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TexasHB 263789th Legislature Regular SessionHouse

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.

Sponsored By: Mano DeAyala, Bryan Hughes (Republican)

Signed by Governor

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6 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 2 costs, 1 mixed.

Clerks can grant disability jury exemptions

District clerks and district judges can grant permanent or temporary exemptions for physical or mental impairments or difficulty understanding or communicating in English. The condition must make jury service impossible or very difficult. Applicants must submit a sworn statement listing their name, address, reason, and requested duration; impairment claims also need a doctor's statement. Clerks must list exempt people and keep them out of summonses and jury-selection records during the exemption. These rules apply to people summoned on or after September 1, 2025.

Deployed troops gain trial jury exemption

Active-duty members of the United States military gain an exemption from petit, or trial, jury service. They must be deployed away from their home station and outside their county of residence. This exemption applies to people summoned on or after September 1, 2025.

Permanent grand jury exemption for seniors

People age 75 or older can request a permanent grand jury exemption. They must file a signed statement with the district clerk confirming their age and asking for the exemption. The clerk adds them to a county register, and they cannot be selected or summoned for grand jury service. They can cancel the exemption with a signed request. These rules apply to people summoned on or after September 1, 2025.

Age-only jury exemptions start at 75

For people summoned on or after September 1, 2025, the age-based exemption starts at 75 for grand and petit juries. People ages 71 through 74 no longer qualify based on age alone. They can still qualify for another exemption.

Caregiver jury exemption requires supervision gap

The childcare exemption from grand jury service requires responsibility for a child under 18. The child must lack adequate supervision if the caregiver serves. Childcare duties alone do not qualify when adequate supervision is available. This rule applies to people summoned on or after September 1, 2025.

Jury disqualification records face monthly sharing

Beginning September 1, 2025, district clerks must remove jury-pool cards for everyone on the Section 62.115 list. On each month's third business day, clerks must send misdemeanor-theft and felony-conviction disqualification lists to the secretary of state. The relevant prosecuting attorney also receives the list to investigate possible false disqualification claims. That same day, clerks must send county voter registrars names and addresses of listed people disqualified for felony convictions. This requirement does not specify what registrars do with that information.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsors

  • Mano DeAyala

    House

  • Bryan Hughes

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 555 • No: 37

House vote • 5/28/2025

Record vote

Yes: 120 • No: 16

Senate vote • 5/25/2025

Record vote

Yes: 0 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/25/2025

Record vote

Yes: 0 • No: 0

House vote • 4/24/2025

Record vote

Yes: 133 • No: 13

House vote • 4/23/2025

Record vote

Yes: 139 • No: 8

House vote • 4/23/2025

Record vote

Yes: 147 • No: 0

House vote • Unknown

Committee vote: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Yes: 10 • No: 0

Senate vote • Unknown

Committee vote: Criminal Justice

Yes: 6 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Effective on 9/1/25

    6/20/2025House

  2. Signed by the Governor

    6/20/2025House

  3. Sent to the Governor

    5/31/2025House

  4. Signed in the Senate

    5/31/2025Senate

  5. Signed in the House

    5/30/2025House

  6. Reported enrolled

    5/29/2025House

  7. House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported

    5/28/2025Senate

  8. Text of Senate Amendment(s)

    5/28/2025House

  9. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

    5/28/2025House

  10. Record vote (RV#3966)

    5/28/2025House

  11. House concurs in Senate amendment(s)

    5/28/2025House

  12. Senate Amendments Analysis distributed

    5/25/2025House

  13. Senate Amendments distributed

    5/25/2025House

  14. Senate passage as amended reported

    5/25/2025House

  15. Record vote

    5/25/2025Senate

  16. Passed

    5/25/2025Senate

  17. Read 3rd time

    5/25/2025Senate

  18. Record vote

    5/25/2025Senate

  19. Three day rule suspended

    5/25/2025Senate

  20. Vote recorded in Journal

    5/25/2025Senate

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

    5/25/2025Senate

  22. Laid before the Senate

    5/25/2025Senate

  23. Placed on local & uncontested calendar

    5/25/2025Senate

  24. Committee report printed and distributed

    5/21/2025Senate

  25. Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

    5/21/2025Senate

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