Criminal Justice
👤 Member Senate
📅 Not Scheduled
235 bills pending
Joan Huffman — Senate District 17
🔴 Republican
👍 0 Partner Likes
📜 81 Primary Authored Bills
📈 29 policy measures passed
🗳 2163 Individual Votes Observed
🏛 2 Committee Assignments
Voting Similarity
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Committee Assignments
Finance
🏛️ Chair Senate
📅 Not Scheduled
146 bills pending
Primary Authored Bills
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SB22
Relating to the Texas moving image industry incentive program and the establishment and funding of the Texas moving image industry incentive fund.
June 22, 2025Enrolled
SB1
General Appropriations Bill.
June 22, 2025Signed with Line-Item Vetoes
SCR30
Designating Matagorda County as the official Birding Capital of Texas for a 10-year period ending in 2035.
June 20, 2025Signed by Governor
SB663
Relating to the approval of a community supervision and corrections department's budget and strategic plan.
June 20, 2025Signed by Governor
SB535
Relating to the admissibility of evidence regarding a victim's past sexual behavior in prosecutions of certain trafficking, sexual, or assaultive offenses.
June 20, 2025Signed by Governor
SB3031
Relating to the punishment for the offense of aggravated assault.
June 20, 2025Signed by Governor
SB293
Relating to the discipline of judges by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, notice of certain reprimands, judicial compensation and related retirement benefits, and the reporting of certain judicial transparency information; authorizing an administrative penalty.
June 20, 2025Signed by Governor
SB260
Relating to the school safety allotment under the Foundation School Program.
June 20, 2025Signed by Governor
SB1896
Relating to the provision of information regarding an arrested person and the victim of the offense to a magistrate for purposes of an order for emergency protection.
June 20, 2025Signed by Governor
SB1737
Relating to service retirement benefits payable by the Employees Retirement System of Texas to certain law enforcement officers and custodial officers.
June 20, 2025Signed by Governor
SB1660
Relating to the retention and preservation of toxicological evidence of certain intoxication offenses.
June 20, 2025Signed by Governor
SB1621
Relating to prosecution and punishment of certain criminal offenses prohibiting sexually explicit visual material involving depictions of children, computer-generated children, or other persons; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties.
June 20, 2025Signed by Governor
SB1021
Relating to changing the eligibility for community supervision of a person convicted of stalking and to the offense of improper contact with the person's victim.
June 20, 2025Signed by Governor
SB1019
Relating to the admissibility of certain hearsay statements in the adjudication of certain sexual or assaultive offenses committed against a child or a person with a disability.
June 20, 2025Signed by Governor
SB9
Relating to the confinement or release of defendants before trial or sentencing, including regulating charitable bail organizations, and the conditions of and procedures for setting bail and reviewing bail decisions.
June 16, 2025Signed by Governor
SB40
Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds to pay bail bonds; authorizing injunctive relief.
June 16, 2025Signed by Governor
SJR5
Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail under certain circumstances to persons accused of certain offenses punishable as a felony.
June 2, 2025Enrolled
SJR27
Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the membership of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, the membership of the tribunal to review the commission's recommendations, and the authority of the commission, the tribunal, and the Texas Supreme Court to more effectively sanction judges and justices for judicial misconduct.
June 2, 2025Enrolled
SR672
In memory of Karen Anntoinette Richard of Texarkana.
June 1, 2025Enrolled
SR715
Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, H.B. No. 5246.
May 31, 2025Enrolled
SR634
Suspending limitation on conference committee jurisdiction on S.B. No.1.
May 31, 2025Enrolled
SB664
Relating to qualifications, training, removal, and supervision of certain masters, magistrates, referees, associate judges, and hearing officers.
May 30, 2025Signed by Governor
SB1901
Relating to the administration of the Texas Opioid Abatement Fund Council and Texas Opioid Abatement Trust Fund.
May 30, 2025Signed by Governor
SB1620
Relating to the establishment of the Texas forensic analyst apprenticeship pilot program.
May 30, 2025Signed by Governor
SB1020
Relating to personal bond offices, to the notification provided to a judge regarding tampering with an electronic monitoring device while released on bond or community supervision, and to the availability of certain information regarding a person required to submit to an electronic monitoring program or being supervised by a community supervision and corrections department.
May 29, 2025Signed by Governor
SB1018
Relating to distribution of state traffic fine revenue received by the comptroller.
May 29, 2025Signed by Governor
SJR87
Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail to persons accused of certain offenses punishable as a felony who have previously been convicted of or who were released on bail for certain offenses punishable as a felony at the time of the new offense.
May 28, 2025Pending: House
SJR1
Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail under certain circumstances for illegal aliens charged with certain offenses punishable as a felony.
May 28, 2025Pending: House
SB816
Relating to authorizing the disclosure of certain electronic customer data by a provider of an electronic communications service or a remote computing service in certain immediate life-threatening situations.
May 27, 2025Pending: House
SB552
Relating to changing the eligibility of certain persons to receive community supervision, including deferred adjudication community supervision.
May 27, 2025Pending: House
SB3073
Relating to the duty of a magistrate to make written findings in certain criminal proceedings.
May 27, 2025Pending: House
SB1152
Relating to creating the criminal offense of continuous manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance.
May 26, 2025Pending: House
SB3038
Relating to the creation of the Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 286; granting a limited power of eminent domain; providing authority to issue bonds; providing authority to impose assessments, fees, and taxes.
May 25, 2025Pending: House
SB5
Relating to the creation of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas.
May 24, 2025Signed by Governor
SB1998
Relating to a preceptorship program in a pediatric subspecialty for medical students in this state.
May 21, 2025Signed by Governor
SR543
Recognizing Marvin Joe Moore and Mildred Ann Moore for their 50 years of service at First Church Bay City.
May 19, 2025Enrolled
SB2066
Relating to the repeal of the Texas Research Incentive Program.
May 19, 2025Signed by Governor
SJR3
Proposing a constitutional amendment providing for the establishment of the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, establishing the Dementia Prevention and Research Fund to provide money for research on and prevention and treatment of dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and related disorders in this state, and transferring to that fund $3 billion from state general revenue.
May 15, 2025Enrolled
SB2065
Relating to the Texas Emergency Services Retirement System.
May 15, 2025Signed by Governor
SB1738
Relating to the Judicial Retirement System Plan Two, including resuming service in the retirement system and contributions to the retirement system.
May 15, 2025Signed by Governor
SB1426
Relating to operation and management of the first capitol state historic site and replica by the Texas Historical Commission.
May 15, 2025Signed by Governor
SB330
Relating to an election to approve a reduction or reallocation of funding or resources for certain county prosecutors' offices.
May 14, 2025Pending: House
SJR57
Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the use of state funds to pay for the obligations of a local public retirement system.
May 12, 2025Pending: House
SR484
Recognizing Bryan Collier for his 40 years of service to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
May 5, 2025Enrolled
SB2146
Relating to the information reported by prosecuting attorneys to the Texas Judicial Council.
April 29, 2025Pending: Senate Criminal Justice
SR440
Recognizing Haley Elizabeth Orias on the occasion of her graduation.
April 22, 2025Enrolled
SR439
Recognizing Jazlyn Alyse Mook on the occasion of her graduation.
April 22, 2025Enrolled
SR438
Recognizing Elijah Douglas Frankum on the occasion of his graduation.
April 22, 2025Enrolled
SR437
Recognizing Tambre Kay Davenport on the occasion of her graduation.
April 22, 2025Enrolled
SR436
Recognizing Colby Lane Chandler on the occasion of his graduation.
April 22, 2025Enrolled
SB1386
Relating to testimony or the production of evidence before a house of the legislature or a legislative committee.
April 22, 2025Pending: House Administration
SB1124
Relating to discovery in a criminal case.
April 17, 2025Pending: House Criminal Jurisprudence
SB1899
Relating to the minimum standards of care provided to sexual assault survivors by health care facilities.
April 14, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs
SB2839
Relating to training on de-escalation, crisis intervention, and behavioral health for correctional officers and certain other employees of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
April 7, 2025Pending: Senate Criminal Justice
SB2830
Relating to the authority of certain municipalities to receive certain tax revenue derived from a hotel and convention center project and to pledge certain tax revenue for the payment of obligations related to the project.
April 7, 2025Pending: Senate Economic Development
SR279
Recognizing March 24 to 28, 2025, as Texas Retired Teachers Week.
March 26, 2025Enrolled
SB2396
Relating to certain duties of the owner or operator of a residential child detention facility.
March 25, 2025Pending: Senate Local Government
SB2219
Relating to certain procedures in connection with a bond forfeiture.
March 25, 2025Pending: Senate Criminal Justice
SB2193
Relating to directing payment, after approval, of certain miscellaneous claims and judgments against the state out of funds designated by this Act; making appropriations.
March 24, 2025Pending: Senate Finance
SB2192
Relating to state fiscal matters.
March 24, 2025Pending: Senate Finance
SB2191
Relating to the creation and re-creation of funds and accounts, the dedication and rededication of revenue and allocation of accrued interest on dedicated revenue, and the exemption of unappropriated money from use for general governmental purposes.
March 24, 2025Pending: Senate Finance
SB2140
Relating to certain tobacco products for purposes of the cigars and tobacco products tax.
March 24, 2025Pending: Senate Finance
SR238
Recognizing March 18, 2025, as Matagorda County Day.
March 18, 2025Enrolled
SB1900
Relating to the unlawful possession of a firearm by a person not lawfully present in the United States; creating a criminal offense.
March 17, 2025Pending: Senate Criminal Justice
SB1668
Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of the possession, manufacture, transport, repair, or sale of certain devices intended to modify handguns.
March 12, 2025Pending: Senate State Affairs
SB1385
Relating to the unlawful acquisition of certain weapons; creating a criminal offense.
March 11, 2025Pending: Senate Criminal Justice
SR143
In memory of Roy P. Benavidez.
February 26, 2025Enrolled
SR123
Recognizing the Consulate General of France in Houston.
February 26, 2025Enrolled
SB1047
Relating to the release of defendants on bail, the duties of a magistrate in certain criminal proceedings, and the notice provided by peace officers to victims of family violence, stalking, harassment, or terroristic threat.
February 26, 2025Pending: Senate Criminal Justice
SR126
Recognizing Port Freeport on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.
February 25, 2025Enrolled
SR122
Recognizing February 25, 2025, as Brazoria County Day.
February 25, 2025Enrolled
SR98
Recognizing Senator Judith Zaffirini on the occasion of her birthday.
February 13, 2025Enrolled
SR64
In memory of Donald Jean Hollier of Houston.
February 11, 2025Enrolled
SB741
Relating to human trafficking, prostitution, and child pornography and to the prosecution of sexual or assaultive offenses or the prosecution of a failure to stop or report those offenses; amending and harmonizing certain statute of limitations provisions; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.
February 7, 2025Pending: Senate Criminal Justice
SJR49
Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail for an illegal alien charged with an offense punishable as a felony.
February 3, 2025Pending: Senate Criminal Justice
SJR17
Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the denial of bail under limited circumstances to a person accused of certain violent or sexual offenses or of continuous trafficking of persons.
February 3, 2025Pending: Senate Criminal Justice
SB662
Relating to the definition of crosswalk for the purpose of motor vehicle collisions involving a pedestrian or other vulnerable road user within the area of a crosswalk.
February 3, 2025Pending: Senate Criminal Justice
SB329
Relating to the creation of additional judicial districts composed of Brazoria County.
February 3, 2025Pending: Senate Jurisprudence
SB328
Relating to the creation of additional judicial districts composed of Fort Bend County.
February 3, 2025Pending: Senate Jurisprudence
SB1048
Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds to pay bail bonds.
February 3, 2025Pending: Senate Criminal Justice
SR18
In memory of Michael Shannon Ewing of Austin.
January 29, 2025Enrolled