Monitoring the Session

HB 1221

bill raising the pretrial intervention fee cap to $1,200

Did not pass

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. J. M. LozanoRHouse 43

Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to increasing the reimbursement fee for certain expenses related to pretrial intervention programs.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Up from $500. Defendants in the program pay it.

The bill raises the cap on the fee a prosecutor's office may charge a defendant for joining a pretrial intervention program from $500 to $1,200. It touches defendants who enter these programs and the district and county attorney offices and counties that run them. Starting September 1, 2025, for offenses committed on or after that date, prosecutors can charge up to $1,200 instead of $500 to cover program costs.

Labels

Labels: STALLED AFTER COMMITTEE. Voted out of the House Criminal Jurisprudence committee 6-5 on Apr 16, 2025. Never placed on a calendar. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB1221 · 2024-11-12

SOLD BY

Rep. J. M. LozanoRHouse 43

ITEM

relating to increasing the reimbursement fee for certain expenses related to pretrial intervention programs.

WHAT IT DOES

Up from $500. Defendants in the program pay it.

The bill raises the cap on the fee a prosecutor's office may charge a defendant for joining a pretrial intervention program from $500 to $1,200. It touches defendants who enter these programs and the district and county attorney offices and counties that run them. Starting September 1, 2025, for offenses committed on or after that date, prosecutors can charge up to $1,200 instead of $500 to cover program costs.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · April 7, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

HISTORY

  1. Filed
  2. Read first time
  3. Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
  4. Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  5. Considered in public hearing
  6. Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  7. Left pending in committee
  8. Considered in formal meeting
  9. Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
  10. Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  11. Committee report distributed
  12. Committee report sent to Calendars
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

J. M. Lozano

Donors

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$20KTexas Sands PAC$4KRICHARD WEEKLEY$2,500

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Nov 11, 2024 to Oct 21, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$20,000.00

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$20,000.00

Cash
$20,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$20,000.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jul 21, 2025 to Oct 15, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101033942, 101072986.

Texas Sands PAC$4,000.00

Texas Sands PAC

$4,000.00

Cash
$4,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$4,000.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Jun 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101064628.

RICHARD WEEKLEY$2,500.00
Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

×

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$20,000.00

Cash
$20,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$20,000.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jul 21, 2025 to Oct 15, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101033942, 101072986.

×

Texas Sands PAC

$4,000.00

Cash
$4,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$4,000.00

Also funds 121 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Jun 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101064628.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Witnesses13
For
8
Against
5
On
0
Names

For

  • County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas1 registration
  • Dallas County1 registration
  • Harris County Commissioners Court1 registration
  • Parmer County Commissioner1 registration
  • Self; Kleberg and Kenedy County District Attorney Office1 registration
  • Self; Texas County Judges and Commissioners Assc.1 registration
  • Self; True texas project1 registration
  • Travis County Commissioners Court1 registration

Against

  • American Civil Liberties Union of Texas1 registration
  • Self2 registrations
  • Self; Texas Fair Defense Project1 registration
  • Texas Civil Rights Project1 registration
Sources

13 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.

Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.

House witness list. Source snapshot 2026-10-20, Central time.

Fiscal

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · April 7, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

Sources

Texas House · Filed Nov 12, 2024

04/25/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · House Committee Report

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

House committee · Criminal Jurisprudence · Committee vote 6 aye, 5 nay · Out of committee

Subjects

Criminal Procedure--Pretrial Procedure

ATTORNEY'S FEES

Text

The text as introduced · 225 words

89R2051 RDR-F

By: Lozano
H.B. No. 1221

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to increasing the reimbursement fee for certain expenses

related to pretrial intervention programs.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Article 102.0121(a), Code of Criminal Procedure,

is amended to read as follows:

(a) A district attorney, criminal district attorney, or

county attorney may collect a reimbursement fee in an amount not to

exceed $1,200 [ $500 ] to be used to reimburse a county for expenses,

including expenses of the district attorney's, criminal district

attorney's, or county attorney's office, related to a defendant's

participation in a pretrial intervention program offered in that

county.

SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only

to a reimbursement fee for participation in a pretrial intervention

program for an offense committed on or after the effective date of

this Act. A reimbursement fee relating to an offense committed

before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in

effect on the date the offense was committed, and the former law is

continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section,

an offense was committed before the effective date of this Act if

any element of the offense occurred before that date.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.