Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Senate Criminal Justice Committee Bills & Legislation

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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB305

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of House Committee
3/31/25  
Voted on by House
5/13/25  
Out of Senate Committee
5/21/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the time period for conducting pretrial hearings after a criminal defendant has been restored to competency.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1902

Filed
1/16/25  
Out of House Committee
4/25/25  
Voted on by House
5/7/25  
Out of Senate Committee
5/21/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to creating the criminal offense of jugging.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1730

Filed
2/27/25  
Out of Senate Committee
5/7/25  
Voted on by Senate
5/12/25  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to civil liability arising out of justified uses of or threats to use force or deadly force.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2785

Filed
3/14/25  
Out of Senate Committee
5/5/25  
Voted on by Senate
5/13/25  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to notification and disclosure of records and information concerning an investigation of a report of child abuse or neglect to county or district attorneys.
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Texas Senate Bill SB2611

Filed
3/13/25  
Out of Senate Committee
5/7/25  
Voted on by Senate
5/12/25  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the status of certain documents or instruments concerning real or personal property; creating the criminal offenses of real property theft and real property fraud and establishing a statute of limitations for those offenses; harmonizing other statute of limitations provisions; increasing a criminal penalty.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB816

Filed
1/16/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/23/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/29/25  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
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.
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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 Senate
4/30/25  
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 Senate Bill SB1152

Filed
2/6/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/16/25  
Voted on by Senate
4/24/25  
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to creating the criminal offense of continuous manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB33

Filed
3/3/25  
Out of House Committee
4/16/25  
Voted on by House
4/29/25  
Out of Senate Committee
5/14/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to active shooter incidents at primary and secondary school facilities and other emergencies.
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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  
Out of Senate Committee
5/7/25  
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to creating the criminal offense of trespass on or near school or day-care center property.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1160

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of House Committee
4/24/25  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for the offenses of assault and harassment committed against certain employees or agents of a utility and to the prosecution of the criminal offense of interference with public duties of those employees or agents; increasing criminal penalties for certain criminal offenses relating to interference with public duties.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB5383

Filed
3/14/25  
Out of House Committee
5/6/25  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the requirements for appointment as a medical examiner or employment as an assistant or deputy medical examiner.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB380

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of House Committee
4/7/25  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to certain statutes of limitations for criminal offenses, including the statute of limitations for the offense of improper relationship between educator and student, and to the applicability of sex offender registration requirements for the offense of improper relationship between educator and student.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB957

Filed
1/28/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/19/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of continuous aggravated promotion of prostitution.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB988

Filed
1/29/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/19/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of criminal mischief involving impairment of a motor fuel pump or electric vehicle charging station.