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HB786 • 2025

Relating to justice court security in certain counties.

Relating to justice court security in certain counties.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Jones, Jolanda
Last action
2025-05-05
Official status
05/05/2025 S Received from the House
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 justice court security in certain counties.

Relating to justice court security in certain counties.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to justice court security in certain counties.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  2. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  3. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  4. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#1130

  5. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  6. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  7. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  8. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  9. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Amended. 1-J. Jones

  10. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment as amended

  11. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#1089

  12. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  13. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  14. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  15. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  16. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  17. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  18. 2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  19. 2025-03-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  20. 2025-03-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  21. 2025-03-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  22. 2025-03-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  23. 2025-03-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  24. 2025-03-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

  25. 2024-11-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to justice court security in certain counties.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 786 - Engrossed version - Bill Text

By: Jones of Harris, et al.

H.B. No. 786

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to justice court security in certain counties.

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

SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 27, Government Code, is

amended by adding Section 27.007 to read as follows:

Sec.

27.007.

JUSTICE COURT SECURITY IN CERTAIN COUNTIES.

(a) The commissioners court of a county with a population of 3.3

million or more shall provide to each justice court in the county a

metal detection device and a constable, deputy constable, or deputy

sheriff for each door of the court open to the public.

(b)

In complying with this section, the commissioners court

shall use money from the general revenue fund of the county.

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