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House bill · 89R

HB 743

Relating to a justice or municipal court's authority to order a defendant confined in jail for failure to pay a fine or cost or for contempt and to the authority of a municipality to enforce the collection of certain fines by imprisonment of the defendant.

Did not pass

Progress

113 days from first to latest action, across 3 recorded actions.

  1. Filed

    Nov 12

  2. Referred to committee

    Mar 5

  3. Heard in committee

    Stopped here

  4. Reported from committee

  5. Passed first chamber

  6. Passed second chamber

  7. Sent to governor

  8. Became law

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Filled marks are milestones (committee report, floor passage, governor action). Larger marks hold more same-day actions.

Full history

Every action recorded by Texas Legislature Online.

  1. Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence Criminal Jurisprudence

    Mar 5, 2025 · House

  2. Read first time

    Mar 5, 2025 · House

  3. Filed

    Nov 12, 2024 · House

Authors

In committee

Topics

Corrections: Jails & PrisonsCourts: JusticeCourts: MunicipalCriminal Procedure: Sentencing & PunishmentMinors: Juvenile Justice

Bill text

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HB 743 (89R) · Polis