Texas - Session 892
Title: Relating to the operation and administration of and practices and procedures related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government, including court security, court documents and arrest warrants, document delivery, juvenile boards, constitutional amendment election challenges, record retention, youth diversion, court-ordered mental health services, the powers of the Texas Supreme Court, jurors, and the special prosecution unit; increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing fees.
It has been the tradition and practice for the chairs of the committees with jurisdiction over the judiciary to file a single omnibus bill that encompasses new courts, changes to judicial administration, and changes to jurisdiction. Ensuring that there are adequate judicial resources available to address the workload is critical to securing the proper administration of the judiciary. Instead of going about this process based upon subjective desires, each new court in this bill is justified based on need and supported by workload data provided by the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System. Some of the factors that were considered include caseloads, case backlogs, substantial population growth, objective workload measures, and county support. H.B. 16 amends current law relating to the operation and
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| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-15 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2025-09-17 | Status | introduced |
| 2025-09-17 | Latest Action | See remarks for effective date |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| SB 12 | Relating to the duty of the attorney general to prosecute criminal offenses prescribed by the election laws of this state. | introduced |
| HB 20 | Relating to measures to prevent and reduce fraudulent charitable solicitations and theft during declared disasters, including establishing a designation program for disaster relief nonprofit organizations and financial institutions; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty. | introduced |
| SB 11 | Relating to an affirmative defense to prosecution for certain victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution. | introduced |
| SB 16 | Relating to real property theft and real property fraud; establishing recording requirements for certain documents concerning real property; creating the criminal offenses of real property theft and real property fraud and establishing a statute of limitations, restitution, and certain procedures with respect to those offenses. | introduced |
| SB 54 | Relating to election procedures regarding accepting a voter with a residence address that is not current and the immediate effect of a voter's registration after the registrar's receipt of certain change of address notices. | introduced |
| HB 8 | Relating to public school accountability and transparency, including the implementation of an instructionally supportive assessment program and the adoption and administration of assessment instruments in public schools, indicators of achievement, public school performance ratings, and interventions and sanctions under the public school accountability system, a grant program for school district local accountability plans, and actions challenging Texas Education Agency decisions related to public school accountability. | introduced |
| HB 25 | Relating to a pharmacist's authority to dispense ivermectin without a prescription. | introduced |
| HB 7 | Relating to prohibitions on the manufacture and provision of abortion-inducing drugs, including the jurisdiction of and effect of certain judgments by courts within and outside this state with respect to the manufacture and provision of those drugs, and to protections from certain counteractions under the laws of other states and jurisdictions; authorizing qui tam actions. | introduced |