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TX HB5113

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/13/2025

Primary Sponsor

Angelia Orr

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Origin

House of Representatives

89th Legislature Regular Session

AI Summary

  • 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

  • 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

  • Establishes that transfers to district court must occur after the child's 18th birthday but no later than the 19th birthday

  • Changes the reference point for handling undiscovered probation violations from the person's 19th birthday to the actual date of transfer to district court

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Juvenile Justice Subcommittee4/7/2025

Full Bill Text

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