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SB1666 • 2025
Relating to the payment of restitution.
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Relating to the payment of restitution.
Signed by the Governor
Effective on 9/1/25
Signed in the Senate
Signed in the House
Sent to the Governor
Read 3rd time
Passed
Record vote. RV#2597
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
House passage reported
Reported enrolled
Laid out in lieu of companion. HB 3636
Read 2nd time
Passed to 3rd reading
Record vote. RV#2523
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
Committee report distributed
Committee report sent to Calendars
Considered in public hearing
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
Read first time
Referred to Corrections
Placed on local & uncontested calendar
Laid before the Senate
Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
Vote recorded in Journal
Three day rule suspended
Record vote
Read 3rd time
Passed
Record vote
Reported engrossed
Received from the Senate
Not again placed on intent calendar
Placed on intent calendar
Reported favorably as substituted
Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
Committee report printed and distributed
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Considered in public hearing
Testimony taken in committee
Vote taken in committee
Rereferred to committee
Referred to Criminal Justice
Read first time
Referred to Business & Commerce
Received by the Secretary of the Senate
Filed
Relating to the payment of restitution.
89(R) SB 1666 - Enrolled version - Bill Text S.B. No. 1666 AN ACT relating to the payment of restitution. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 493.035, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsections (c-1), (c-2), and (c-3) to read as follows: (c-1) The department shall transfer to the clerk of the court that entered an order of restitution for which the department received notice as described by Subsection (c)(1) a restitution payment derived from unclaimed property for which a claim was filed by the department as described by Subsection (a). The department shall include with the restitution payment the last known address of the victim available to the department, if any. (c-2) The department shall post on the department's Internet website the contact information for a department employee who is able to respond to inquiries from county officials regarding a transferred restitution payment. (c-3) Information provided to the clerk of a court under Subsection (c-1) is confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552. SECTION 2. Section 508.322, Government Code, is amended by amending Subsections (c) and (e) and adding Subsection (c-3) to read as follows: (c) When a parole panel orders the payment of restitution from a releasee as provided by Article 42.037(h), Code of Criminal Procedure, the department shall: (1) collect the payment for disbursement to the victim; (2) deposit the payment in the releasee restitution fund; [ and ] (3) transmit the payment to the clerk of the court that entered the order of restitution as soon as practicable for the clerk to remit the payment to the victim ; and (4) provide at the time the payment is transmitted under Subdivision (3) to the clerk of the court that entered the order of restitution the last known address of the victim available to the department, if any . (c-3) Information provided to the clerk of a court under Subsection (c)(4) is confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552. (e) If a victim who is entitled to restitution does not make a claim for payment before the third [ fifth ] anniversary of the date the clerk of the court receives the initial restitution payment or if, after the victim makes a claim for payment, the clerk is unable to locate the victim for a period of three [ five ] years after the date the clerk last made a payment to the victim, any unclaimed restitution payments being held by the clerk for payment to the victim are presumed abandoned. The clerk of the court shall report and deliver to the comptroller all unclaimed restitution payments presumed abandoned under this section in the manner provided by Chapter 77, Property Code. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1666 passed the Senate on May 1, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1666 passed the House on May 15, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, two present not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House Approved: ______________________________ Date ______________________________ Governor