Texas - Session 892
Title: Relating to the duty of the attorney general to prosecute criminal offenses prescribed by the election laws of this state.
In State v. Stephens (2021), the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals held that current Election Code provisions authorizing the attorney general to prosecute election law violations were invalid. Several state statutes authorize the attorney general to prosecute specified types of criminal cases with the consent of the local prosecutor. As state senators argued in an amicus brief filed with the court urging it to rehear Stephens, "[a]s an elected official, a [local] district attorney may have challenges prosecuting members of the district in a highly politicized environment."" State representatives (with others) noted in an amicus brief urging rehearing that the Fifth Court of Appeals recognized in its decision in Medrano v. State (2014), that there may be ""politically sensitive cases in which it is advisable"
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| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-15 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2025-09-19 | Status | introduced |
| 2025-09-19 | Latest Action | Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 4, 2025 |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HB 16 | 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. | 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 |
| SB 14 | Relating to the provision by a political subdivision of credits against impact fees to builders and developers for certain water conservation and reuse projects. | introduced |
| HB 4 | Relating to the composition of the districts for the election of members of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Texas. | introduced |
| HB 313 | Relating to the temperature at which a facility operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice is maintained. | introduced |