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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

HB 786: Relating to justice court security in certain counties.

Passed one chamber 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 786 is a bill introduced in the Texas House on November 12, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to justice court security in certain counties. Primary sponsor: Jo Jones (Democratic). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 5, 2025): Received from the House.

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 5

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jo JonesPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse147
Salman BhojaniCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse92
Barbara Gervin-HawkinsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse120
Mihaela PleșaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse70
Penny Morales ShawCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse148

“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. Received from the House
  2. Reported engrossed
  3. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  4. Record vote
  5. Passed
  6. Read 3rd time
  7. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  8. Record vote
  9. Passed to engrossment as amended
  10. Amended
  11. Read 2nd time
  12. Placed on General State Calendar

Showing 12 most recent of 24 actions. Full history

Sources

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