TX HB797

Adds persistent or willful violation of Article 17.15, Code of Criminal Procedure (bail rules) as grounds for judicial discipline, including potential removal from office for incompetency

Requires the State Commission on Judicial Conduct to notify the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker, judiciary committee chairs, chief justice, Office of Court Administration, and presiding administrative judge when issuing public reprimands for bail rule violations

Mandates the commission recommend suspension to the Texas Supreme Court within 21 days of initiating formal proceedings against a judge for persistent bail rule violations

Revises complaint investigation timelines, requiring commission staff reports 10 business days before meetings and final action within 120 days of the first meeting where a complaint appears, with extensions up to 240 days for extenuating circumstances

Tightens eligibility for retired judges to serve on assignment lists by disqualifying those who received any public reprimand or censure, or more than one other public sanction (unless rescinded on review)