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TX SB846

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/17/2025

Primary Sponsor

Bryan Hughes

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Origin

Senate

89th Legislature Regular Session

AI Summary

  • 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

  • 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

  • Changes the Attorney General's authority over election law violations from permissive ("may prosecute") to mandatory ("shall prosecute") under the new framework

  • Allows the Attorney General to direct local county or district attorneys to prosecute cases or assist in prosecutions that fall under this subchapter

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Jurisprudence2/13/2025

Full Bill Text

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