Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee Bills & Legislation

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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SJR1

Filed
2/6/25  
Out of Senate Committee
2/13/25  
Voted on by House
 
Sent toSOS
 
Proposed Const. Amend.
 
Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail for an illegal alien charged with an offense punishable as a felony.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1379

Filed
2/18/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/13/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for forgery.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1281

Filed
2/14/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/13/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to certain criminal offenses involving mail or a mail receptacle key or lock; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB40

Filed
2/7/25  
Out of Senate Committee
2/13/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds to pay bail bonds.
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Texas Senate Bill SJR5

Filed
2/7/25  
Out of Senate Committee
2/13/25  
Voted on by House
 
Sent toSOS
 
Proposed Const. Amend.
 
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the denial of bail under limited circumstances to a person accused of certain violent or sexual offenses or of continuous trafficking of persons.
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Texas House Bill HJR16

Voted on by House
 
Out of Senate Committee
 
Voted on by Senate
 
Sent toSOS
 
Proposed Const. Amend.
 
Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail for an illegal alien charged with an offense punishable as a felony.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB4263

Filed
3/10/25  
Out of House Committee
4/25/25  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the employment practices of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department and to the eligibility of a person to be appointed to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department's release review panel and the authority of a panel member.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1372

Filed
2/18/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/10/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to access to the crime laboratory portal.
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Texas House Bill HB3513

Filed
2/28/25  
Out of House Committee
4/16/25  
Voted on by House
4/29/25  
Out of Senate Committee
5/7/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the composition, duties, and personnel of the Moore County Juvenile Board.
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Texas House Bill HB413

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of House Committee
5/6/25  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the release of certain defendants detained in jail pending trial.
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Texas Senate Bill SB614

Filed
12/13/24  
Out of Senate Committee
5/5/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the authority of the Texas Forensic Science Commission to review and refer certain cases to the office of capital and forensic writs.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1936

Filed
3/5/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/10/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the definition of an abuse unit for certain controlled substances under the Texas Controlled Substances Act.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1212

Filed
2/11/25  
Out of Senate Committee
5/5/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the prosecution and punishment for the offense of trafficking of persons; increasing a criminal penalty.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1099

Filed
2/4/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/10/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for certain offenses committed by an illegal alien.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1896

Filed
3/4/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/16/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the provision of information regarding an arrested person and the victim of the offense to a magistrate for purposes of an order for emergency protection.