| TX | HB305 | Veto | Relating to the time period for conducting pretrial hearings after a criminal defendant has been restored to competency.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-22
Vetoed by the Governor |
| TX | SB614 | Veto | Relating to the authority of the Texas Forensic Science Commission to review and refer certain cases to the office of capital and forensic writs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-22
Vetoed by the Governor |
| TX | SB1278 | Veto | Relating to an affirmative defense to prosecution for victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-22
Vetoed by the Governor |
| TX | SB1937 | Veto | Relating to the testing of evidence containing biological materials in capital cases.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-22
Vetoed by the Governor |
| TX | SB2111 | Veto | Relating to legal representation of indigent persons in this state and to proceedings before a magistrate including the appointment of counsel for an indigent defendant.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-22
Vetoed by the Governor |
| TX | SB53 | Pass | Relating to certain notice and filing requirements in court proceedings involving persons with mental illness.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB272 | Pass | Relating to the prosecution of the offense of fraudulent use or possession of credit card or debit card information.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB127 | Pass | Relating to the offense of failure to report child abuse or neglect by certain professionals and the statute of limitations for that offense; harmonizing other statute of limitations provisions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB908 | Pass | Relating to the reporting by law enforcement agencies of missing children to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB528 | Pass | Relating to inpatient competency restoration services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB535 | Pass | Relating to the admissibility of evidence regarding a victim's past sexual behavior in prosecutions of certain trafficking, sexual, or assaultive offenses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB739 | Pass | Relating to the definition of authorized peace officer for purposes of certain laws governing the installation and use of tracking equipment and access to certain communications.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB1866 | Pass | Relating to the state law enforcement authority of federal National Park Service law enforcement officers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective immediately |
| TX | SB860 | Pass | Relating to abolishing the Criminal Justice Legislative Oversight Committee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective immediately |
| TX | HB2282 | Pass | Relating to the amount of the reimbursement fee paid by a defendant for a peace officer's services in executing or processing an arrest warrant, capias, or capias pro fine.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB2348 | Pass | Relating to the video recording of a deposition taken of the testimony of certain elderly or disabled persons in a criminal case.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB1120 | Pass | Relating to rights of a victim, guardian of a victim, or close relative of a deceased victim in certain criminal cases involving family violence, sexual or assaultive offenses, stalking, or a violation of a protective order or condition of bond and t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB1164 | Pass | Relating to emergency detention of certain persons evidencing mental illness and to court-ordered inpatient and extended mental health services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB2637 | Pass | 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.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB2697 | Pass | Relating to certain procedures in connection with a bond forfeiture.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB2733 | Pass | Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offenses of prohibited barratry and solicitation of professional employment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB1372 | Pass | Relating to access to the crime laboratory portal.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB1451 | Pass | Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of stealing or receiving a stolen check or similar sight order.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB1498 | Pass | Relating to civil asset forfeiture of digital currency or other similar property.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB3185 | Pass | Relating to investigations of certain cybercrimes.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB20 | Pass | Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of possession, promotion, or production of certain obscene visual material appearing to depict a child.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB1610 | Pass | Relating to sexually violent predators, to the Texas Civil Commitment Office, and to the prosecution of the offense of harassment by sexually violent predators and other persons confined in certain facilities; amending certain sex offender registrati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB1621 | Pass | Relating to prosecution and punishment of certain criminal offenses prohibiting sexually explicit visual material involving depictions of children, computer-generated children, or other persons; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB1660 | Pass | Relating to the retention and preservation of toxicological evidence of certain intoxication offenses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB3425 | Pass | Relating to the prosecution of certain criminal offenses involving the unlawful disclosure of a residence address or telephone number.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB1667 | Pass | Relating to the procedures for the expunction of arrest records and files; authorizing a fee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB1723 | Pass | Relating to rapid DNA analysis by certain law enforcement agencies, the establishment of a related pilot program, and the content of certain DNA databases.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective immediately |
| TX | SB2177 | Pass | Relating to the creation of a grant program to assist local law enforcement agencies in solving violent and sexual offenses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective immediately |
| TX | SB2569 | Pass | Relating to the reporting requirement for certain law enforcement agencies regarding the agencies' use or operation of an unmanned aircraft.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective immediately |
| TX | SB2570 | Pass | Relating to a legal justification for the use of force with a less-lethal force weapon by a correctional facility guard or a peace officer.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective immediately |
| TX | SB2798 | Pass | Relating to certain statutes of limitations for criminal offenses, including the statute of limitations for certain fraud offenses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB45 | Pass | Relating to the duty of the attorney general to represent the state in the prosecution of the criminal offense of trafficking of persons.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB2594 | Pass | Relating to the venue for the prosecution of certain criminal conduct involving theft.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB958 | Pass | Relating to the eligibility of certain victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution for an order of nondisclosure of criminal history record information.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-30
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB1497 | Pass | Relating to the search of certain wireless communications devices by a peace officer.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-30
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB1537 | Pass | Relating to the appointment of an interpreter in a criminal proceeding.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-30
Effective immediately |
| TX | SB1620 | Pass | Relating to the establishment of the Texas forensic analyst apprenticeship pilot program.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-30
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB1646 | Pass | Relating to criminal conduct involving the theft, damage, or destruction of copper or brass or involving the unauthorized possession of certain copper or brass material, to transactions of metal recycling entities involving certain copper or brass ma...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-30
Effective immediately |
| TX | SB2180 | Pass | Relating to requiring a certification for peace officers to conduct certain polygraph examinations.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-30
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB210 | Pass | Relating to contracting with a school district or open-enrollment charter school by a vendor with whom a member of the board of trustees or governing body of the district or school or a related individual has certain business interests; creating a cr...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-29
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB1261 | Pass | Relating to the disposition of abandoned or unclaimed property seized by a peace officer.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-29
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB1778 | Pass | Relating to human trafficking, prostitution, and child pornography and to the prosecution of sexual or assaultive offenses or the prosecution of a failure to stop or report those offenses; amending and harmonizing certain statute of limitations provi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-29
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB1020 | Pass | Relating to personal bond offices, to the notification provided to a judge regarding tampering with an electronic monitoring device while released on bond or community supervision, and to the availability of certain information regarding a person req...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-29
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB5138 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to the duty of the attorney general to prosecute criminal offenses prescribed by the election laws of this state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-29
Senate appoints conferees-reported |
| TX | SB296 | Pass | Relating to driving safety or motorcycle operator training course dismissal.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-28
Effective on 9/1/25 |
