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HB305 • 2025

Relating to the time period for conducting pretrial hearings after a criminal defendant has been restored to competency.

Relating to the time period for conducting pretrial hearings after a criminal defendant has been restored to competency.

Vetoed

The latest official action shows the governor vetoed this bill. Check the bill history to see whether lawmakers later overrode that veto.

Sponsor
Hayes
Last action
2025-06-22
Official status
06/22/2025 E Vetoed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Relating to the time period for conducting pretrial hearings after a criminal defendant has been restored to competency.

Relating to the time period for conducting pretrial hearings after a criminal defendant has been restored to competency.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to the time period for conducting pretrial hearings after a criminal defendant has been restored to competency.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-06-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Vetoed by the Governor

  2. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Sent to the Governor

  3. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the House

  4. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the Senate

  5. 2025-05-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate passage reported

  6. 2025-05-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported enrolled

  7. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-sponsor authorized

  8. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  9. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  10. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

  11. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  12. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  13. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  14. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  15. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  16. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  17. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

  18. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  19. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  20. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  21. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  22. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken in committee

  23. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  24. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  25. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  26. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Criminal Justice

  27. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  28. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  29. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#2296

  30. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  31. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  32. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  33. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment

  34. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#2230

  35. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  36. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  37. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  38. 2025-04-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  39. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  40. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  41. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  42. 2025-03-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  43. 2025-03-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee substitute considered in committee

  44. 2025-03-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably as substituted

  45. 2025-03-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  46. 2025-03-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  47. 2025-03-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee substitute considered in committee

  48. 2025-03-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  49. 2025-03-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  50. 2025-02-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  51. 2025-02-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence

  52. 2024-11-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the time period for conducting pretrial hearings after a criminal defendant has been restored to competency.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 305 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

H.B. No. 305

AN ACT

relating to the time period for conducting pretrial hearings after

a criminal defendant has been restored to competency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Article 46B.084(d-1), Code of Criminal

Procedure, is amended to read as follows:

(d-1) This article does not require the criminal case to be

finally resolved within any specific period
, except that, in a

jurisdiction to which Subsection (d)(1) applies, a pretrial hearing

on any evidentiary or procedural issue that must be resolved for the

criminal proceedings in the case to proceed to trial or another

resolution must be conducted not later than the 14th day after the

date of the court's determination under this article that the

defendant's competency has been restored
.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

______________________________

______________________________

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 305 was passed by the House on May 13,

2025, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 4, 2 present, not

voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 305 was passed by the Senate on May

23, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

_____________________

Governor