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TX HB 1445

enacted

Relating to the compensation of counsel appointed to provide representation and services to indigent individuals in criminal and juvenile proceedings.

Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · lower

Quick answers

Did TX HB 1445 pass?

Yes. TX HB 1445 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX HB 1445 about?

TX HB 1445 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the compensation of counsel appointed to provide representation and services to indigent individuals in criminal and juvenile proceedings.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 1445?

Hernandez, Schofield, Campbell are the primary sponsors of TX HB 1445.

Introduced
2025-03-11
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Hernandezprimary
  • Schofieldprimary
  • Campbellprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2024-11-21

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-03-11

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  3. 2025-03-11

    Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-25

    Considered in public hearing

  5. 2025-03-25

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  6. 2025-03-25

    Left pending in committee

  7. 2025-04-01

    Considered in public hearing

  8. 2025-04-01

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  9. 2025-04-16

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  10. 2025-04-16

    Committee report distributed

  11. 2025-04-17

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  12. 2025-04-22

    Considered in Calendars

  13. 2025-04-25

    Placed on General State Calendar

  14. 2025-04-28

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  15. 2025-04-28

    Passed to engrossment

  16. 2025-04-28

    Record vote

  17. 2025-04-29

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  18. 2025-04-29

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  19. 2025-04-29

    Passed

    passage

  20. 2025-04-29

    Record vote

  21. 2025-04-29

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  22. 2025-04-29

    Reported engrossed

  23. 2025-04-29

    Received from the House

    introduction

  24. 2025-04-30

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  25. 2025-04-30

    Referred to Criminal Justice

    referral-committee

  26. 2025-05-20

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  27. 2025-05-20

    Considered in public hearing

  28. 2025-05-20

    Vote taken in committee

  29. 2025-05-21

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  30. 2025-05-21

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  31. 2025-05-21

    Committee report printed and distributed

  32. 2025-05-23

    Placed on intent calendar

  33. 2025-05-25

    Placed on local & uncontested calendar

  34. 2025-05-25

    Laid before the Senate

    receipt

  35. 2025-05-25

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

    reading-2

  36. 2025-05-25

    Vote recorded in Journal

  37. 2025-05-25

    Three day rule suspended

  38. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  39. 2025-05-25

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  40. 2025-05-25

    Passed

    passage

  41. 2025-05-25

    Record vote

  42. 2025-05-25

    Senate passage reported

    passage

  43. 2025-05-26

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  44. 2025-05-27

    Signed in the House

    passage

  45. 2025-05-27

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  46. 2025-05-28

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  47. 2025-06-20

    Filed without the Governor's signature

    became-law

  48. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-04-28 · pass · 145-0

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Harris(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Davis: absent
    • A: absent
    • Fairly: absent
    • Shahee: absent

  • passage

    2025-04-29 · pass · 143-1

    Member-level votes (154)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Virdell: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Walle: absent
    • Cunningham: absent
    • Gerdes: absent
    • Little: absent
    • Lopez: absent
    • R: absent

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01400_HB01499/HB 1445.xml

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