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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

SB 1861: Relating to the appointment of a special prosecutor by the court of criminal appeals for certain criminal cases.

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

SB 1861 is a bill introduced in the Texas Senate on March 4, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to the appointment of a special prosecutor by the court of criminal appeals for certain criminal cases. Primary sponsor: Bryan Hughes (Republican). Most recent recorded action (May 21, 2025): Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence.

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): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Bryan HughesPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate1

“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. Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
  2. Read first time
  3. Received from the Senate
  4. Reported engrossed
  5. Record vote
  6. Passed
  7. Read 3rd time
  8. Record vote
  9. Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  10. Record vote
  11. Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
  12. Record vote

Showing 12 most recent of 25 actions. Full history

Sources

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