Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Senate Criminal Justice Committee Bills & Legislation

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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2000

Filed
1/22/25  
Out of House Committee
4/3/25  
Voted on by House
4/17/25  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the applicability of sex offender registration requirements to the offense of child grooming.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2105

Filed
3/7/25  
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the authority of a county attorney or district attorney to enforce human trafficking awareness and prevention in commercial lodging establishments.
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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 SB1704

Filed
2/27/25  
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to certain rights of crime victims and witnesses and associated persons and to victim impact statements.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2794

Filed
3/14/25  
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the criminal offense of interference with child custody.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB552

Filed
12/9/24  
Out of Senate Committee
4/10/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to changing the eligibility of certain persons to receive community supervision, including deferred adjudication community supervision.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB693

Filed
1/3/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/31/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to notaries public; creating a criminal offense.
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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 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1980

Filed
3/6/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/23/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of assault committed against certain public servants and to the prosecution of the criminal offense of interference with public duties of those public servants.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2570

Filed
3/13/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/16/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to a legal justification for the use of force with a less-lethal force weapon by a correctional facility guard or a peace officer.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1080

Filed
2/4/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/3/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/16/25  
Out of House Committee
5/5/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the revocation of an occupational license from certain license holders and the issuance of a provisional occupational license to certain applicants with criminal convictions.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1730

Filed
2/27/25  
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the recovery of damages for injuries arising out of certain uses of force or deadly force.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2797

Filed
3/14/25  
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to discovery requirements in a criminal case.
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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.