| TX | HB1828 | Pass | Relating to legislative leave for correctional officers employed by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB860 | Pass | Relating to abolishing the Criminal Justice Legislative Oversight Committee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective immediately |
| TX | SB955 | Pass | Relating to the punishment for the offense of trafficking of persons.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB1563 | Pass | Relating to county jailer training on interacting with veterans in the criminal justice system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB3464 | Pass | Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for the offenses of providing or possessing with the intent to provide an alcoholic beverage, a controlled substance, or a dangerous drug to a person in the custody of a correctional facility, taking an a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB8 | Pass | Relating to agreements between certain sheriffs and the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to enforce federal immigration law and a grant program to cover the costs of implementing those agreements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 1/1/26 |
| TX | HB4263 | Pass | Relating to the procedures and practices of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department regarding grievances submitted by department employees and former department employees and to the eligibility of a person to be appointed to the department's release re...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB2405 | Pass | Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and to the functions of the Board of Pardons and Paroles, the Correctional Managed Health Care Committee, the Texas Correct...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB2581 | Pass | Relating to the repeal of a provision governing the operation of jail commissaries in certain counties.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB2938 | Pass | Relating to the verification of the veteran status of inmates and prisoners.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-30
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 | SB1080 | Pass | Relating to the revocation of an occupational license from certain license holders and the issuance of an occupational license to certain applicants with criminal convictions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-27
Effective immediately |
| TX | HB2756 | Pass | Relating to training on de-escalation, crisis intervention, and behavioral health for correctional officers and certain other employees of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-26
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB2401 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to governmental entities subject to the sunset review process.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-24
To House Delivery of Government Efficiency Committee |
| TX | HB2814 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to providing children committed to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department with certain documents on discharge or release.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-19
To Senate Criminal Justice Committee |
| TX | HB3006 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to the purchase and installation of climate control systems at facilities operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-19
Received from the House |
| TX | HB5639 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to a veteran housing program established by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-19
To Senate Veteran Affairs Committee |
| TX | HB4614 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to the licensing and regulation of state correctional officers and the employment of those officers; requiring an occupational license.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-16
To Senate Criminal Justice Committee |
| TX | HB5141 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to the lease of certain state property from the Health and Human Services Commission to Travis County.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-15
Received from the House |
| TX | HB4120 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to allowing certain inmates to apply for benefits under certain public benefits programs to be provided at the time of discharge or release.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-14
Received from the House |
| TX | HB1461 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to the confinement or detention of certain individuals in a county jail or other facility operated by or for the county and to the compensation to the county for the costs of that confinement or detention.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
To Senate Finance Committee |
| TX | HB4642 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to standards for the out-of-state confinement of county prisoners.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
Placed on General State Calendar |
| TX | HB5403 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the repeal of a provision governing the operation of jail commissaries in certain counties.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
Placed on General State Calendar |
| TX | HB4175 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the adoption of a mental health leave policy for certain qualified employees.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-12
To House Public Health Committee |
| TX | HB4764 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to an annual report on the use of administrative segregation in facilities operated by or under contract with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-12
Committee report sent to Calendars |
| TX | HB4878 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to reporting regarding the confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or a county jail of certain persons not lawfully present.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-10
Committee report sent to Calendars |
| TX | HB1515 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and to the functions of the Board of Pardons and Paroles, the Correctional Managed Health Care Committee, the Texas Correct...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-09
Committee report sent to Calendars |
| TX | HB3673 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the revocation of an occupational license from certain license holders and the issuance of a provisional occupational license to certain applicants with criminal convictions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-07
Laid on the table subject to call |
| TX | HB3860 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to the eligibility of an inmate for certain occupational licenses and the practice of certain occupations by an inmate of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-07
To Senate Business & Commerce Committee |
| TX | HB3644 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the verification of the veteran status of inmates and prisoners.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-06
Committee report sent to Calendars |
| TX | HB1597 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to county jailer training on interacting with veterans in the criminal justice system.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-05
To House County & Regional Government Subcommittee |
| TX | HB5139 | Intro
Sine Die | 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] | 2025-05-05
Committee report sent to Calendars |
| TX | HB5580 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to agreements between sheriffs and the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to enforce federal immigration law.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-02
Committee report sent to Calendars |
| TX | HB1826 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to depression screenings for certain women in county jail or in the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-30
To House Corrections Committee |
| TX | HB3618 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to certain searches of female inmates by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-30
To House Corrections Committee |
| TX | HB1540 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to governmental entities subject to the sunset review process.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-30
To House Delivery of Government Efficiency Committee |
| TX | HB2341 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to the award of diligent participation credit to defendants confined in a state jail felony facility.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-29
Received from the House |
| TX | SB1199 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the investigation of the death of a prisoner in county jail.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-29
To Senate Criminal Justice Committee |
| TX | HB2103 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to the adoption of a mental health leave policy for certain jailers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-28
To Senate Criminal Justice Committee |
| TX | SB240 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to the designation and use of certain spaces and facilities according to biological sex; authorizing a civil penalty and a private civil right of action.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-28
Reason for vote recorded in Journal |
| TX | HB2668 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to a study conducted by the Commission on Jail Standards on the living conditions and safety of persons confined in the Harris County jail.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-28
To House County & Regional Government Subcommittee |
| TX | HB3841 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the investigation of the death of a prisoner in county jail.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-28
To House County & Regional Government Subcommittee |
| TX | HB5108 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to maintenance of records of independent investigations of deaths in custody in accordance with state record retention requirements.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-28
To House County & Regional Government Subcommittee |
| TX | HB1455 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the collection and reporting of information regarding mental health jail diversion.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-23
To House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| TX | SB2289 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to reports regarding county jail prisoners confined in out-of-state jails.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22
To House County & Regional Government Subcommittee |
| TX | HB1654 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the employment of certain peace officers, detention officers, county jailers, or firefighters who are injured in the course and scope of duty.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-08
To House Workforce Subcommittee |
| TX | SB2839 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to training on de-escalation, crisis intervention, and behavioral health for correctional officers and certain other employees of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-07
To Senate Criminal Justice Committee |
| TX | SB2849 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to depression screenings for certain women in county jail or in the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-07
To Senate Health & Human Services Committee |
| TX | HB5565 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the creation of the office of independent oversight ombudsman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-07
To House Corrections Committee |
| TX | HB5349 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to a quality assurance audit of the provision of health care to inmates by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-07
To House Corrections Committee |
