| 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 | HB1422 | Pass | Relating to the rights of victims of sexual assault and other sex offenses, the offense of continuous sexual abuse, and the prosecution, punishment, and collateral consequences of certain sex offenses; creating a criminal offense; increasing criminal...
[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 | SB1019 | Pass | Relating to the admissibility of certain hearsay statements in the adjudication of certain sexual or assaultive offenses committed against a child or a person with a disability.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB1141 | Pass | Relating to confirming the provision of certain notices before the full adversary hearing in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | SB1300 | Pass | Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the criminal offense of organized retail theft; increasing criminal penalties.
[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 | HB47 | Pass | Relating to sexual assault and other sex offenses.
[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 | SJR5 | Pass | Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail under certain circumstances to persons accused of certain offenses punishable as a felony.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-02
Filed with the Secretary of State |
| TX | SB30 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to recovery of health care-related damages in certain civil actions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-30
House appoints conferees-reported |
| TX | HB3664 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to the training of prospective grand jurors and to grand jury proceedings.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-28
Committee report printed and distributed |
| TX | HB2399 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to the requirements for certain court orders in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-28
Placed on intent calendar |
| TX | HB115 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to postconviction applications for a writ of habeas corpus.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-15
Received from the House |
| TX | SB608 | Pass | Relating to reporting information regarding certain evidence collection kits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-14
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB3758 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to admissibility and disclosure of certain evidence in a civil suit concerning a child alleged to have been abused or neglected or to be at risk of abuse or neglect filed by a governmental entity.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-14
Placed on General State Calendar |
| TX | HB31 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to procedures related to juvenile justice proceedings, the treatment of children placed in or committed to a juvenile facility, and certain offenses or conduct committed by a child or by a person placed in or committed to certain juvenile fa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-14
Placed on General State Calendar |
| TX | HB1534 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to confirming the provision of certain notices before the full adversary hearing in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship filed by the Department of Family and Protective Services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
To Senate Health & Human Services Committee |
| TX | SB836 | Pass | Relating to victims of sex offenses, sex-based human trafficking offenses, or acts of a sexual nature and to the confidentiality of or restrictions on the availability of certain property, material, or information regarding those victims, offenses, o...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
Effective on 9/1/25 |
| TX | HB2180 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to a waiver of the preservation of evidence and the return of a seized weapon in a criminal case.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-12
To Senate Criminal Justice Committee |
| TX | HB2446 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to affidavits concerning cost and necessity of services in civil actions.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-12
Received from the House |
| TX | HB3362 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to grand jury proceedings; providing a punishment for contempt of court.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-08
Committee report sent to Calendars |
| TX | HB2777 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the applicability of the death penalty to a capital offense committed by a person with severe mental illness.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-06
To House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee |
| TX | HB1775 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to reporting information regarding certain evidence collection kits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-30
Laid on the table subject to call |
| TX | HB2729 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the admissibility of hearsay evidence in a hearing for a person charged with a violation of a condition of release from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-30
To House Corrections Committee |
| TX | HB2728 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to spoliation of evidence held for use in a criminal proceeding.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-29
To House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee |
| TX | HB2794 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the admissibility of evidence regarding a victim's past sexual behavior in prosecutions of certain assaultive offenses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-29
To House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee |
| TX | HB1686 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to victims of sex offenses, sex-based human trafficking offenses, or acts of a sexual nature, to the confidentiality of or restrictions on the availability of certain property, material, or information regarding those victims, offenses, or a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-28
Laid on the table subject to call |
| TX | HB2113 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of hindering the investigation or prosecution of certain sexual offenses committed against a child.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-24
To House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee |
| TX | HB3167 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the criminal offense of organized retail theft; increasing criminal penalties.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-24
To House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee |
| TX | HB4777 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to liability for the loss, injury, or death of a domestic animal.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-24
To House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee |
| TX | SB1386 | Engross
Sine Die | Relating to testimony or the production of evidence before a house of the legislature or a legislative committee.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22
To House Administration Committee |
| TX | HB4342 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the admissibility of certain hearsay statements in the prosecution of certain sexual or assaultive offenses committed against a child or person with a disability.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22
To House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee |
| TX | HB2100 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to a no-evidence motion for summary judgment.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-09
To House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee |
| TX | SB2854 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to requirements for a court order following a permanency hearing for a child in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-07
To Senate Health & Human Services Committee |
| TX | HB5254 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to a claim of actual innocence by a person convicted of a criminal offense; creating the Texas Innocence Inquiry Commission.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-07
To House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee |
| TX | HB5566 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to grand jury proceedings.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-07
To House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee |
| TX | HB5564 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to grand jury proceedings; providing a punishment for contempt of court.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-07
To House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee |
| TX | HB4602 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the establishment of grant programs within the criminal justice division of the Office of the Governor to reduce investigatory and criminal case backlogs.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-03
To House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| TX | HB4714 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the testing of evidence for controlled substances by the Department of Public Safety.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-03
To House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| TX | HB4757 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to eligibility for membership on and the regulation of horse racing by the Texas Racing Commission and a prohibition on the conduct of greyhound or other dog racing as live events in this state; creating a criminal offense; authorizing a fee...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-03
To House Licensing & Administrative Procedures Committee |
| TX | HB5020 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to requirements for the exercise of the power of impeachment by the House of Representatives and providing that officers against whom articles of impeachment are preferred receive pay during the pendency of impeachment proceedings.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-03
To House State Affairs Committee |
| TX | HB4006 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the suspension and removal from office of a district attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney of a political subdivision of this state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-27
To House State Affairs Committee |
| TX | HB1977 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the admissibility of evidence of certain extraneous offenses or acts in the prosecution of sexual assault or aggravated sexual assault or an attempt or conspiracy to commit sexual assault or aggravated sexual assault.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-25
To House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee |
| TX | HB3603 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the admissibility of evidence of extraneous offenses or acts in the prosecution of certain family violence offenses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-25
To House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee |
| TX | HB3074 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to sexual assault and other sex offenses.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-20
To House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee |
| TX | HB3119 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the preservation of evidence collected from a forensic medical examination for certain sexual assaults.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-20
To House Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Committee |
| TX | HB2662 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to the issuance of a warrant authorizing the use of a no-knock entry by a peace officer.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-18
To House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee |
| TX | HJR15 | Intro
Sine Die | Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the denial of bail under limited circumstances to a person accused of certain violent or sexual offenses or of continuous trafficking of persons.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-18
To House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee |
| TX | HB2449 | Intro
Sine Die | Relating to discovery requirements for pro se defendants in a criminal case.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-17
To House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee |
