. |
| Bill History: |
02-05-25 H Filed 03-17-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2449 | Hickland, Hillary (F) | Relating to discovery requirements for pro se defendants in a criminal case. |
| Bill History: |
02-05-25 H Filed 03-17-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2492 | Bowers, Rhetta | Relating to the period for which a person arrested for certain crimes involving family violence may be held after bond is posted. |
| Bill History: |
02-05-25 H Filed 03-17-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2497 | Geren, Charlie | Relating to the automatic expunction of arrest records and files for certain public safety employees who successfully complete a public safety employees treatment court program. |
| Bill History: |
02-05-25 H Filed 03-17-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2507 | Leach, Jeff | Relating to automatic orders of nondisclosure of criminal history record information for certain misdemeanor defendants following successful completion of a period of deferred adjudication community supervision. |
| Bill History: |
02-05-25 H Filed 03-17-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2566 | Spiller, David | Relating to the enforcement of state and federal immigration laws by state agencies, local entities, and peace officers. |
| Bill History: |
02-07-25 H Filed 03-17-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House State Affairs |
| HB 2570 | Bryant, John | Relating to extreme risk protective orders and certain other protective orders prohibiting possession of a firearm. |
| Bill History: |
02-07-25 H Filed 03-17-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2582 | Hull, Lacey | Relating to the rights of a victim, guardian of a victim, or close relative of a deceased victim to information regarding a defendant's parole. |
| Bill History: |
02-07-25 H Filed 03-17-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence 04-01-25 H Meeting set for 10:30 A.M. OR ADJ., E2.014 House Criminal Jurisprudence 04-01-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Criminal Jurisprudence 04-01-25 H Committee action pending House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2594 | Metcalf, Will | Relating to the venue for the prosecution of certain criminal conduct involving theft. |
| Bill History: |
02-07-25 H Filed 03-17-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2596 | Metcalf, Will | Relating to the issuance of certain protective orders for certain burglary offenses. |
| Bill History: |
02-07-25 H Filed 03-17-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence 03-25-25 H Meeting set for 10:30 A.M. OR ADJ., E2.014 House Criminal Jurisprudence 03-25-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Criminal Jurisprudence 03-25-25 H Committee action pending House Criminal Jurisprudence 04-01-25 H Voted favorably from committee as substituted House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2617 | Anchia, Rafael | Relating to the procedures for the expunction of arrest records and files for persons who complete certain court programs or pretrial intervention programs. |
| Bill History: |
02-10-25 H Filed 03-18-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2622 | Metcalf, Will | Relating to the transport of female patients to a mental health facility or residential care facility. |
| Bill History: |
02-10-25 H Filed 03-18-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Public Health 03-31-25 H Meeting set for 8:00 A.M., E2.030 House Public Health 03-31-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Public Health 03-31-25 H Committee action pending House Public Health |
| HB 2629 | Rodriguez Ramos, Ana-Maria | Relating to requiring a person convicted of an offense involving family violence or a person who is the subject of a protective order to surrender firearms owned by the person. |
| Bill History: |
02-11-25 H Filed 03-18-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans |
| HB 2637 | DeAyala, Emilio | Relating to the practice and procedures for summoning prospective grand jurors and petit jurors and the exemption of certain persons from grand jury and petit jury service. |
| Bill History: |
02-11-25 H Filed 03-18-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence 03-26-25 H Meeting set for 8:00 A.M., E2.030 House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprude 03-26-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence 03-26-25 H Committee action pending House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence |
| HB 2644 | Dutton, Harold | Relating to the amount of a fine and costs discharged by a defendant while confined in jail or engaged in labor. |
| Bill History: |
02-11-25 H Filed 03-18-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2647 | Dutton, Harold | Relating to the establishment of the inmate legal services office and to the appointment and compensation of certain legal counsel for certain indigent inmates and other persons in secure correctional facilities. |
| Bill History: |
02-11-25 H Filed 03-18-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2650 | Bhojani, Salman | Relating to the reporting of certain orders and convictions to the Department of Public Safety and Federal Bureau of Investigation for use with the National Instant Criminal Background Check System for the transfer of firearms. |
| Bill History: |
02-11-25 H Filed 03-18-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans |
| HB 2656 | Virdell, Wes (F) | Relating to motor vehicle stops by a peace officer operating an unmarked law enforcement motor vehicle. |
| Bill History: |
02-11-25 H Filed 03-18-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans |
| HB 2662 | Davis, Aicha (F) | Relating to the issuance of a warrant authorizing the use of a no-knock entry by a peace officer. |
| Bill History: |
02-11-25 H Filed 03-18-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2697 | Anchia, Rafael | Relating to certain procedures in connection with a bond forfeiture. |
| Bill History: |
02-12-25 H Filed 03-18-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence 04-01-25 H Meeting set for 10:30 A.M. OR ADJ., E2.014 House Criminal Jurisprudence 04-01-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Criminal Jurisprudence 04-01-25 H Committee action pending House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2698 | Anchia, Rafael | Relating to the representation of certain indigent applicants for a writ of habeas corpus. |
| Bill History: |
02-12-25 H Filed 03-18-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2705 | Zwiener, Erin | Relating to the protection of free speech rights at institutions of higher education, including the prosecution of offenses of trespass, damage, and defacement at certain institutions of higher education. |
| Bill History: |
02-12-25 H Filed 03-18-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Higher Education |
| HB 2726 | Bhojani, Salman | Relating to an argument before the jury after a subsequent jury charge in a criminal case. |
| Bill History: |
02-12-25 H Filed 03-18-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2728 | Dutton, Harold | Relating to spoliation of evidence held for use in a criminal proceeding. |
| Bill History: |
02-12-25 H Filed 03-18-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2777 | Rose, Toni | Relating to the applicability of the death penalty to a capital offense committed by a person with severe mental illness. |
| Bill History: |
02-13-25 H Filed 03-19-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2794 | Capriglione, Giovanni | Relating to the admissibility of evidence regarding a victim's past sexual behavior in prosecutions of certain assaultive offenses. |
| Bill History: |
02-13-25 H Filed 03-19-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2813 | Alders, Daniel (F) | Relating to victim notification of certain scheduled court proceedings. |
| Bill History: |
02-13-25 H Filed 03-19-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2847 | Dutton, Harold | Relating to truancy and parental contribution to nonattendance of school. |
| Bill History: |
02-14-25 H Filed 03-19-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice |
| HB 2933 | Dutton, Harold | Relating to the restoration of civil rights to a criminal defendant. |
| Bill History: |
02-18-25 H Filed 03-19-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Corrections |
| HB 2934 | Dutton, Harold | Relating to the charging instrument in the prosecution of the offense of resisting arrest. |
| Bill History: |
02-18-25 H Filed 03-19-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2936 | Dutton, Harold | Relating to asset forfeiture proceedings under the Code of Criminal Procedure. |
| Bill History: |
02-18-25 H Filed 03-19-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 2956 | McLaughlin, Don (F) | Relating to a central database containing information about certain persons who have been convicted of or received a grant of deferred adjudication community supervision for certain offenses involving family violence. |
| Bill History: |
02-18-25 H Filed 03-20-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans |
| HB 2982 | Zwiener, Erin | Relating to law enforcement policies prohibiting a peace officer from using less lethal projectiles for the purpose of controlling the activity or movement of a gathering of people. |
| Bill History: |
02-18-25 H Filed 03-20-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans |
| HB 3028 | Reynolds, Ron | Relating to requiring notice regarding the potential eligibility to vote of certain persons convicted of a felony. |
| Bill History: |
02-19-25 H Filed 03-20-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Elections |
| HB 3074 | Howard, Donna | Relating to sexual assault and other sex offenses. |
| Bill History: |
02-20-25 H Filed 03-20-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 3098 | Bell, Cecil | Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain assaults committed against employees of primary and secondary schools and to the conditions of community supervision for that offense. |
| Bill History: |
02-20-25 H Filed 03-20-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 3110 | Perez, Mary Ann | Relating to civil asset forfeiture of digital currency or other similar property. |
| Bill History: |
02-20-25 H Filed 03-20-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 3111 | Perez, Mary Ann | Relating to the search of certain wireless communications devices by a peace officer. |
| Bill History: |
02-20-25 H Filed 03-20-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 3119 | Johnson, Ann | Relating to the preservation of evidence collected from a forensic medical examination for certain sexual assaults. |
| Bill History: |
02-20-25 H Filed 03-20-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans |
| HB 3123 | Kitzman, Stan | Relating to the powers and duties of a personal bond or personal bond and pretrial supervision office. |
| Bill History: |
02-20-25 H Filed 03-20-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 3166 | Cook, David | Relating to the authority of a court to grant a commutation of punishment to certain individuals serving a term of imprisonment and to victims' rights regarding a motion to grant a commutation. |
| Bill History: |
02-21-25 H Filed 03-20-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 3167 | Cook, David | Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the criminal offense of organized retail theft. |
| Bill History: |
02-21-25 H Filed 03-20-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence 04-01-25 H Sent to subcommittee House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 3177 | Anchia, Rafael | Relating to the peace officer status of designated investigators of a municipal office of inspector general |
| Bill History: |
02-21-25 H Filed 03-20-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans |
| HB 3193 | Reynolds, Ron | Relating to the punishment for intoxication assault and intoxication manslaughter. |
| Bill History: |
02-21-25 H Filed 03-20-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence 04-01-25 H Sent to subcommittee House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 3206 | Hayes, Richard | Relating to the sequestration of a jury in a criminal case. |
| Bill History: |
02-21-25 H Filed 03-20-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 3242 | Moody, Joe | Relating to the criminal and licensing consequences of certain offenses relating to the possession of marihuana, certain tetrahydrocannabinols, certain synthetic cannabinoids, and drug paraphernalia. |
| Bill History: |
02-24-25 H Filed 03-20-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 3268 | Simmons, Lauren Ashley (F) | Relating to the denial or reduction of an award otherwise payable under the Crime Victims' Compensation Act. |
| Bill History: |
02-25-25 H Filed 03-20-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Appropriations |
| HB 3330 | Cook, David | Relating to discovery in a criminal case. |
| Bill History: |
02-25-25 H Filed 03-21-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 3343 | Ward Johnson, Charlene (F) | Relating to the duties of peace officers investigating a family violence allegation or responding to a disturbance call that may involve family violence. |
| Bill History: |
02-25-25 H Filed 03-21-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans |
| HB 3351 | King, Ken | Relating to measures for ensuring public school safety, including the commissioning of peace officers by the Texas Education Agency, public school safety and security requirements, and the provision of safety-related resources. |
| Bill History: |
02-25-25 H Filed 03-21-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Public Education |
| HB 3360 | Cook, David | Relating to the protection and detention of a juvenile who engages in delinquent conduct or commits a felony offense while committed to the custody of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department. |
| Bill History: |
02-26-25 H Filed 03-21-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice 04-07-25 H Meeting set for 8:00 A.M., E2.010 House Subcommittee on Juvenile Justi |
| HB 3362 | Little, Mitch (F) | Relating to grand jury proceedings. |
| Bill History: |
02-26-25 H Filed 03-21-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 3400 | Schatzline, Nate | Relating to the definition of a designated law enforcement office or agency for purposes of certain laws governing the installation and use of tracking equipment and access to certain communications. |
| Bill History: |
02-26-25 H Filed 03-21-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 3418 | Morales, Eddie | Relating to prohibitions on certain employment for sex offenders. |
| Bill History: |
02-26-25 H Filed 03-21-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence 04-01-25 H Meeting set for 10:30 A.M. OR ADJ., E2.014 House Criminal Jurisprudence 04-01-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Criminal Jurisprudence 04-01-25 H Committee action pending House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 3439 | Guillen, Ryan | Relating to the powers and duties of the office of the attorney general with respect to certain laws governing the installation and use of tracking equipment and access to certain communications. |
| Bill History: |
02-26-25 H Filed 03-21-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House State Affairs |
| HB 3442 | Reynolds, Ron | Relating to approved court-ordered alcohol awareness programs. |
| Bill History: |
02-26-25 H Filed 03-21-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice |
| HB 3449 | Canales, Terry | Relating to the reimbursement of expenses to certain counsel appointed to represent a defendant in a criminal proceeding. |
| Bill History: |
02-26-25 H Filed 03-21-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 3477 | Canales, Terry | Relating to the expunction of all records and files related to a finding of criminal contempt by a court. |
| Bill History: |
02-27-25 H Filed 03-24-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 3541 | Anchia, Rafael | Relating to certain criminal offenses concerning the unlawful transfer or purchase of certain weapons. |
| Bill History: |
02-28-25 H Filed 03-24-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans |
| HB 3602 | Louderback, AJ (F) | Relating to the execution of a search warrant for taking a blood specimen from certain persons in certain intoxication offenses. |
| Bill History: |
03-03-25 H Filed 03-25-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 3603 | Toth, Steve | Relating to the admissibility of evidence of extraneous offenses or acts in the prosecution of certain family violence offenses. |
| Bill History: |
03-03-25 H Filed 03-25-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 3636 | Metcalf, Will | Relating to the payment of restitution by a person released on parole or to mandatory supervision. |
| Bill History: |
03-03-25 H Filed 03-25-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Corrections |
| HB 3640 | Lowe, David (F) | Relating to the prosecution of an offense committed by a peace officer acting in the course and scope of the officer's official duties. |
| Bill History: |
03-03-25 H Filed 03-25-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House State Affairs |
| HB 3644 | Romero, Ramon | Relating to the verification of the veteran status of inmates and prisoners. |
| Bill History: |
03-03-25 H Filed 03-25-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Subcommittee on Defense and Veterans |
| HB 3653 | LaHood, Marc (F) | Relating to the prosecution and punishment of certain trafficking of persons offenses. |
| Bill History: |
03-03-25 H Filed 03-25-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 3659 | Johnson, Ann | Relating to the compensation to a county for certain persons confined in a county jail pending trial. |
| Bill History: |
03-04-25 H Filed 03-25-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 3660 | Morales, Christina | Relating to protective orders prohibiting offenses motivated by bias or prejudice. |
| Bill History: |
03-04-25 H Filed 03-25-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 3664 | Smithee, John | Relating to the training of prospective grand jurors and to grand jury proceedings. |
| Bill History: |
03-04-25 H Filed 03-25-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 3707 | Craddick, Tom | Relating to the inspection, purchase, sale, possession, storage, transportation, and disposal of petroleum products, oil and gas equipment, and oil and gas waste. |
| Bill History: |
03-04-25 H Filed 03-26-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Energy Resources 03-31-25 H Meeting set for 2:00 P.M. OR ADJ., E2.026 House Energy Resources 03-31-25 H Laid out for consideration in committee House Energy Resources 03-31-25 H Committee action pending House Energy Resources |
| HB 3744 | Manuel, Christian | Relating to the definition of intervenor for purposes of crime victims' compensation. |
| Bill History: |
03-04-25 H Filed 03-26-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 3745 | Manuel, Christian | Relating to crime victims' compensation. |
| Bill History: |
03-04-25 H Filed 03-26-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Appropriations |
| HB 3757 | Moody, Joe | Relating to a writ to invoke the jurisdiction of a district court for the purpose of obtaining relevant documents for a postconviction application for a writ of habeas corpus. |
| Bill History: |
03-04-25 H Filed 03-26-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 3779 | Louderback, AJ (F) | Relating to the imposition of concurrent or consecutive sentences for certain convictions. |
| Bill History: |
03-05-25 H Filed 03-26-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 3790 | Morgan, Matthew (F) | Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain offenses committed by an alien. |
| Bill History: |
03-05-25 H Filed 03-26-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 3856 | Spiller, David | Relating to immigration documentation or other information to verify citizenship or immigration status and to notification to the federal government of an arrested or detained person who is unlawfully present in the United States. |
| Bill History: |
03-05-25 H Filed 03-27-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House State Affairs |
| HB 3861 | Canales, Terry | Relating to driving safety or motorcycle operator training course dismissal. |
| Bill History: |
03-05-25 H Filed 03-27-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Transportation |
| HB 4064 | Alders, Daniel (F) | Relating to the performance of autopsies on individuals with a history of epilepsy. |
| Bill History: |
03-07-25 H Filed 03-27-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Public Health |
| HB 4075 | Leach, Jeff | Relating to change of venue in certain criminal cases involving a peace officer. |
| Bill History: |
03-07-25 H Filed 03-27-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 4118 | Howard, Donna | Relating to the payment of an award for certain health care expenses under the Crime Victims' Compensation Act. |
| Bill History: |
03-07-25 H Filed 03-27-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Appropriations |
| HB 4184 | Virdell, Wes (F) | Relating to the role of a jury in a criminal case. |
| Bill History: |
03-10-25 H Filed 03-31-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 4237 | Hayes, Richard | Relating to appeals from a justice or municipal court. |
| Bill History: |
03-10-25 H Filed 03-31-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 4254 | Metcalf, Will | Relating to appeal of a mistrial order in a felony case. |
| Bill History: |
03-10-25 H Filed 04-01-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 4267 | Howard, Donna | Relating to the submission by law enforcement agencies to certain public school personnel of a handle with care notice concerning a traumatic event experienced by a public school student and to certain required training. |
| Bill History: |
03-10-25 H Filed 04-01-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Homeland, Public Safety, Veterans |
| HB 4342 | Cook, David | Relating to the admissibility of certain hearsay statements in the prosecution of certain sexual or assaultive offenses committed against a child or person with a disability. |
| Bill History: |
03-11-25 H Filed 04-01-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 4357 | Shofner, Joanne (F) | Relating to requiring a search warrant to obtain or use certain purchase information in a criminal action. |
| Bill History: |
03-11-25 H Filed 04-01-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HB 4419 | Orr, Angelia | Relating to peace officers commissioned by the Health and Human Services Commission s office of inspector general. |
| Bill History: |
03-11-25 H Filed 04-02-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Human Services |
| HB 4476 | McLaughlin, Don (F) | Relating to the waiver of jurisdiction by a juvenile court for certain children who are accused of committing certain offenses involving the use or exhibition of a firearm. |
| Bill History: |
03-12-25 H Filed |
| HB 4490 | Smithee, John | Relating to an exemption from required disclosure of information related to the next of kin of deceased persons. |
| Bill History: |
03-12-25 H Filed |
| HB 4493 | Jones, Jolanda | Relating to the duty of a peace officer to use a standardized lethality assessment protocol when investigating a family violence allegation or responding to a disturbance call that may involve family violence. |
| Bill History: |
03-12-25 H Filed |
| HB 4563 | Flores, Lulu | Relating to allowing a therapy or facility dog to accompany a child or a person with a disability during testimony in certain criminal cases. |
| Bill History: |
03-12-25 H Filed |
| HB 4592 | Johnson, Ann | Relating to a hearing before bail may be denied for a defendant. |
| Bill History: |
03-12-25 H Filed |
| HB 4629 | Moody, Joe | Relating to jury instructions regarding parole eligibility for certain felony offenses that are not eligible for parole. |
| Bill History: |
03-12-25 H Filed |
| HB 4697 | Garcia, Linda (F) | Relating to a defendant's appearance by telephone or videoconference in a justice or municipal court. |
| Bill History: |
03-12-25 H Filed |
| HB 4705 | Hopper, Andy (F) | Relating to the prosecution of certain election offenses. |
| Bill History: |
03-12-25 H Filed |
| HB 4733 | Gonzalez, Jessica | Relating to the expunction of arrest records and files and the issuance of orders of nondisclosure of criminal history record information for certain persons. |
| Bill History: |
03-13-25 H Filed |
| HB 4768 | Phelan, Dade | Relating to conditions of community supervision for defendants convicted of certain criminal offenses involving animals. |
| Bill History: |
03-13-25 H Filed |
| HB 4776 | Flores, Lulu | Relating to a central database containing information about persons who have been convicted of or received a grant of deferred adjudication community supervision after pleading guilty for certain offenses. |
| Bill History: |
03-13-25 H Filed |
| HB 4803 | Spiller, David | Relating to the creation of offices of District Attorney for the Northeast Texas, Central Texas, Southeast Texas, and South Texas Regions and the powers and duties of and related to such officers. |
| Bill History: |
03-13-25 H Filed |
| HB 4828 | Gonzalez, Jessica | Relating to the prosecution and reporting of certain offenses committed because of bias or prejudice. |
| Bill History: |
03-13-25 H Filed |
| HB 4829 | Gonzalez, Jessica | Relating to a criminal offense committed against a person because of bias or prejudice on the basis of gender. |
| Bill History: |
03-13-25 H Filed |
| HB 4846 | Hopper, Andy (F) | Relating to the criminal procedures related to children who commit certain Class C misdemeanors. |
| Bill History: |
03-13-25 H Filed |
| HB 4911 | Fairly, Caroline (F) | Relating to prosecution and punishment of certain criminal offenses prohibiting sexually explicit visual material involving depictions of children, computer-generated children, or other persons. |
| Bill History: |
03-13-25 H Filed |
| HB 4915 | Moody, Joe | Relating to legal representation of indigent persons in this state and to proceedings before a magistrate including the appointment of counsel for an indigent defendant. |
| Bill History: |
03-13-25 H Filed |
| HB 4918 | Johnson, Ann | Relating to rights of a victim, guardian of a victim, or close relative of a deceased victim in certain criminal cases involving family violence, sexual or assaultive offenses, stalking. |
| Bill History: |
03-13-25 H Filed |
| HB 4923 | Moody, Joe | Relating to status offenses committed by a child, including the repeal of the status offense of a child voluntarily running away from home. |
| Bill History: |
03-13-25 H Filed |
| HB 4933 | Curry, Pat (F) | Relating to the disposition of a seized weapon belonging to a person who is not prosecuted or convicted for an offense involving the weapon. |
| Bill History: |
03-13-25 H Filed |
| HB 4982 | Goodwin, Vikki | Relating to hate crimes, including criminal and civil liability for those crimes and the hate crime prevention grant program. |
| Bill History: |
03-13-25 H Filed |
| HB 5058 | Leach, Jeff | Relating to the extent of a defendant's criminal responsibility for the conduct of a coconspirator in a capital murder case and the review of certain convictions by the Board of Pardons and Paroles. |
| Bill History: |
03-13-25 H Filed |
| HB 5060 | Leach, Jeff | Relating to the operation and administration of and practices and procedures related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government. |
| Bill History: |
03-13-25 H Filed |
| HB 5066 | Johnson, Ann | Relating to the reimbursement to a county for forensic science expenses associated with certain crimes. |
| Bill History: |
03-13-25 H Filed |
| HB 5072 | Johnson, Ann | Relating to the appointment of counsel for indigent defendants or juveniles in certain capital felony cases. |
| Bill History: |
03-13-25 H Filed |
| HB 5131 | Anchia, Rafael | Relating to the establishment of the office of medical examiner in certain counties. |
| Bill History: |
03-13-25 H Filed |
| HB 5170 | Louderback, AJ (F) | Relating to increasing the minimum term of imprisonment and changing the eligibility for community supervision and parole for certain felony offenses in which a firearm is used or exhibited and to certain consequences. |
| Bill History: |
03-14-25 H Filed |
| HB 5240 | Morales Shaw, Penny | Relating to the creation of a pretrial intervention and diversion program for certain nonviolent offenses. |
| Bill History: |
03-14-25 H Filed |
| HB 5254 | Raymond, Richard | Relating to a claim of actual innocence by a person convicted of a criminal offense. |
| Bill History: |
03-14-25 H Filed |
| HB 5307 | Talarico, James | Relating to the regulation of the cultivation, manufacture, processing, distribution, sale, testing, transportation, delivery, transfer, possession, use, and taxation of cannabis and cannabis products. |
| Bill History: |
03-14-25 H Filed |
| HB 5399 | Anchia, Rafael | Relating to certain criminal offenses concerning the unlawful transfer or purchase of certain weapons. |
| Bill History: |
03-14-25 H Filed |
| HB 5401 | Schatzline, Nate | Relating to the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to certain felonies based on the offense initially charged in the case. |
| Bill History: |
03-14-25 H Filed |
| HB 5465 | Moody, Joe | Relating to procedures regarding certain persons who are or may be persons with a mental illness or intellectual or developmental disability. |
| Bill History: |
03-14-25 H Filed |
| HB 5507 | Louderback, AJ (F) | Relating to truancy and the offense of a parent contributing to nonattendance. |
| Bill History: |
03-14-25 H Filed |
| HB 5540 | Martinez Fischer, Trey | Relating to the appointment of counsel for indigent defendants released from custody. |
| Bill History: |
03-14-25 H Filed |
| HB 5550 | Schatzline, Nate | Relating to the role of a jury in a criminal case. |
| Bill History: |
03-14-25 H Filed |
| HB 5564 | Thompson, Senfronia | Relating to grand jury proceedings. |
| Bill History: |
03-14-25 H Filed |
| HB 5566 | Thompson, Senfronia | Relating to grand jury proceedings. |
| Bill History: |
03-14-25 H Filed |
| HB 5584 | Lowe, David (F) | Relating to immunity from liability and suit for a public school or public school professional employee for and the prosecution of certain criminal conduct involving a student. |
| Bill History: |
03-14-25 H Filed |
| HB 5630 | Allen, Alma | Relating to the authority of a court to order a defendant to engage in certain alternatives to confinement as part of the defendant's sentence. |
| Bill History: |
03-14-25 H Filed |
| HJR 37 | Thompson, Senfronia | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to enact laws providing for a court to terminate the sentence of a person who has successfully served the required number of years on parole. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 03-03-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Corrections |
| HJR 60 | Moody, Joe | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to enact laws providing for a court to grant a commutation of punishment to certain individuals serving a term of imprisonment. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 03-04-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HJR 84 | Cunningham, Charles | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to set a minimum amount of monetary bond for persons charged with certain felony offenses involving violence. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 H Filed 03-07-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HJR 113 | Collier, Nicole | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to enact laws providing for a district court to reduce or modify a sentence imposing a term of imprisonment for a person. |
| Bill History: |
01-15-25 H Filed 03-14-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HJR 148 | Cook, David | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to enact laws providing for a court to grant a commutation of punishment to certain individuals serving a term of imprisonment. |
| Bill History: |
02-21-25 H Filed 03-19-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| HJR 162 | Lowe, David (F) | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the attorney general to prosecute a criminal offense committed by a peace officer acting in the course and scope of the officer's official duties. |
| Bill History: |
03-03-25 H Filed 03-26-25 H Introduced and referred to committee on House State Affairs |
| SB 9 | Huffman, Joan | Relating to the release of defendants on bail, the duties of a magistrate in certain criminal proceedings, and the regulation of charitable bail organizations. |
| Bill History: |
02-03-25 S Filed 02-03-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice 02-12-25 S Meeting set for 8:00 A.M., E1.016 Senate Criminal Justice 02-12-25 S Laid out for consideration in committee Senate Criminal Justice 02-12-25 S Voted favorably from committee as substituted Senate Criminal Justice 02-13-25 S Reported from committee as substituted Senate Criminal Justice 02-18-25 S First placement on Senate Intent Calendar for 02-19-25 S Placed on the Senate Calendar for 02-19-25 S 0fmVHURbg14 (00:14:23) 02-19-25 S Committee substitute adopted 02-19-25 S 2 Floor amendment(s) adopted 02-19-25 S Passed (Vote: Y: 28/N: 2) 02-20-25 H Received in the House 03-26-25 H Referred to House Committee on House Criminal Jurisprudence |
| SB 54 | Zaffirini, Judith | Relating to the extension of the period of community supervision for certain defendants who fail to pay a previously assessed fine or cost. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 S Filed 02-03-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 127 | Hall, Bob | Relating to the offense of failure to report child abuse or neglect by certain professionals and the statute of limitations for that offense. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 S Filed 02-03-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 145 | Menendez, Jose | Relating to early voting by mail by any qualified voter and to the repeal of certain criminal offenses concerning the solicitation and distribution of an application to vote by mail. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 S Filed 02-03-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 189 | Menendez, Jose | Relating to a criminal offense committed against a person because of bias or prejudice on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 S Filed 02-03-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 296 | Perry, Charles | Relating to driving safety or motorcycle operator training course dismissal. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 S Filed 02-03-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Transportation 03-12-25 S Meeting set for 8:00 A.M., E1.016 Senate Transportation 03-12-25 S Laid out for consideration in committee Senate Transportation 03-12-25 S Committee action pending Senate Transportation 03-12-25 S Voted favorably from committee on Senate Transportation 03-13-25 S Reported favorably from committee on Senate Transportation 03-13-25 S Recommended for Local/Uncontested Calendar |
| SB 297 | Perry, Charles | Relating to the reimbursement of expenses to certain counsel appointed to represent a defendant in a criminal proceeding. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 S Filed 02-03-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 298 | Perry, Charles | Relating to the carrying of weapons by community supervision and corrections department officers, juvenile probation officers, and certain retired law enforcement officers and to criminal liability for taking a weapon. |
| Bill History: |
11-12-24 S Filed 02-03-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 343 | Eckhardt, Sarah | Relating to abolishing the death penalty. |
| Bill History: |
11-13-24 S Filed 02-03-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 352 | Eckhardt, Sarah | Relating to certain proceedings or procedures involving the disposition of certain contraband or abandoned or unclaimed property. |
| Bill History: |
11-13-24 S Filed 02-03-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 394 | Sparks, Kevin (F) | Relating to the expunction of arrest records and files for certain defendants placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for the unlawful carrying of a handgun. |
| Bill History: |
11-19-24 S Filed 02-03-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 430 | Miles, Borris | Relating to the age of a child at which a juvenile court may exercise jurisdiction over the child and to the minimum age of criminal responsibility. |
| Bill History: |
11-21-24 S Filed 02-03-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 432 | Miles, Borris | Relating to the applicability of the death penalty to a capital offense committed by a person with an intellectual disability. |
| Bill History: |
11-21-24 S Filed 02-03-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 434 | Miles, Borris | Relating to the authority of the Harris County Hospital District to employ and commission peace officers. |
| Bill History: |
11-21-24 S Filed 02-03-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Local Government |
| SB 487 | Alvarado, Carol | Relating to the confidentiality of identifying information of victims of certain offense. |
| Bill History: |
11-22-24 S Filed 02-03-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice 03-18-25 S Meeting set for 8:00 A.M., E1.016 Senate Criminal Justice 03-18-25 S Laid out for consideration in committee Senate Criminal Justice 03-18-25 S Voted favorably from committee on Senate Criminal Justice 03-19-25 S Reported favorably from committee on Senate Criminal Justice 03-19-25 S Recommended for Local/Uncontested Calendar 03-24-25 S First placement on Senate Intent Calendar for 03-25-25 S Placed on the Senate Calendar for 03-26-25 S Placed on the Senate Calendar for 03-27-25 S Placed on the Senate Calendar for 03-26-25 S fmhqULsSF3A (02:50:03) 03-26-25 S Passed (Vote: Y: 31/N: 0) 03-27-25 H Received in the House |
| SB 502 | Perry, Charles | Relating to peace officers commissioned by the Health and Human Services Commission's office of inspector general. |
| Bill History: |
11-25-24 S Filed 02-03-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Health and Human Services 03-05-25 S Meeting set for 8:00 A.M., SENATE CHAMBER Senate Health and Human Services 03-05-25 S Laid out for consideration in committee Senate Health and Human Services 03-05-25 S Committee action pending Senate Health and Human Services 03-12-25 S Voted favorably from committee as substituted Senate Health and Human Services 03-17-25 S Reported from committee as substituted Senate Health and Human Services 03-17-25 S Recommended for Local/Uncontested Calendar 03-19-25 S First placement on Senate Intent Calendar for 03-20-25 S Placed on the Senate Calendar for 03-24-25 S Placed on the Senate Calendar for 03-25-25 S Placed on the Senate Calendar for 03-26-25 S Placed on the Senate Calendar for 03-26-25 S fmhqULsSF3A (00:11:20) 03-26-25 S Passed (Vote: Y: 31/N: 0) 03-27-25 H Received in the House |
| SB 535 | Huffman, Joan | Relating to the admissibility of evidence regarding a victim's past sexual behavior in prosecutions of certain trafficking, sexual, or assaultive offenses. |
| Bill History: |
12-05-24 S Filed 02-03-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice 03-18-25 S Meeting set for 8:00 A.M., E1.016 Senate Criminal Justice 03-18-25 S Laid out for consideration in committee Senate Criminal Justice 03-18-25 S Voted favorably from committee as substituted Senate Criminal Justice 03-19-25 S Reported from committee as substituted Senate Criminal Justice 03-20-25 S First placement on Senate Intent Calendar for 03-24-25 S Placed on the Senate Calendar for 03-24-25 S Fjsmd7dBJBA (00:51:59) 03-24-25 S Committee substitute adopted 03-24-25 S 1 Floor amendment(s) adopted 03-24-25 S Passed (Vote: Y: 30/N: 0) 03-25-25 H Received in the House |
| SB 537 | Johnson, Nathan | Relating to the procedures for the expunction of arrest records and files for persons who complete certain court programs or pretrial intervention programs. |
| Bill History: |
12-06-24 S Filed 02-03-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 539 | Johnson, Nathan | Relating to a defendant's appearance by telephone or videoconference in a justice or municipal court. |
| Bill History: |
12-06-24 S Filed 02-03-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 552 | Huffman, Joan | Relating to changing the eligibility of certain persons to receive community supervision, including deferred adjudication community supervision. |
| Bill History: |
12-09-24 S Filed 02-03-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 614 | Hinojosa, Chuy | Relating to the authority of the Texas Forensic Science Commission to review and refer certain cases to the office of capital and forensic writs. |
| Bill History: |
12-13-24 S Filed 02-03-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 615 | Hinojosa, Chuy | Relating to the statute of limitations for sexual assault and aggravated sexual assault. |
| Bill History: |
12-13-24 S Filed 02-03-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 632 | Eckhardt, Sarah | Relating to consequences arising from a failure by appointed counsel in a criminal case to timely meet and confer with the defendant after the defendant is found competent to stand trial. |
| Bill History: |
12-17-24 S Filed 02-03-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 702 | Hughes, Bryan | Relating to the performance of autopsies on individuals with a history of epilepsy. |
| Bill History: |
01-03-25 S Filed 02-07-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 739 | Kolkhorst, Lois | Relating to the definition of authorized peace officer for purposes of certain laws governing the installation and use of tracking equipment and access to certain communications. |
| Bill History: |
01-08-25 S Filed 02-07-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 741 | Huffman, Joan | Relating to human trafficking, prostitution, and child pornography and to the prosecution of sexual or assaultive offenses or the prosecution of a failure to stop or report those offenses. |
| Bill History: |
01-08-25 S Filed 02-07-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 761 | Hinojosa, Chuy | Relating to rights of crime victims and the enforcement of those rights. |
| Bill History: |
01-10-25 S Filed 02-07-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice 03-18-25 S Meeting set for 8:00 A.M., E1.016 Senate Criminal Justice 03-18-25 S Laid out for consideration in committee Senate Criminal Justice 03-18-25 S Voted favorably from committee as substituted Senate Criminal Justice 03-19-25 S Reported from committee as substituted Senate Criminal Justice 03-19-25 S Recommended for Local/Uncontested Calendar 03-24-25 S First placement on Senate Intent Calendar for 03-25-25 S Placed on the Senate Calendar for 03-26-25 S Placed on the Senate Calendar for 03-26-25 S fmhqULsSF3A (00:00:05) 03-26-25 S Committee substitute adopted 03-26-25 S 1 Floor amendment(s) adopted 03-26-25 S Passed (Vote: Y: 30/N: 1) 03-27-25 H Received in the House |
| SB 803 | West, Royce | Relating to a hearing for an alleged violation of community supervision by a defendant and the manner in which that defendant is required to appear before the court. |
| Bill History: |
01-16-25 S Filed 02-07-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 807 | Zaffirini, Judith | Realting to the prosecution of the offense of fraudulent use or possession of credit card or debit card information. |
| Bill History: |
01-16-25 S Filed 02-07-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 814 | Zaffirini, Judith | Relating to automatic orders of nondisclosure of criminal history record information for certain misdemeanor defendants following successful completion of a period of deferred adjudication. |
| Bill History: |
01-16-25 S Filed 02-07-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 816 | Huffman, Joan | Relating to authorizing the disclosure of certain electronic customer data by a provider of an electronic communications service or a remote computing service in certain immediate life-threatening situations. |
| Bill History: |
01-16-25 S Filed 02-07-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 836 | Paxton, Angela | Relating to victims of sex offenses, sex-based human trafficking offenses, or acts of a sexual nature and to the confidentiality of or restrictions on the availability of certain property. |
| Bill History: |
01-17-25 S Filed 02-13-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice 03-25-25 S Meeting set for 8:00 A.M., E1.016 Senate Criminal Justice 03-25-25 S Laid out for consideration in committee Senate Criminal Justice 03-25-25 S Committee action pending Senate Criminal Justice 03-25-25 S Voted favorably from committee as substituted Senate Criminal Justice 03-31-25 S Reported from committee as substituted Senate Criminal Justice 03-31-25 S Recommended for Local/Uncontested Calendar 04-01-25 S First placement on Senate Intent Calendar for 04-02-25 S Placed on the Senate Calendar for 04-02-25 S KUmXUlJkaAo (02:29:05) 04-02-25 S Committee substitute adopted 04-02-25 S 1 Floor amendment(s) adopted 04-02-25 S Passed (Vote: Y: 31/N: 0) |
| SB 839 | Johnson, Nathan | Relating to asset forfeiture under the Code of Criminal Procedure. |
| Bill History: |
01-17-25 S Filed 02-13-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 906 | Blanco, Cesar | Relating to the authority of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo to commission peace officers. |
| Bill History: |
01-24-25 S Filed 02-13-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice 03-25-25 S Meeting set for 8:00 A.M., E1.016 Senate Criminal Justice 03-25-25 S Laid out for consideration in committee Senate Criminal Justice 03-25-25 S Committee action pending Senate Criminal Justice 03-25-25 S Voted favorably from committee on Senate Criminal Justice 03-31-25 S Reported favorably from committee on Senate Criminal Justice 03-31-25 S Recommended for Local/Uncontested Calendar 04-01-25 S First placement on Senate Intent Calendar for 04-02-25 S Placed on the Senate Calendar for 04-02-25 S KUmXUlJkaAo (01:10:38) 04-02-25 S Passed (Vote: Y: 31/N: 0) |
| SB 908 | Blanco, Cesar | Relating to the regulation of certain firearm transfers, to the unlawful possession or acquisition of a firearm or ammunition, and to report of lost or stolen firearms; creating criminal offense. |
| Bill History: |
01-24-25 S Filed 02-13-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 956 | Parker, Tan | Relating to requiring the denial of bail to a person accused of committing certain trafficking or sexual offenses against a child while released on bail for committing a similar offense. |
| Bill History: |
01-28-25 S Filed 02-13-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 958 | Parker, Tan | Relating to the eligibility of certain victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution for an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information. |
| Bill History: |
01-28-25 S Filed 02-13-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice 03-18-25 S Meeting set for 8:00 A.M., E1.016 Senate Criminal Justice 03-18-25 S Laid out for consideration in committee Senate Criminal Justice 03-18-25 S Voted favorably from committee as substituted Senate Criminal Justice 03-19-25 S Reported from committee as substituted Senate Criminal Justice 03-19-25 S Recommended for Local/Uncontested Calendar 03-25-25 S First placement on Senate Intent Calendar for 03-26-25 S Placed on the Senate Calendar for 03-27-25 S Placed on the Senate Calendar for 03-26-25 S fmhqULsSF3A (04:00:29) 03-26-25 S Committee substitute adopted 03-26-25 S Passed (Vote: Y: 31/N: 0) 03-27-25 H Received in the House |
| SB 993 | Nichols, Robert | Relating to the authority of a peace officer commissioned by the comptroller to apply for an order authorizing the installation and use of a mobile tracking device. |
| Bill History: |
01-29-25 S Filed 02-13-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice 03-25-25 S Meeting set for 8:00 A.M., E1.016 Senate Criminal Justice 03-25-25 S Laid out for consideration in committee Senate Criminal Justice 03-25-25 S Committee action pending Senate Criminal Justice 03-25-25 S Voted favorably from committee on Senate Criminal Justice 03-31-25 S Reported favorably from committee on Senate Criminal Justice 03-31-25 S Recommended for Local/Uncontested Calendar 04-03-25 S First placement on Senate Intent Calendar for |
| SB 1020 | Huffman, Joan | Relating to personal bond offices, to the notification provided to a judge regarding tampering with an electronic monitoring device while released on bond or community supervision. |
| Bill History: |
01-30-25 S Filed 02-24-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 1021 | Huffman, Joan | Relating to changing the eligibility for community supervision of a person convicted of stalking. |
| Bill History: |
01-30-25 S Filed 02-24-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice 03-18-25 S Meeting set for 8:00 A.M., E1.016 Senate Criminal Justice 03-18-25 S Laid out for consideration in committee Senate Criminal Justice 03-18-25 S Voted favorably from committee on Senate Criminal Justice 03-19-25 S Reported favorably from committee on Senate Criminal Justice 03-19-25 S Recommended for Local/Uncontested Calendar 03-27-25 S First placement on Senate Intent Calendar for 03-31-25 S Placed on the Senate Calendar for 04-01-25 S Placed on the Senate Calendar for 04-01-25 S 9qM2gXZdwu8 (01:13:12) 04-01-25 S 1 Floor amendment(s) adopted 04-01-25 S Passed (Vote: Y: 30/N: 1) 04-02-25 H Received in the House |
| SB 1047 | Huffman, Joan | Relating to the release of defendants on bail, the duties of a magistrate in certain criminal proceedings, and the notice provided by peace officers to victims of family violence, stalking, harassment, or terroristic threat. |
| Bill History: |
02-03-25 S Filed 02-03-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice 02-12-25 S Meeting set for 8:00 A.M., E1.016 Senate Criminal Justice 02-12-25 S Laid out for consideration in committee Senate Criminal Justice 02-12-25 S Committee action pending Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 1075 | Hall, Bob | Relating to excuses from grand jury service. |
| Bill History: |
02-04-25 S Filed 02-24-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 1083 | West, Royce | Relating to the representation of an indigent person in certain criminal proceedings in certain counties. |
| Bill History: |
02-04-25 S Filed 02-24-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 1094 | Zaffirini, Judith | Relating to certain sentencing procedures in a capital case. |
| Bill History: |
02-04-25 S Filed 02-24-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 1099 | Flores, Pete | Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain offenses committed by an alien. |
| Bill History: |
02-04-25 S Filed 02-24-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 1120 | Hinojosa, Chuy | Relating to rights of a victim, guardian of a victim, or close relative of a deceased victim in certain criminal cases involving family violence, sexual or assaultive offenses, stalking. |
| Bill History: |
02-05-25 S Filed 02-24-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice 03-18-25 S Meeting set for 8:00 A.M., E1.016 Senate Criminal Justice 03-18-25 S Laid out for consideration in committee Senate Criminal Justice 03-18-25 S Voted favorably from committee on Senate Criminal Justice 03-19-25 S Reported favorably from committee on Senate Criminal Justice 03-19-25 S Recommended for Local/Uncontested Calendar 04-03-25 S First placement on Senate Intent Calendar for |
| SB 1124 | Huffman, Joan | Relating to discovery in a criminal case. |
| Bill History: |
02-06-25 S Filed 02-24-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 1133 | Hagenbuch, Brent (F) | Relating to increasing the minimum term of imprisonment and changing the eligibility for community supervision, mandatory supervision, and parole for certain persons convicted of intoxication manslaughter. |
| Bill History: |
02-06-25 S Filed 02-24-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 1193 | Nichols, Robert | Relating to the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to the offense of child grooming. |
| Bill History: |
02-10-25 S Filed 02-28-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 1203 | Zaffirini, Judith | Relating to public access to criminal proceedings. |
| Bill History: |
02-10-25 S Filed 02-28-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 1210 | Hughes, Bryan | Relating to the jurisdiction of the Texas Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals. |
| Bill History: |
02-10-25 S Filed 02-28-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs 03-20-25 S Meeting set for 9:00 A.M., SENATE CHAMBER Senate State Affairs 03-20-25 S Laid out for consideration in committee Senate State Affairs 03-20-25 S Committee action pending Senate State Affairs 03-24-25 S Voted favorably from committee on Senate State Affairs 03-26-25 S Reported favorably from committee on Senate State Affairs 03-26-25 S Recommended for Local/Uncontested Calendar |
| SB 1262 | Nichols, Robert | Relating to measures for ensuring public school safety, including the commissioning of peace officers by the Texas Education Agency, public school safety and security requirements. |
| Bill History: |
02-13-25 S Filed 02-28-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Education K-16 04-01-25 S Meeting set for 9:00 A.M., E1.028 Senate Education K-16 04-01-25 S Laid out for consideration in committee Senate Education K-16 04-01-25 S Committee action pending Senate Education K-16 |
| SB 1300 | Flores, Pete | Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the criminal offense of organized retail theft. |
| Bill History: |
02-14-25 S Filed 02-28-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice 03-11-25 S Meeting set for 8:00 A.M., E1.016 Senate Criminal Justice 03-11-25 S Laid out for consideration in committee Senate Criminal Justice 03-11-25 S Committee action pending Senate Criminal Justice 03-11-25 S Voted favorably from committee on Senate Criminal Justice 03-13-25 S Reported favorably from committee on Senate Criminal Justice 03-18-25 S First placement on Senate Intent Calendar for 03-19-25 S Placed on the Senate Calendar for 03-20-25 S Placed on the Senate Calendar for 03-24-25 S Placed on the Senate Calendar for 03-24-25 S Fjsmd7dBJBA (01:03:24) 03-24-25 S Passed (Vote: Y: 28/N: 2) 03-25-25 H Received in the House |
| SB 1336 | Kolkhorst, Lois | Relating to the amount of certain awards under the Crime Victims' Compensation Act. |
| Bill History: |
02-18-25 S Filed 02-28-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 1362 | Hughes, Bryan | Relating to prohibiting the recognition, service, and enforcement of extreme risk protective orders. |
| Bill History: |
02-18-25 S Filed 03-06-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs 03-10-25 S Meeting set for 9:00 A.M., SENATE CHAMBER Senate State Affairs 03-10-25 S Laid out for consideration in committee Senate State Affairs 03-10-25 S Committee action pending Senate State Affairs 03-13-25 S Voted favorably from committee on Senate State Affairs 03-17-25 S Reported favorably from committee on Senate State Affairs 03-19-25 S First placement on Senate Intent Calendar for 03-20-25 S Placed on the Senate Calendar for 03-24-25 S Placed on the Senate Calendar for 03-25-25 S Placed on the Senate Calendar for 03-26-25 S Placed on the Senate Calendar for 03-27-25 S Placed on the Senate Calendar for 03-26-25 S fmhqULsSF3A (01:41:31) 03-26-25 S Passed to third reading (Vote: Y: 20/N: 11) 03-27-25 S X22UOVNjy-E (00:02:03) 03-27-25 S Passed (Vote: Y: 19/N: 11) 03-31-25 H Received in the House |
| SB 1370 | Parker, Tan | Relating to the establishment of the office of medical examiner in certain counties. |
| Bill History: |
02-18-25 S Filed 03-06-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice 03-25-25 S Meeting set for 8:00 A.M., E1.016 Senate Criminal Justice 03-25-25 S Laid out for consideration in committee Senate Criminal Justice 03-25-25 S Committee action pending Senate Criminal Justice 03-25-25 S Voted favorably from committee on Senate Criminal Justice 03-31-25 S Reported favorably from committee on Senate Criminal Justice 03-31-25 S Recommended for Local/Uncontested Calendar |
| SB 1458 | Hagenbuch, Brent (F) | Relating to the sequestration of a jury in a criminal case. |
| Bill History: |
02-19-25 S Filed 03-06-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 1462 | Zaffirini, Judith | Relating to the placement on community supervision, including deferred adjudication community supervision, of a defendant who is the primary caretaker of a child. |
| Bill History: |
02-20-25 S Filed 03-06-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 1497 | Nichols, Robert | Relating to the search of certain wireless communication devices by a peace officer. |
| Bill History: |
02-20-25 S Filed 03-06-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice 03-11-25 S Meeting set for 8:00 A.M., E1.016 Senate Criminal Justice 03-11-25 S Laid out for consideration in committee Senate Criminal Justice 03-11-25 S Committee action pending Senate Criminal Justice 03-11-25 S Voted favorably from committee as substituted Senate Criminal Justice 03-13-25 S Reported from committee as substituted Senate Criminal Justice 03-13-25 S Recommended for Local/Uncontested Calendar 03-26-25 S First placement on Senate Intent Calendar for 03-27-25 S Placed on the Senate Calendar for 04-01-25 S Placed on the Senate Calendar for 04-01-25 S 9qM2gXZdwu8 (00:50:04) 04-01-25 S Committee substitute adopted 04-01-25 S Passed (Vote: Y: 31/N: 0) 04-02-25 H Received in the House |
| SB 1498 | Nichols, Robert | Relating to civil asset forfeiture of digital currency or other similar property. |
| Bill History: |
02-20-25 S Filed 03-06-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice 03-11-25 S Meeting set for 8:00 A.M., E1.016 Senate Criminal Justice 03-11-25 S Laid out for consideration in committee Senate Criminal Justice 03-11-25 S Voted favorably from committee on Senate Criminal Justice 03-13-25 S Reported favorably from committee on Senate Criminal Justice 03-13-25 S Recommended for Local/Uncontested Calendar 03-26-25 S First placement on Senate Intent Calendar for 03-27-25 S Placed on the Senate Calendar for 04-01-25 S Placed on the Senate Calendar for 04-01-25 S 9qM2gXZdwu8 (04:50:08) 04-01-25 S Passed (Vote: Y: 27/N: 4) 04-02-25 H Received in the House |
| SB 1515 | Johnson, Nathan | Relating to the expunction of all records and files related to arrests for certain decriminalized misdemeanor offenses. |
| Bill History: |
02-21-25 S Filed 03-06-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 1537 | Zaffirini, Judith | Relating to the appointment of an interpreter in a criminal proceeding. |
| Bill History: |
02-21-25 S Filed 03-06-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice 03-25-25 S Meeting set for 8:00 A.M., E1.016 Senate Criminal Justice 03-25-25 S Laid out for consideration in committee Senate Criminal Justice 03-25-25 S Committee action pending Senate Criminal Justice 03-25-25 S Voted favorably from committee as substituted Senate Criminal Justice 03-31-25 S Reported from committee as substituted Senate Criminal Justice 03-31-25 S Recommended for Local/Uncontested Calendar 04-03-25 S First placement on Senate Intent Calendar for |
| SB 1564 | Johnson, Nathan | Relating to the peace officer status of designated investigators of a municipal office of inspector general. |
| Bill History: |
02-21-25 S Filed 03-06-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 1573 | Birdwell, Brian | Relating to a limitation on the use of certain unsubstantiated information relating to peace officer misconduct. |
| Bill History: |
02-24-25 S Filed 03-06-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 1600 | Hagenbuch, Brent (F) | Relating to the authority of certain peace officers to arrest a person without a warrant while outside the officer's jurisdiction. |
| Bill History: |
02-24-25 S Filed 03-10-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 1610 | Perry, Charles | Relating to sexually violent predators, to the Texas Civil Committment Office, and to the prosecution of the offense of harassment by sexually violent predators and other persons confined in certain facilities. |
| Bill History: |
02-25-25 S Filed 03-10-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice 03-25-25 S Meeting set for 8:00 A.M., E1.016 Senate Criminal Justice 03-25-25 S Laid out for consideration in committee Senate Criminal Justice 03-25-25 S Committee action pending Senate Criminal Justice 03-25-25 S Voted favorably from committee as substituted Senate Criminal Justice 03-31-25 S Reported from committee as substituted Senate Criminal Justice 03-31-25 S Recommended for Local/Uncontested Calendar 04-01-25 S First placement on Senate Intent Calendar for 04-02-25 S Placed on the Senate Calendar for 04-03-25 S Placed on the Senate Calendar for |
| SB 1621 | Huffman, Joan | Relating to prosecution and punishment of certain criminal offenses prohibiting sexually explicit visual material involving depictions of children. |
| Bill History: |
02-25-25 S Filed 02-28-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice 03-04-25 S Meeting set for 8:00 A.M., E1.016 Senate Criminal Justice 03-04-25 S Laid out for consideration in committee Senate Criminal Justice 03-04-25 S Voted favorably from committee on Senate Criminal Justice 03-06-25 S Reported favorably from committee on Senate Criminal Justice 03-11-25 S First placement on Senate Intent Calendar for 03-12-25 S Placed on the Senate Calendar for 03-12-25 S 9ukFWt5T07Y (00:25:05) 03-12-25 S 1 Floor amendment(s) adopted 03-12-25 S Passed (Vote: Y: 31/N: 0) 03-13-25 H Received in the House |
| SB 1630 | Flores, Pete | Relating to the training of prospective grand jurors and to grand jury proceedings. |
| Bill History: |
02-25-25 S Filed 03-11-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 1638 | Zaffirini, Judith | Relating to sexual assault and other sex offenses. |
| Bill History: |
02-25-25 S Filed 03-11-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 1647 | Hughes, Bryan | Relating to the practice and procedures for summoning prospective grand jurors and petit jurors and the exemption of certain persons from grand jury and petit jury services. |
| Bill History: |
02-26-25 S Filed 03-11-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 1658 | Gutierrez, Roland | Relating to regulating certain firearm transfers, possession of certain firearms, and protective orders prohibiting possession of a firearm. |
| Bill History: |
02-26-25 S Filed 03-11-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 1659 | Hughes, Bryan | Relating to requiring a warrant to search certain location information purchased by a governmental entity from a data broker or electronic personal data tracker. |
| Bill History: |
02-26-25 S Filed 03-11-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 1660 | Huffman, Joan | Relating to the retention and preservation of toxicological evidence of certain intoxication offenses. |
| Bill History: |
02-26-25 S Filed 03-11-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 1666 | Zaffirini, Judith | Relating to the payment of restitution by a person released on parole or to mandatory supervision. |
| Bill History: |
02-27-25 S Filed 03-11-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Business and Commerce 03-20-25 S Rereferred to Committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 1667 | Zaffirini, Judith | Relating to the procedures for the expunction of arrest records and files; authorizing a fee. |
| Bill History: |
02-27-25 S Filed 03-11-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 1673 | Menendez, Jose | Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of cruelty to nonlivestock animals. |
| Bill History: |
02-27-25 S Filed 03-11-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 1704 | Parker, Tan | Relating to certain rights of crime victims and witnesses and associated persons and to victim impact statements. |
| Bill History: |
02-27-25 S Filed 03-13-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 1727 | Perry, Charles | Relating to the protection and detention of a juvenile who engages in delinquent conduct or commits a felony offense while committed to the custody of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department. |
| Bill History: |
02-27-25 S Filed 03-13-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice 04-01-25 S Meeting set for 8:00 A.M., E1.016 Senate Criminal Justice 04-01-25 S Laid out for consideration in committee Senate Criminal Justice 04-01-25 S Committee action pending Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 1748 | Alvarado, Carol | Relating to notice for certain defendants regarding the unlawful possession or acquisition of a firearm or ammunition and a related affidavit of firearm dispossession. |
| Bill History: |
02-28-25 S Filed 03-13-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 1752 | Johnson, Nathan | Relating to status offenses committed by a child, including the repeal of the status offense of a child voluntarily running away from home. |
| Bill History: |
02-28-25 S Filed 03-13-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 1776 | Miles, Borris | Relating to the payment of certain fines and costs by a defendant. |
| Bill History: |
02-28-25 S Filed 03-13-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 1785 | Eckhardt, Sarah | Relating to the confinement in a county jail of certain defendants who are incompetent to stand trial and to the compensation to the county for the costs of that confinement. |
| Bill History: |
02-28-25 S Filed 03-13-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Finance |
| SB 1804 | Alvarado, Carol | Relating to restitution and compensation paid to victims of certain offenses for tattoo removal related to the offense. |
| Bill History: |
03-03-25 S Filed 03-13-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 1806 | Sparks, Kevin (F) | Relating to the inspection, purchase, sale, possession, storage, transportation, and disposal of petroleum products, oil and gas equipment, and oil and gas waste. |
| Bill History: |
03-03-25 S Filed 03-13-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 1861 | Hughes, Bryan | Relating to the appointment of a special prosecutor by the court of criminal appeals for certain criminal cases. |
| Bill History: |
03-04-25 S Filed 03-17-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 1886 | Sparks, Kevin (F) | Relating to the execution of a search warrant for taking a blood specimen from certain persons in certain intoxication offenses. |
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03-04-25 S Filed 03-17-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 1896 | Huffman, Joan | Relating to the provision of information regarding an arrested person to a magistrate for purposes of an order of emergency protection. |
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03-04-25 S Filed 03-17-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 1910 | Parker, Tan | Relating to requests for law enforcement agency reports from the attorney general related to crime victims' compensation applications. |
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03-05-25 S Filed 03-17-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 1937 | Hinojosa, Chuy | Relating to the testing of evidence containing biological materials in capital cases. |
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03-05-25 S Filed 03-17-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 1984 | Hall, Bob | Relating to certain statutes of limitations for criminal offenses, including the statute of limitations for improper relationship between educator and student. |
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03-06-25 S Filed 03-17-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 2009 | Campbell, Donna | Relating to the compensation of counsel appointed to provide representation and services to indigent individuals in criminal and juvenile proceedings. |
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03-06-25 S Filed 03-17-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 2028 | Johnson, Nathan | Relating to the criminal and licensing consequences of certain offenses relating to the possession of marihuana, certain tetrahydrocannabinols, certain synthetic cannabinoids, and drug paraphernalia. |
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03-07-25 S Filed 03-17-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 2067 | Bettencourt, Paul | Relating to an exemption from required disclosure of information related to the next of kin of deceased persons. |
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03-07-25 S Filed 03-24-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Business and Commerce |
| SB 2096 | Cook, Molly (F) | Relating to the time period for conducting a pretrial hearing after a criminal defendant has been restored to competency. |
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03-07-25 S Filed 03-24-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 2111 | Zaffirini, Judith | Relating to legal representation of indigent persons in this state and to proceedings before a magistrate including the appointment of counsel for an indigent defendant. |
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03-10-25 S Filed 03-24-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 2195 | Johnson, Nathan | Relating to the reporting of certain orders and convictions to the Department of Public Safety and Federal Bureau of Investigation for use with the National Instant Criminal Background Check System for the transfer of firearms. |
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03-11-25 S Filed 03-24-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 2196 | Johnson, Nathan | Relating to the period during which an order for emergency protection remains in effect. |
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03-11-25 S Filed 03-24-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 2201 | Birdwell, Brian | Relating to intelligence databases for combinations, criminal street gangs, and foreign terrorist organizations. |
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03-11-25 S Filed 03-25-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Border Security |
| SB 2212 | Kolkhorst, Lois | Relating to the efficient operations of agencies in the legislative branch of state government and the repeal of certain obsolete provisions involving those agencies. |
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03-11-25 S Filed |
| SB 2213 | Zaffirini, Judith | Relating to procedures regarding certain persons who are or may be persons with a mental illness or intellectual or developmental disability. |
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03-11-25 S Filed 03-25-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 2219 | Huffman, Joan | Relating to certain procedures in connection with a bond forfeiture. |
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03-11-25 S Filed 03-25-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 2229 | Hinojosa, Adam (F) | Relating to change of venue in certain criminal cases involving a peace officer. |
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03-11-25 S Filed 03-25-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 2264 | Cook, Molly (F) | Relating to the collection and reporting of information regarding mental health jail diversion. |
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03-11-25 S Filed 03-25-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 2305 | Johnson, Nathan | Relating to extreme risk protective orders; creating criminal offenses. |
| Bill History: |
03-11-25 S Filed 03-25-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate State Affairs |
| SB 2375 | Johnson, Nathan | Relating to nonsubstantive additions to, revisions of, and corrections in enacted codes, to the nonsubstantive codification or disposition of various laws omitted from enacted codes. |
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03-12-25 S Filed 03-25-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Committee on Administration |
| SB 2438 | Zaffirini, Judith | Relating to conditions of community supervision for defendants convicted of certain criminal offenses involving animals. |
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03-13-25 S Filed 03-25-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |
| SB 2554 | West, Royce | Relating to collection of certain fines assessed for traffic offenses. |
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03-13-25 S Filed |
| SB 2557 | West, Royce | Relating to preventing racial profiling and to video and audio equipment and recordings of certain law enforcement motor vehicle stops. |
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03-13-25 S Filed |
| SB 2558 | West, Royce | Relating to the disposal of exhibits used in criminal proceedings. |
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03-13-25 S Filed |
| SB 2560 | West, Royce | Relating to the issuance of a warrant authorizing the use of a no-knock entry by a peace officer. |
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03-13-25 S Filed |
| SB 2580 | Hancock, Kelly | Relating to the definition of a designated law enforcement office or agency for purposes of certain laws governing the installation and use of tracking equipment and access to certain communications. |
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03-13-25 S Filed |
| SB 2601 | Blanco, Cesar | Relating to a program to compensate landowners for property damage caused by certain criminal activities. |
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03-13-25 S Filed |
| SB 2611 | West, Royce | Relating to the status of certain documents or instruments concerning real or personal property. |
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03-13-25 S Filed |
| SB 2673 | Hinojosa, Chuy | Relating to the expunction of arrest records and files by a statutory county court. |
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03-13-25 S Filed |
| SB 2741 | Hinojosa, Chuy | Relating to the appointment of counsel for indigent defendants or juveniles in certain capital felony cases. |
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03-13-25 S Filed |
| SB 2743 | Hagenbuch, Brent (F) | Relating to the prosecution of certain election offenses. |
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03-13-25 S Filed |
| SB 2758 | Cook, Molly (F) | Relating to certain proceedings and supervision following certain adjudications occurring in a criminal case. |
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03-14-25 S Filed |
| SB 2789 | Menendez, Jose | Relating to the prosecution of and punishment for the criminal offense of invasive visual recording and the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to that offense. |
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03-14-25 S Filed |
| SB 2797 | Creighton, Brandon | Relating to discovery requirements in a criminal case. |
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03-14-25 S Filed |
| SB 2798 | Creighton, Brandon | Relating to certain statutes of limitations for criminal offenses, including the statute of limitations for certain fraud offenses. |
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03-14-25 S Filed |
| SB 2837 | Zaffirini, Judith | Relating to the state law enforcement authority of federal National Park Service law enforcement officers. |
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03-14-25 S Filed |
| SB 2862 | Flores, Pete | Relating to active shooter events and other emergencies, including certain accreditations of law enforcement agencies that respond to such emergencies. |
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03-14-25 S Filed |
| SB 2870 | West, Royce | Relating to granting limited state law enforcement authority to certain federal special agents. |
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03-14-25 S Filed |
| SB 2878 | Hughes, Bryan | Relating to the operation and administration of and practices and procedures related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government. |
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03-14-25 S Filed |
| SB 2921 | Parker, Tan | Relating to the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to the offense of indecent assault. |
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03-14-25 S Filed |
| SB 2938 | Menendez, Jose | Relating to the verification of the veteran status of inmates and prisoners. |
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03-14-25 S Filed |
| SB 2949 | Hinojosa, Chuy | Relating to the regulation of the transportation of motor fuels and other hazardous materials. |
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03-14-25 S Filed 03-27-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Border Security |
| SB 2969 | Parker, Tan | Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of trespass in a facility housing an animal and to restitution for property damage resulting from that trespass. |
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03-14-25 S Filed |
| SB 3004 | Blanco, Cesar | Relating to a policy governing the operation of a motor vehicle by a peace officer in pursuit of certain persons. |
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03-14-25 S Filed |
| SJR 45 | Parker, Tan | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to enact laws providing for the denial of bail to a person accused of committing a trafficking or sexual offense against a child. |
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01-28-25 S Filed 02-13-25 S Introduced and referred to committee on Senate Criminal Justice |