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TexasSB 166689th Legislature Regular SessionSenateWALLET

Relating to the payment of restitution.

Sponsored By: Will Metcalf, Judith Zaffirini (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

Corrections--Parole, Probation & PardonsCrime Victims CompensationINTERNETCRIMINAL JUSTICE, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF

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Bill Overview

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2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.

Victims face shorter restitution claim deadlines

Beginning September 1, 2025, two deadlines for treating unpaid restitution as abandoned shrink from five years to three. Payments are presumed abandoned unless victims claim them before the third anniversary of the clerk receiving the initial payment. After a claim, payments are also presumed abandoned if the clerk cannot locate the victim for three years after the last payment. The clerk must report and send these unclaimed payments to the Texas comptroller as abandoned property.

Victims get new restitution payment protections

Beginning September 1, 2025, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice must send restitution recovered through its unclaimed-property claims to the court clerk after receiving notice of the restitution order. For restitution ordered by a parole panel, the department must collect payments and send them to the court clerk as soon as practicable for payment to victims, without the former required deposit into the releasee restitution fund. For both payment routes, the department must give the clerk the victim’s last known address, if available. Information provided to the clerk is confidential and exempt from public-records disclosure. The department must also post an employee’s contact information online for county officials with questions about transferred unclaimed-property restitution.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsors

  • Will Metcalf

    House

  • Judith Zaffirini

    Democratic • Senate

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 295 • No: 0

House vote • 5/15/2025

Record vote

Yes: 139 • No: 0

House vote • 5/14/2025

Record vote

Yes: 142 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/1/2025

Record vote

Yes: 0 • No: 0

Senate vote • 5/1/2025

Record vote

Yes: 0 • No: 0

House vote • Unknown

Committee vote: Corrections

Yes: 8 • No: 0

Senate vote • Unknown

Committee vote: Criminal Justice

Yes: 6 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Effective on 9/1/25

    5/28/2025House

  2. Signed by the Governor

    5/28/2025House

  3. Sent to the Governor

    5/16/2025House

  4. Signed in the House

    5/16/2025House

  5. Signed in the Senate

    5/16/2025Senate

  6. Reported enrolled

    5/15/2025Senate

  7. House passage reported

    5/15/2025Senate

  8. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

    5/15/2025House

  9. Record vote (RV#2597)

    5/15/2025House

  10. Passed

    5/15/2025House

  11. Read 3rd time

    5/15/2025House

  12. Record vote (RV#2523)

    5/14/2025House

  13. Passed to 3rd reading

    5/14/2025House

  14. Read 2nd time

    5/14/2025House

  15. Laid out in lieu of companion (HB 3636)

    5/14/2025House

  16. Committee report sent to Calendars

    5/10/2025House

  17. Committee report distributed

    5/10/2025House

  18. Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    5/10/2025House

  19. Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    5/5/2025House

  20. Considered in public hearing

    5/5/2025House

  21. Referred to Corrections

    5/2/2025House

  22. Read first time

    5/2/2025House

  23. Received from the Senate

    5/1/2025House

  24. Reported engrossed

    5/1/2025Senate

  25. Record vote

    5/1/2025Senate

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