Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Senate Criminal Justice Committee Bills & Legislation

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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.
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Texas Senate Bill SB980

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the reporting of proceeds and property from asset forfeiture proceedings under the Code of Criminal Procedure.
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Texas Senate Bill SB990

Filed
1/29/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/19/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to increasing the punishment for certain conduct constituting the offense of murder.
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Texas Senate Bill SB989

Filed
1/29/25  
Out of Senate Committee
4/3/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to criminal history record information for certain master, magistrate, referee, associate judge, or other court official applicants appointed or employed to serve in a state court.
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Texas Senate Bill SB993

Filed
1/29/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/31/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the authority of a peace officer commissioned by the comptroller to apply for an order authorizing the installation and use of a mobile tracking device.
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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 SB1019

Filed
1/30/25  
Out of Senate Committee
3/19/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the admissibility of certain hearsay statements in the adjudication of certain sexual or assaultive offenses committed against a child or a person with a disability.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1048

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
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 SB1047

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the release of defendants on bail, the duties of a magistrate in certain criminal proceedings, and the notice provided by peace officers to victims of family violence, stalking, harassment, or terroristic threat.
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Texas Senate Bill SB9

Filed
2/3/25  
Out of Senate Committee
2/13/25  
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the release of defendants on bail, the duties of a magistrate in certain criminal proceedings, the regulation of charitable bail organizations, pretrial intervention programs, and the notice provided by peace officers to victims of family violence, stalking, harassment, or terroristic threat.
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Texas Senate Bill SJR49

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
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 Senate Bill SB1054

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of oil and gas equipment theft.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1083

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the representation of an indigent person in certain criminal proceedings in certain counties.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1078

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to certain searches of female inmates by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1094

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to certain sentencing procedures in a capital case.