TX HB4502 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature

Texas House Bill 4502

Status

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Introduced on March 12 2025 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2025-05-10 - Committee report sent to Calendars
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Summary

Relating to court security, including the development of a court emergency management plan, the duties and composition of a court security committee, and increasing the criminal penalty for harassment of a court employee or judge.

Title

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-05-10	House	Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-05-09	House	Committee report distributed
2025-05-09	House	Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
2025-05-01	House	Reported favorably as substituted
2025-05-01	House	Committee substitute considered in committee
2025-05-01	House	Considered in formal meeting
2025-04-23	House	Left pending in committee
2025-04-23	House	Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-04-23	House	Considered in public hearing
2025-04-23	House	Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-04-03	House	Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
2025-04-03	House	Read first time
2025-03-12	House	Filed

Same As/Similar To

SB1575 (Same As) 2025-03-06 - Referred to Jurisprudence
SB1575 (Same As) 2025-03-06 - Referred to Jurisprudence

Subjects

CONSTABLES
COURT ADMINISTRATION, OFFICE OF
Courts
Courts--Administration
Courts--Judges
Courts--Municipal
Courts--Personnel
Crimes
Crimes--Against Persons
Crimes--Against Persons--General
Disaster Preparedness & Relief
HARASSMENT
Safety

Texas State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=HB4502
Text	https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04502I.htm
Text	https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04502H.htm
Supplement	https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/fiscalnotes/html/HB04502I.htm
Supplement	https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/fiscalnotes/html/HB04502H.htm
Supplement	https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/analysis/html/HB04502H.htm