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TX HB 743

died on adjournment

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.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX HB 743 pass?

No. TX HB 743 died when the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-03-05): Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence

What is TX HB 743 about?

TX HB 743 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “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.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 743?

Bernal is the primary sponsor of TX HB 743.

Introduced
2025-03-05
Latest action
2025-03-05 — Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Bernalprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-03-05

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  2. 2025-03-05

    Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence

    referral-committee

  3. 2024-11-12

    Filed

    filing

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Documents

Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00700_HB00799/HB 743.xml

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