Texas · House Bill 1538 · 89th Legislature, Regular Session

Relating to the authority of a peace officer to apprehend a person for emergency detention and of certain facilities and physicians to temporarily…

HB 1538 Sponsored by Suleman Lalani Died in committee

  1. Introduced Dec 6, 2024
  2. In committee Mar 12, 2025
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Relating to the authority of a peace officer to apprehend a person for emergency detention and of certain facilities and physicians to temporarily detain a person with mental illness.

Every action

3 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. HouseFiled
  2. HouseRead first time
  3. CommitteeReferred to Public Health · House Public Health

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Texas's official records (ftp.legis.state.tx.us), checked Nov 13, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.