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TexasHB 1689th Legislature 2nd Called SessionHouseWALLET

Relating to the operation and administration of and practices and procedures related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government, including court security, court documents and arrest warrants, document delivery, juvenile boards, constitutional amendment election challenges, record retention, youth diversion, court-ordered mental health services, the powers of the Texas Supreme Court, jurors, and the special prosecution unit; increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing fees.

Sponsored By: Paul Dyson, Bryan Hughes (Republican), Marc LaHood, Jeff Leach, Eddie Morales, Terry M. Wilson

Signed by Governor

ATASCOSA COUNTYBOWIE COUNTYBRAZORIA COUNTYCALLAHAN COUNTYCANYON, CITY OFCOKE COUNTYCOLORADO COUNTYCOMAL COUNTYCONCHO COUNTYDIMMIT COUNTYELLIS COUNTYFAYETTE COUNTYFORT BEND COUNTYGONZALES COUNTYGUADALUPE COUNTYHARRIS COUNTYHENDERSON COUNTYHIDALGO COUNTYIRION COUNTYLAVACA COUNTYMAVERICK COUNTYMONTGOMERY COUNTYPOTTER COUNTYROCKWALL COUNTYRUNNELS COUNTYSABINE COUNTYSCHLEICHER COUNTYSTERLING COUNTYTARRANT COUNTYTOM GREEN COUNTYWICHITA COUNTYWILLIAMSON COUNTYZAVALA COUNTYCourts--AdministrationCourts--AppellateCourts--Civil ProcedureCourts--County & StatutoryCourts--DistrictCourts--JudgesCourts--JuriesCourts--JusticeCourts--PersonnelCourts--Prosecuting AttorneysCrimes--Against Persons--GeneralFees & Other Nontax Revenue--LocalInterim StudiesJuvenile Boards & OfficersMinors--Juvenile JusticeProtection of Personal InformationSalaries & ExpensesBORDERELDER ABUSEEXPUNCTION OF RECORDSSTAFF DEVELOPMENT & TRAININGCOMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTSCOURT ADMINISTRATION, OFFICE OFFIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALSJUDICIAL CONDUCT, STATE COMMISSION ONPUBLIC SAFETY, DEPARTMENT OFSUPREME COURT

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72 provisions identified: 49 benefits, 11 costs, 12 mixed.

Jail time reduces defendants’ fine bills

For a fine-only misdemeanor, judges must credit at least $150 per qualifying day in confinement toward fines and costs. Confinement must occur after the misdemeanor, while awaiting trial or serving a sentence for another offense. This applies to sentences imposed on or after the law’s effective date, even when the misdemeanor happened earlier.

More credit toward defendants’ court debt

Defendants get at least $150 toward fines or costs for every eight hours of qualifying community service. Where the previous credit was $100, this adds $50. Defendants unable to pay also get $150 per qualifying day of confinement or labor, up from $100. The daily increase covers confinement or labor after the law’s effective date, regardless of when the offense occurred.

Young children get priority for diversion

Juvenile boards must prioritize diversion for children under 12 and those living in general residential operations, which provide residential child care. Detention must be a last resort, particularly when alleged conduct is a misdemeanor involving violence against a person. Community-service referrals are no longer limited by the former under-12 condition and include children in general residential operations. Referrals require probable cause, no required prosecutor referral, and either likely benefit with deferred-prosecution eligibility or residence in such an operation. Boards must track referrals, deferred prosecution, and probation and residential-operation information for children in those operations.

New standards for court-ordered mental healthcare

The law revises physician documentation and findings needed to order temporary or extended inpatient mental health care. One basis requires severe distress, declining ability to meet basic needs for reasons other than poverty, and inability to make informed treatment decisions. Clear and convincing evidence must include expert testimony and a recent act or continuing pattern confirming serious harm or the specified decline. The act-or-pattern requirement can be waived for temporary care as the law allows. Extended care also requires a condition expected to last over 90 days and at least 60 consecutive days of court-ordered inpatient care in the previous 12 months.

Arbitration deadlines pause when lawsuits start

An arbitration claim follows the same filing deadline that applies to the claim in court. Filing the same claim in a court with authority to hear it pauses the arbitration deadline.

Bowie court handles more case types

Bowie County’s court at law shares district court authority over specialty programs, misdemeanors, family and juvenile cases, probate, and guardianship. Exclusions remain for felonies, state suits for penalties or escheated property, official-misconduct misdemeanors, contested elections, and civil cases above the general statutory limit. Judges can transfer cases between the county court at law and district courts when both have authority. Juries have 12 members, except misdemeanors and cases sharing county-court jurisdiction under Government Code Section 25.0003(a), which use six.

Children’s arrest warrant records stay private

A child’s arrest warrant and supporting complaint or affidavit are confidential. Listed juvenile- and criminal-justice participants, attorneys, and prosecutors can receive them. Others need juvenile-court approval based on a legitimate interest.

Clerks must accept protective order applications

District clerks must accept protective-order applications filed under Chapter 82 of the Family Code. The law corrects the referenced chapter from Chapter 71 to Chapter 82.

Eligible children enter diversion without pleas

When a diversion-eligible child does not contest a charge filed in court, the judge must divert the case. The child does not have to enter a plea to receive diversion in this situation.

Families can sign court documents electronically

Parties in divorce cases can use digitized signatures on documents waiving formal notice of the case. In Family Code Title 1 or Title 5 cases, required notarized, acknowledged, verified, or sworn signatures can be completed electronically. The person performing that act must be authorized, and the electronic signature must be attached or linked to the required signature. All other information required by law must still be included.

Jury exemptions for seniors and caregivers

People age 75 or older can request a permanent jury exemption in a statement filed with the court clerk. That clerk must notify the district clerk; the person can cancel the exemption through a signed request to the county district clerk. Grand-jury exemptions are available for people age 75 or older and caregivers whose children under 18 would lack adequate supervision. Secondary-school students, people enrolled in and attending higher education, and people with another court-approved reasonable excuse can also be exempted. These grand-jury exemptions are not automatic.

Jury relief for disability or language

A district clerk can grant temporary or permanent jury exemptions when authorized by the local administrative district judge or county jury plan. A physical or mental impairment, or inability to understand or communicate in English, must make service impossible or very difficult. The request needs an affidavit listing the person’s name, address, reason, and requested duration. An impairment-based request also needs a physician’s statement.

Local courts can hear larger lawsuits

Hidalgo County courts at law share district court authority over civil cases without the former $750,000 ceiling. This change applies to actions filed on or after the applicable effective date. The 2nd Multicounty Court at Law also shares district court authority over civil cases above the general statutory county-court dollar limit.

More privacy for court workers’ households

More listed current and former clerks, court-office workers, public defenders, and judicial-conduct workers and commissioners get personal-record privacy protections. Covered home addresses, phone numbers, emergency contacts, Social Security numbers, and family details are protected without the usual privacy request. Additional court-related workers also qualify for protections in property appraisal records; this does not lower property taxes. Voter lists must omit home addresses for covered applicants and family members. License holders with a covered role, spouse, or parent can substitute a courthouse or qualifying office address; their home address remains available only for official use by state safety or law enforcement agencies.

Parents’ youth diversion fees can fall

Justice and municipal court clerks may charge parents up to $50 to help pay for a child’s diversion. The law replaces the fixed $50 fee with a maximum. Clerks can charge less, but cannot charge more than $50.

Prosecution unit personnel get legal-cost protections

The Attorney General must defend covered Special Prosecution Unit personnel when the Unit requests help. The case must arise from services under Government Code Chapter 41 or Health and Safety Code Chapter 841. Neither the person nor the Unit pays for that assistance. When a court finds a covered person immune, it must award the case’s costs and attorney fees. The award goes to the person, or to the Attorney General if that office provided the defense.

Protected personnel can request online redaction

People covered by Government Code Sections 552.117 or 552.1175 can request removal of their protected information online. County and district clerks must redact that information from documents they post online. Section 552.117 also covers the clerk’s website contractor and applies despite the general exemption for filed documents.

Protective orders gain privacy and flexibility

Protective-order applicants must use the state court administration office’s form and provide the requested information they know. Using a different form does not invalidate the application or order. A confidentiality affidavit can keep protected details out of the application and order; only the court receives the affidavit. On request, the court handling the offense behind an emergency protection order can change all or part of that order. Changes must follow the standards in Code of Criminal Procedure Article 17.292(j).

Some defendants gain fee recovery options

Defendants sued under Health and Safety Code Section 171.208 gain a limited route to recover costs or attorney fees. The law removes the bar on awards under rules adopted through Government Code Section 22.004. The separate bar on awards under the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure remains. Recovery depends on the applicable rule and case; it is not automatic.

Texas federal judges gain protected status

Federal judges who live in Texas qualify as at-risk individuals. The judge must meet the definition in Government Code Section 411.201. This extends eligibility for protections tied to that status; this provision does not describe those protections.

Tom Green families gain court options

A Tom Green County court at law shares district court authority over family-law cases and proceedings. The change applies to cases filed or proceedings started on or after the applicable effective date.

Wichita court gains defined case authority

Wichita County courts at law gain authority over specified misdemeanors, probate, mental-health and estate proceedings, municipal-record-court appeals, felony guilty pleas, and justice-court appeals. Shared civil authority covers claims above $500 and no more than $200,000, excluding interest, exemplary damages, penalties, attorney fees, and costs. A party can request transfer of a civil case above $200,000 to district court. That request is unavailable once all parties have announced ready for trial. Alcoholic Beverage Code, Election Code, Tax Code, and exclusively district-court matters remain excluded.

Atascosa courts can handle more disputes

The covered Atascosa County court at law can hear specified property suits with claims of no more than $1 million. The cap excludes interest, statutory or punitive damages and penalties, attorney fees, and costs. Covered suits include title disputes, lien enforcement, certain rights-to-property disputes, and recovery of real property. An Atascosa County court at law judge can also be assigned to any district court in the county. While assigned, the judge can hear any matter pending there.

Property sale surplus held two years

Covered excess property-sale proceeds paid into court must stay there for two years after the sale unless the court orders otherwise. The Attorney General must receive notice of the deposit and amount when it or a represented state agency was named as a property-based defendant in the related seizure or tax-lien case. Holding the money preserves an opportunity for eligible claimants to seek it. The rule does not decide who receives the money.

Assigned judges get defined compensation rights

Former or retired judges and justices assigned as mentors receive trial-court assignment pay and expenses for their region. The Office of Court Administration must first identify the court as needing help. Those assigned to constitutional county courts in Texas-Mexico border counties receive state pay equal to a district judge’s maximum combined state and county salary. The regional presiding judge must certify that urgent circumstances require the border-county assignment.

Bowie County court reporters get equal pay

Official reporters in Bowie County courts at law receive the same compensation, fees, and allowances as the county’s district-court reporters. The court at law judge sets the annual salary, subject to commissioners court approval.

County judges gain broader salary service credit

Statutory county court judges who do not practice law privately get credit for more prior service when pay is calculated. Counted service includes full-time district court, multicounty statutory county court, and statutory probate court associate judge work. The law also replaces the local pay rule in Section 25.0092 with the statewide rule in Section 25.0005. It does not state whether that local rule replacement raises or lowers pay.

Appeals court adds two justice seats

The Fifteenth Court of Appeals adds Place 4 for the fourth year after the court’s creation. It adds Place 5 for the fifth year. The initial vacancies are filled on those timelines. The provision expires September 1, 2029.

Border court judges can work remotely

Assigned judges serving Texas-Mexico border-region courts can handle nontrial proceedings or other judicial work remotely from anywhere in Texas. They can use video, telephone, or another available electronic method. Their assignment order must authorize the remote work. This permission does not cover trials.

Certified court copies get clearer verification

Certified copies from district, joint, and county clerks must include identifying marks on their pages. The final page must confirm that the copy is true and correct and state its page count and issue date. County-clerk seals depend on whether the original is a court or noncourt document. This provision does not set a new fee.

County court thresholds rise to $325,000

Civil cases in statutory county courts require 12-person juries only when the amount in dispute exceeds $325,000, up from $250,000. All parties can still agree to a smaller jury. For the county court at law governed by Section 25.0062, the district clerk’s civil-case threshold also rises from $250,000 to $325,000. That district clerk also handles felony and family-law matters.

Court leaders get annual administration training

The Office of Court Administration must hold a leadership conference every year. Topics include court budgets, funding, activity statistics, case-level information, and local administrative judge duties. Regional presiding judges, local administrative judges, and court administrators can receive expense reimbursement only from money appropriated for that purpose.

Courts must strengthen local security planning

Local administrative district judges must create trial-court security committees that adopt security rules and emergency plans. Membership includes a constable’s office representative and each county court type, including justices of the peace but excluding municipal judges. Municipal court committees must also adopt security rules and emergency plans; presiding judges must establish committees for municipal courts of record. Municipal committees recommend resource use and spending, but cannot direct either. The Office of Court Administration must create a model emergency plan that local committees can use without adopting it.

Criminal associate judges handle more matters

Covered criminal associate judges are recognized as magistrates and can receive referrals for pleas, pretrial motions, specialty-court matters, and qualifying juvenile proceedings. They can accept misdemeanor and felony guilty pleas and select juries. They cannot preside over criminal trials or jury trials deciding bond forfeitures. They can decide Chapter 59 civil cases only when no party requests a jury. Local administrative judges must supervise covered Chapter 54 appointees performing Article 15.17 criminal-procedure duties.

District court records become easier to find

District-court paper records must show a reference beside each name to the minutes containing the judgment. Electronic case records must be searchable by each party’s full name, case number, and record date.

Former judges qualify for more roles

Eligible former or retired appellate justices can serve by assignment in more courts handling probate, including after recusal or disqualification. They need at least 72 months of active judicial service, substantial relevant experience, and annual probate-judge education. They must certify under oath that they meet judicial-conduct standards and were not removed from office. Home-county assignments require a two-year commitment not to appear there as an attorney or accept specified guardianship appointments. Retirees making the required election under Government Code Section 75.001 also qualify as senior judges for judicial board, commission, or council appointments.

Harris County gets more civil courts

Harris County gets County Civil Court at Law No. 5 on the law’s effective date. Beginning September 1, 2026, it also gets the 513th, 514th, and 515th District Courts. The 516th and 517th District Courts begin October 1, 2026. All five new district courts give civil cases priority.

Hidalgo and Maverick gain local courts

Hidalgo County gets Probate Court No. 2. Its existing probate court becomes Probate Court No. 1. Maverick County gets a County Court at Law on the law’s effective date.

Judges get elder abuse training

The Court of Criminal Appeals must include elder abuse and neglect in covered initial and continuing judicial training. Training also covers family violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, and child abuse and neglect. The requirements cover judicial officers elected, appointed, or holding office on or after the law’s effective date. Officers are exempt when they file an affidavit stating that they do not hear cases involving these subjects.

Local criminal courts gain handling flexibility

Callahan County Court and the 42nd District Court share authority over original and appealed criminal matters within county-court jurisdiction. Those cases can be filed in or transferred between the two courts. All Potter County courts at law can conduct specified felony arraignments and pretrial hearings, rather than only Court No. 1. They can accept felony pleas under this authority only in uncontested matters. Tarrant County Criminal District Courts Nos. 2 and 4 must give criminal cases priority.

Local officials must consider court security

County and city officials must consider their court security committee’s recommendations when managing covered court-security funds. They do not have to adopt those recommendations.

Maverick prosecutor gains broader case duties

The 293rd Judicial District attorney also handles state criminal and civil matters in Maverick County’s 365th Judicial District. Maverick County commissioners can supplement the attorney’s state salary. The county chooses whether to pay a supplement and sets its amount.

More counties can provide courthouse parking

Every Texas county can build, expand, equip, and operate parking lots or garages near its courthouse. The law removes the former requirement that a county have at least 150,000 residents. Counties are not required to provide parking, and the law sets no parking price.

Municipal judges face fewer residency limits

Canyon’s municipal judge no longer has to live in the city. The law also removes appointment, election, and continuing city-residency requirements for the municipal judge covered by Government Code Section 30.01014. That judge must devote as much time to the office as the job requires.

Residential child-care staff need safety training

Covered residential child-care facilities must train staff who work directly with children in crisis response. This applies to behavior programs serving children who need help managing their conduct. The training aims to limit police involvement during emergency interventions. All facility employees must also learn about the risks of restraints that hold children face down.

Seven counties can add criminal judges

Judges of the 51st, 119th, 340th, and 391st District Courts can appoint full-time or part-time criminal associate judges. They can serve Coke, Concho, Irion, Runnels, Schleicher, Sterling, and Tom Green Counties. Each county served must authorize the position through its commissioners court. An appointment serving multiple courts requires local rules and approval from at least two-thirds of those courts’ judges.

Seven new district courts serve counties

The law creates Fort Bend’s 501st and 502nd District Courts, Rockwall’s 503rd, and Ellis’s 504th. Their start date is December 1, 2025, with a fallback to the session’s 91st day afterward when the two-thirds vote requirement was not met and that day falls later. Beginning September 1, 2026, it creates Brazoria’s 490th, Colorado and Lavaca’s 492nd, and Comal’s 511th District Courts. Fort Bend’s 501st District Court must give family cases priority.

Stronger harassment protections for court personnel

Harassment of someone the offender knows is a court employee is a Class A misdemeanor. A prior conviction under the same section raises it to a state jail felony. Harassment of someone the offender knows is a judge is a state jail felony. A prior conviction under the same section raises that offense to a third-degree felony.

Three counties elect new district attorneys

The law creates the 273rd District Attorney’s office for Sabine County beginning September 1, 2028. Sabine voters elect that attorney in 2028 to represent the state in the county’s district courts. Dimmit and Zavala voters elect a 365th District Attorney in the 2028 primary and general elections. That office begins January 1, 2029, and represents the state in civil and criminal district-court matters in both counties.

Williamson and Montgomery gain district courts

The law creates the 512th District Court for Williamson County. Its start date is December 1, 2025, with a two-thirds vote in each house. Without that vote, it starts on the later of December 1 or the 91st day after the legislative session. Beginning September 1, 2026, Montgomery County gets the 523rd District Court. That court gives criminal cases priority.

Civil appeals face court assignment limits

A civil party can request assignment to the Fifteenth Court of Appeals only through a qualifying notice of appeal. The notice must include a matter arising from or related to the case within that court’s exclusive intermediate appeal authority.

Civil case parties must provide identification

Parties or their lawyers in covered civil cases must give the clerk written notice of their name and current home or business address. Individuals must also provide the last three digits of either their Social Security number or Texas driver’s license. Parties who have not appeared or answered generally do not need this notice. That exception does not cover defendants in tax suits.

Defendants can face a deferral fee

When ordering a deferral, a judge can charge a special expense fee instead of imposing a fine at that time. The fee cannot exceed the offense’s maximum fine. Money collected counts toward any later fine for that same offense. The judge can waive the fee when the defendant shows good cause.

Higher county clerk bond approval fees

County clerks charge $5 to approve a bond, up from $3. People seeking approval pay $2 more each time.

Probate courts can reject faulty challenges

A statutory probate court’s presiding judge can deny a recusal or disqualification motion without a hearing if it violates court Rule 18a. The denial order must explain the failure. A faulty motion still counts toward rules for third or later recusal motions, even if amended after filing.

Court security committees lose disclosure duties

Municipal court security committees are not covered by the Texas Open Meetings Act or Texas Public Information Act. Those laws’ public meeting and records-access requirements do not apply to the committees.

Criminal magistrates need stronger legal qualifications

People appointed under the covered criminal-magistrate subchapter must hold a Texas law license. They must have been in good standing with the State Bar for at least two years. Prior service as a justice of the peace or municipal judge no longer provides an alternative qualification.

Election challenges cannot pause approved amendments

An election challenge does not pause implementation of a Texas constitutional amendment approved by a majority of votes cast. An election contest remains the only way to decide questions about that election’s validity or outcome.

Prosecution staff gain protection from lawsuits

Covered Special Prosecution Unit board members, leaders, employees, and officers are immune from liability for qualifying good-faith conduct. The conduct must fall under Government Code Chapter 41 or Health and Safety Code Chapter 841. Courts must immediately dismiss claims arising from that protected conduct.

Specialty courts need approval before operating

A specialty court program cannot operate until the Office of Court Administration verifies compliance in writing. Its responsible judge, magistrate, or coordinator must first submit written notice and the resolution or declaration establishing the program. The official must also submit adopted documents explaining the program’s operating plan, such as a policy manual or participant handbook.

Only lawmakers can change covered property procedures

Beginning January 1, 2026, only the Texas Legislature can change or suspend procedures in the covered Property Code chapter. This restriction applies despite other laws. It does not itself change household property rights or costs.

Fees and waivers for clearing records

A petition to clear a criminal record costs $100 in a justice court or municipal court of record. District courts charge the civil ex parte filing fee, plus $1 and postage per certified hearing notice and $2 and postage per certified order. Acquittal-related fees are waived when you file within 30 days, except for the offense specified in Article 55A.151. District-court fees are also waived for qualifying veterans’ treatment or mental health court graduates, and courts can return some or all fees. These fee rules expire January 1, 2026.

Kids’ diversion agreements cover related offenses

An eligible child can include multiple offenses in one diversion agreement when they allegedly occurred in the same criminal episode. A child can enter an agreement under this diversion subchapter only once every 12 months. The 12-month interval replaces the prior 365-day interval.

Record-clearing fees include waivers and refunds

Beginning January 1, 2026, expunction petitions to clear criminal records cost $100 in justice courts or municipal courts of record. District courts charge their filing fee for an ex parte civil petition. Qualifying acquittal-based petitions filed within 30 days avoid the fee, except those covered by Article 55A.151. District-court fees are also waived after qualifying veterans treatment court or mental health court completions. A court granting expunction may return all or part of the district-court fee.

Assigned former judges get revised pay

The law changes state and county pay calculations for former or retired judges and justices serving on assignment. The calculation uses the applicable judicial salary, including comparison with an officer having comparable service at the assignee’s departure from office. Pay is prorated for assignment time where required. No specific salary amount is stated.

Bastrop moves to another business court

Bastrop County moves from the Second Business Court Division to the Third. The Third Division covers counties in the Third Administrative Judicial Region plus Bastrop County. The Second Division remains dependent on legislative appropriations for funding.

Court filings follow revised clerk duties

Beginning January 1, 2026, district clerks handle district court civil and criminal matters, including family cases. County clerks handle the exceptions: Class A and Class B misdemeanors, juvenile cases, probate, and guardianship. Each clerk must establish a separate docket for a district court.

License cases use updated notice delivery

Clerks must send covered license petitions and hearing notices to the state’s lawyer electronically or by a method allowed under Civil Rule 21a. This applies after qualifying license suspensions, revocations, or cancellations, unless the petition was dismissed under Transportation Code Section 521.2421(f). Covered convictions are Penal Code Section 19.05, Sections 49.04–49.08, and offenses covered by Transportation Code Section 521.342. The law does not change license eligibility.

Residents’ district court coverage shifts locally

Beginning January 1, 2026, the 274th Judicial District consists of Comal and Hays counties, removing Guadalupe County. Its stated authority in those counties matches the 22nd and 207th district courts. Beginning January 1, 2027, the 522nd Judicial District consists of Gonzales and Guadalupe counties. Colorado and Lavaca counties leave the 522nd district.

San Augustine prosecutor coverage excludes Sabine

Beginning September 1, 2028, San Augustine County voters elect the district attorney for the 1st Judicial District. That prosecutor represents the state in San Augustine County’s district courts. Sabine County is no longer included in that prosecutor’s coverage.

Top courts gain bounded rulemaking flexibility

Civil-procedure laws enacted before May 15, 1939, remain in force until the Texas Supreme Court adopts rules on their subjects. The court must file a list of replaced laws with the secretary of state; that list has a court decision’s effect. The Supreme Court and Court of Criminal Appeals also gain flexibility to make criminal-transcript payment rules. That flexibility covers cases where a county paid a substitute reporter while the official reporter prepared the transcript. The law itself does not guarantee reporter payment or set an amount.

Two district courts change case priorities

The 173rd District Court must give civil and family cases priority. The 392nd District Court must give criminal cases priority. These preferences favor the listed case types over other matters, but set no hearing deadlines.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsors

  • Paul Dyson

    House

  • Bryan Hughes

    Republican • Senate

  • Marc LaHood

    House

  • Jeff Leach

    House

  • Eddie Morales

    House

  • Terry M. Wilson

    House

Cosponsors

  • Paul Bettencourt

    Republican • Senate

  • Donna Campbell

    Republican • Senate

  • Jay Dean

    House

  • Brent Hagenbuch

    Republican • Senate

  • Richard Hayes

    House

  • Adam Hinojosa

    Republican • Senate

  • Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa

    Democratic • Senate

  • Phil King

    Republican • Senate

  • Terri Leo Wilson

    House

  • Shelley Luther

    House

  • Tan Parker

    Republican • Senate

  • Kevin Sparks

    Republican • Senate

  • Judith Zaffirini

    Democratic • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 21 • No: 0

Senate vote • 8/26/2025

Record vote

Yes: 0 • No: 0

Senate vote • 8/26/2025

Record vote

Yes: 0 • No: 0

House vote • 8/25/2025

Record vote

Yes: 0 • No: 0

Senate vote • Unknown

Committee vote: State Affairs

Yes: 11 • No: 0

House vote • Unknown

Committee vote: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Yes: 10 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. See remarks for effective date

    9/17/2025House

  2. Signed by the Governor

    9/17/2025House

  3. Sent to the Governor

    8/28/2025House

  4. Signed in the Senate

    8/28/2025Senate

  5. Signed in the House

    8/28/2025House

  6. Reported enrolled

    8/27/2025House

  7. Senate passage reported

    8/27/2025House

  8. Record vote

    8/26/2025Senate

  9. Passed

    8/26/2025Senate

  10. Read 3rd time

    8/26/2025Senate

  11. Record vote

    8/26/2025Senate

  12. Three day rule suspended

    8/26/2025Senate

  13. Vote recorded in Journal

    8/26/2025Senate

  14. Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

    8/26/2025Senate

  15. Rules suspended-Regular order of business

    8/26/2025Senate

  16. Ordered not printed

    8/26/2025Senate

  17. Printing rule suspended

    8/26/2025Senate

  18. Reported favorably w/o amendments

    8/26/2025Senate

  19. Vote taken in committee

    8/26/2025Senate

  20. Considered in public hearing

    8/26/2025Senate

  21. Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

    8/26/2025Senate

  22. Referred to State Affairs

    8/26/2025Senate

  23. Read first time

    8/26/2025Senate

  24. Received from the House

    8/26/2025Senate

  25. Co-sponsor authorized

    8/26/2025Senate

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