Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Senate Criminal Justice Committee Bills & Legislation

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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1760

Filed
1/7/25  
Out of House Committee
4/17/25  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
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.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB745

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of House Committee
4/15/25  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to an exemption from jury service for certain crime victims or close relatives of deceased crime victims.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2355

Filed
2/3/25  
Out of House Committee
4/16/25  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the disclosure or release of certain information received by the attorney general regarding an application for compensation from the crime victims' compensation fund.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB285

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of House Committee
4/24/25  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the prosecution of the offense of cruelty to nonlivestock animals.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1506

Filed
2/20/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/10/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Out of House Committee
4/28/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the frequency with which the Board of Pardons and Paroles reconsiders inmates for release on parole.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1778

Filed
1/8/25  
Out of House Committee
4/29/25  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
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; amending and harmonizing certain statute of limitations provisions; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB330

Filed
11/13/24  
Out of Senate Committee
4/16/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to an election to approve a reduction or reallocation of funding or resources for certain county prosecutors' offices.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB36

Filed
3/3/25  
Out of House Committee
4/9/25  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
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 and certain other criminal cases.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2756

Filed
2/12/25  
Out of House Committee
4/10/25  
Voted on by House
4/30/25  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to training on de-escalation, crisis intervention, and behavioral health for correctional officers and certain other employees of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3248

Filed
2/24/25  
Out of House Committee
4/22/25  
Voted on by House
4/30/25  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the authority of a defense base development authority to employ and commission peace officers.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1778

Filed
2/28/25  
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the use of telemedicine services in the juvenile justice system.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1790

Filed
3/3/25  
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the composition of the Comal County Juvenile Board.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2017

Filed
3/6/25  
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the creation of a criminal offense for operating a vehicle under certain circumstances causing a tire of the vehicle to spin, lose traction, or leave the surface of a highway.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB353

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of House Committee
4/24/25  
Voted on by House
5/1/25  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to creating the criminal offense of trespass on or near school or day-care center property.