TX HB1561 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature
Status
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on December 10 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2025-03-12 - Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on December 10 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2025-03-12 - Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Pending: House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
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.
Title
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.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-12 | House | Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs |
| 2025-03-12 | House | Read first time |
| 2024-12-10 | House | Filed |
Same As/Similar To
SB554 (Same As) 2025-02-03 - Referred to Criminal Justice
SB554 (Same As) 2025-02-03 - Referred to Criminal Justice
SB554 (Same As) 2025-02-03 - Referred to Criminal Justice
Subjects
Corrections
Corrections--Jails & Prisons
JAILERS & PRISON GUARDS
LAW ENFORCEMENT, TEXAS COMMISSION ON
Occupational Regulation
Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions
Corrections--Jails & Prisons
JAILERS & PRISON GUARDS
LAW ENFORCEMENT, TEXAS COMMISSION ON
Occupational Regulation
Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions
Texas State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=HB1561 |
| Text | https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01561I.htm |
