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TX SB1575
Bill
Status
2/24/2025
Primary Sponsor
Judith Zaffirini
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AI Summary
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Requires court security committees to develop court emergency management plans and mandates (rather than permits) committees to recommend courthouse security resource uses and expenditures to governing bodies
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Expands court security committee membership for state and county trial courts to include a constable's office representative, and requires municipalities and commissioners courts to give preference to committee recommendations when spending court security fees collected under Code of Criminal Procedure Art. 102.017
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Directs the judicial security division of the Office of Court Administration to develop a model court emergency management plan as a resource for court security committees
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Exempts court security committees from the Texas Open Meetings Act by clarifying they are not governmental bodies under Section 551.001(3)
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Increases penalties for harassment offenses against court personnel to a Class A misdemeanor (first offense) or state jail felony (repeat offense), and against judges to a state jail felony (first offense) or third-degree felony (repeat offense), effective September 1, 2025
Legislative Description
Relating to the development and implementation of an all-hazards court security plan, composition and recommendations of court security committees, and increasing the penalty for certain criminal offenses committed against an employee of a court or the office.
Disaster Preparedness & Relief
Last Action
Referred to Jurisprudence
3/6/2025