Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Senate Criminal Justice Committee Bills & Legislation

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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1630

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the training of prospective grand jurors and to grand jury proceedings.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3358

Filed
2/26/25  
Out of House Committee
4/30/25  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the definition of an emergency service provider for purposes of critical incident stress management and crisis response services.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1638

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to sexual assault and other sex offenses.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1649

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to designating the Windham School District to provide postsecondary education to students of the district.
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Texas Senate Bill SB1647

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the practice and procedures for summoning prospective grand jurors and petit jurors and the exemption of certain persons from grand jury and petit jury service.
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Texas House Bill HB3418

Filed
2/26/25  
Out of House Committee
4/30/25  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to prohibitions on certain employment for sex offenders.
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Texas House Bill HB368

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of House Committee
4/16/25  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to a prohibition on remotely controlling electronic devices of certain individuals and to the criminal prosecution of that conduct.
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Texas Senate Bill SB294

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 residential picketing.
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Texas Senate Bill SB181

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to adopt a gender-responsive risk and needs assessment instrument.
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Texas Senate Bill SB89

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to defenses to prosecution for certain criminal offenses involving material or conduct that may be obscene or is otherwise harmful to children.
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Texas House Bill HB421

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of House Committee
4/3/25  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the creation of certain explicit deep fake material; providing a private cause of action.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB658

Filed
11/12/24  
Out of House Committee
3/24/25  
Voted on by Senate
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the carrying of weapons by community supervision and corrections department officers, juvenile probation officers, and certain retired law enforcement officers and to criminal liability for taking a weapon from certain of those officers.
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Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB297

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to the reimbursement of expenses to certain counsel appointed to represent a defendant in a criminal proceeding.
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Texas Senate Bill SB280

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to municipal civilian complaint review boards for peace officer misconduct in certain municipalities.
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Texas Senate Bill SB242

Voted on by Senate
 
Out of House Committee
 
Voted on by House
 
Governor Action
 
Bill Becomes Law
 
Relating to affirmative defenses to prosecution for certain criminal offenses involving material or conduct that may be obscene or is otherwise harmful to children.