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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

HB 1871: Relating to the punishment for the criminal offense of attempted capital murder of a peace officer; increasing a criminal penalty; changing eligibility for parole and mandatory supervision.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1871 is a bill introduced in the Texas House on January 15, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to the punishment for the criminal offense of attempted capital murder of a peace officer; increasing a criminal penalty; changing eligibility for parole and mandatory supervision. Primary sponsor: Paul Dyson (Republican), Trey Wharton (Republican), A.J. Louderback (Republican), Terry Wilson (Republican), Cook, Charles Schwertner (Republican). It lists 9 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 20, 2025): Effective on 9/1/25.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 13

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Paul DysonPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse14
Trey WhartonPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse12
A.J. LouderbackPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse30
Terry WilsonPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse20
CookPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Charles SchwertnerPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate5
Donna CampbellCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate25
Brent HagenbuchCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate30
Richard HayesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse57
Adam HinojosaCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate27
Lois KolkhorstCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate18
David LoweCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse91
Eddie MoralesCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse74
Charles PerryCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate28
Alan SchoolcraftCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse44

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Effective on 9/1/25
  2. Signed by the Governor
  3. Sent to the Governor
  4. Signed in the Senate
  5. Signed in the House
  6. Reported enrolled
  7. Senate passage reported
  8. Record vote
  9. Passed
  10. Read 3rd time
  11. Record vote
  12. Three day rule suspended

Showing 12 most recent of 40 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source