Skip to content
Polis

House bill · 89R

HB 833

Relating to credit toward a defendant's sentence for time confined in jail or prison before sentencing.

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

HouseDecJanFebMar

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 & PrisonsCriminal Procedure: Sentencing & Punishment

Bill text

Bills on similar topics

Other legislation this session sharing the most index topics.

BillAuthorProgressStatusLast action
HB 3464Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for the offenses of providing or possessing with the intent to provide an alcoholic beverage, a controlled substance, or a dangerous drug to a person in the custody of a correctional facility, taking an alcoholic beverage, a controlled substance, or a dangerous drug into a correctional facility, and taking a controlled substance or dangerous drug on property owned, used, or controlled by a correctional facility.Terry MezaDBecame lawBecame lawJun 20, 2025Effective on 9/1/25
SB 1020Relating to personal bond offices, to the notification provided to a judge regarding tampering with an electronic monitoring device while released on bond or community supervision, and to the availability of certain information regarding a person required to submit to an electronic monitoring program or being supervised by a community supervision and corrections department.Joan HuffmanRBecame lawBecame lawMay 29, 2025Effective on 9/1/25
HB 743Relating 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.Diego BernalDReferred to committeeDid not passMar 5, 2025Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
HB 280Relating to the authority of a court to terminate the sentence of certain persons released on parole.Senfronia ThompsonDReferred to committeeDid not passFeb 27, 2025Referred to Corrections
HB 5238Relating to the criminal offense of disrupting a meeting or procession.Ray LopezDBecame lawBecame lawMay 29, 2025Effective on 9/1/25
HB 1422Relating to the rights of victims of sexual assault and other sex offenses, the offense of continuous sexual abuse, and the prosecution, punishment, and collateral consequences of certain sex offenses; creating a criminal offense; increasing criminal penalties; changing the eligibility for community supervision, mandatory supervision, and parole for persons convicted of certain sex offenses.Lacey HullRBecame lawBecame lawJun 20, 2025Effective on 9/1/25
HB 833 (89R) · Polis