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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

SB 55: Relating to credit toward payment of fines and costs for certain defendants.

In committee 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 55 is a bill introduced in the Texas Senate on November 12, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to credit toward payment of fines and costs for certain defendants. Primary sponsor: Judith Zaffirini (Democratic). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (February 26, 2025): Co-author authorized.

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 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Judith ZaffiriniPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate21
Sarah EckhardtCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14

“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. Co-author authorized
  2. Referred to Criminal Justice
  3. Read first time
  4. Filed
  5. Received by the Secretary of the Senate

Sources

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