Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Senate Criminal Justice Committee Bills & Legislation

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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB45

Filed
3/14/25  
Out of House Committee
4/23/25  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the duty of the attorney general to represent the state in the prosecution of the criminal offense of trafficking of persons.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB663

Filed
12/19/24  
Out of Senate Committee
4/16/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the approval of a community supervision and corrections department's budget and strategic plan.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB664

Filed
12/19/24  
Out of Senate Committee
4/3/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to qualifications, training, removal, and supervision of certain masters, magistrates, referees, associate judges, and hearing officers.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB535

Filed
12/5/24  
Out of Senate Committee
3/19/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the admissibility of evidence regarding a victim's past sexual behavior in prosecutions of certain trafficking, sexual, or assaultive offenses.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1020

Filed
1/30/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/16/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
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, and to the availability of certain information regarding a person required to submit to an electronic monitoring program or being supervised by a community supervision and corrections department.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1120

Filed
2/5/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/19/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
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, or a violation of a protective order or condition of bond.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1021

Filed
1/30/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/19/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to changing the eligibility for community supervision of a person convicted of stalking and to the offense of improper contact with the person's victim.
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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 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB456

Filed
11/21/24  
Out of Senate Committee
4/23/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the purchase or sale of human organs; increasing a criminal penalty.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1870

Filed
3/4/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/10/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/23/25  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to municipal and county enforcement of drug and consumable hemp product laws; providing civil penalties.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1666

Filed
2/27/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/23/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the payment of restitution.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1659

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to requiring a warrant to search certain location information purchased by a governmental entity from a data broker or electronic personal data tracker.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1848

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the disclosure of confidential juvenile records to a managed assigned counsel program.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1537

Filed
2/21/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/31/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the appointment of an interpreter in a criminal proceeding.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1804

Filed
3/3/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/10/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to restitution and compensation paid to victims of certain offenses for tattoo removal related to the offense.