Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Senate Criminal Justice Committee Bills & Legislation

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Texas House Bill HB1482

Filed
12/2/24  
Out of House Committee
4/24/25  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to changing the eligibility for community supervision for certain repeat intoxication offenders.
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Texas Senate Bill SB518

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to changing the eligibility for community supervision and parole for certain repeat intoxication offenders.
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Texas Senate Bill SB539

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to a defendant's appearance by telephone or videoconference in a justice or municipal court.
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Texas Senate Bill SB537

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the procedures for the expunction of arrest records and files for persons who complete certain court programs or pretrial intervention programs.
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Texas Senate Bill SB540

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the use, possession, delivery, or manufacture of testing equipment that identifies the presence of a substance listed in Penalty Group 1-B.
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Texas Senate Bill SB554

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the licensing of legal permanent residents as county jailers by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement and the hiring of those legal permanent residents by political subdivisions.
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Texas Senate Bill SB697

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to an annual report by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on post-release or post-discharge employment and certain other inmate data.
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Texas Senate Bill SJR45

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Sent toSOS
 
Proposed Const. Amend.
 
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to enact laws providing for the denial of bail to a person accused of committing a trafficking or sexual offense against a child while released on bail for committing a similar offense.
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Texas House Bill HB2180

Filed
1/28/25  
Out of House Committee
4/28/25  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to a waiver of the preservation of evidence and the return of a seized weapon in a criminal case.
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Texas House Bill HB2239

Filed
1/29/25  
Out of House Committee
5/7/25  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the locations in which certain knives are prohibited.
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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 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 SB1417

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to compensatory time and vacation leave accrued by an employee of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1416

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the required approval of certain hospital visits as a condition of release on parole or to mandatory supervision for certain releasees and to the hospital's liability for damages resulting from those visits.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1549

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the frequency of county bail bond board meetings.