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TX HB5113
Bill
Status
3/13/2025
Primary Sponsor
Angelia Orr
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AI Summary
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Allows juvenile courts to hold a discretionary hearing to transfer a child on determinate sentence probation to district court if the probation period extends past the child's 18th birthday
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Requires juvenile courts to hold a mandatory hearing to determine whether to transfer or discharge a child if the probation period extends past the child's 19th birthday
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Establishes that transfers to district court must occur after the child's 18th birthday but no later than the 19th birthday
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Changes the reference point for handling undiscovered probation violations from the person's 19th birthday to the actual date of transfer to district court
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Applies only to conduct occurring on or after September 1, 2025, with prior conduct governed by former law
Legislative Description
Relating to the age at which a child on determinate sentence probation may be transferred to a district court and placed on community supervision.
Minors
Last Action
Referred to s/c on Juvenile Justice by Speaker
4/7/2025