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TX SB846
Bill
Status
1/17/2025
Primary Sponsor
Bryan Hughes
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AI Summary
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Requires law enforcement agencies to simultaneously submit reports to both local prosecutors and the Texas Attorney General when there is probable cause to believe someone committed election crimes, abortion-related offenses (Chapters 170A and 171, Health and Safety Code), human trafficking, bribery, or public corruption offenses
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Mandates the Attorney General to prosecute these specific offenses if six months have elapsed since the report was submitted and the local prosecutor has not initiated proceedings
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Changes the Attorney General's authority over election law violations from permissive ("may prosecute") to mandatory ("shall prosecute") under the new framework
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Allows the Attorney General to direct local county or district attorneys to prosecute cases or assist in prosecutions that fall under this subchapter
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Applies only to offenses committed on or after September 1, 2025
Legislative Description
Relating to the duty of the attorney general to prosecute certain criminal offenses.
Elections
Last Action
Co-author authorized
4/15/2025