Monitoring the Session

HB 2085

bill cutting the prison pickup deadline from 45 days

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. Cody VasutRHouse 25

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 the deadline for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to take custody of certain persons confined in a county jail.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

TDCJ takes custody the first day after paperwork is certified.

The bill cuts the deadline for the state prison system to pick up convicted felons from county jails, moving it from 45 days to the first day after the required paperwork is certified. It touches the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, county jails and sheriffs, and people sentenced to prison, state jail or death who are waiting in county custody. On the ground, the state must move these people out of county jails almost right away, which shifts the cost and space burden from counties to the state.

Labels

Labels: NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Jan 24, 2025 and referred to the House Corrections committee. No public hearing. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB2085 · 2025-01-24

SOLD BY

Rep. Cody VasutRHouse 25 Rep. Jeff BarryRHouse 29

ITEM

relating to the deadline for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to take custody of certain persons confined in a county jail.

WHAT IT DOES

TDCJ takes custody the first day after paperwork is certified.

The bill cuts the deadline for the state prison system to pick up convicted felons from county jails, moving it from 45 days to the first day after the required paperwork is certified. It touches the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, county jails and sheriffs, and people sentenced to prison, state jail or death who are waiting in county custody. On the ground, the state must move these people out of county jails almost right away, which shifts the cost and space burden from counties to the state.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

  1. Filed
  2. Read first time
  3. Referred to Corrections
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Cody Vasut

Donors

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$40KTexas REALTORS Political Action Committee$13KTexas Food & Fuel Assn. - PAC$11K

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 · Oct 29, 2024 to Oct 19, 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$40,000.00

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$40,000.00

Cash
$40,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$40,000.00

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 · Jun 27, 2025 to Oct 7, 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: 101005740, 101033392, 101072869.

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee$12,750.00

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

$12,750.00

Cash
$12,500.00
Paid by others
$250.00
Total
$12,750.00
advertising $250.00

Also funds 140 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 2, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 12, 2024 to Oct 1, 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: 100981647, 101005740, 101062767, 101072869.

Texas Food & Fuel Assn. - PAC$11,000.00

Texas Food & Fuel Assn. - PAC

$11,000.00

Cash
$11,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$11,000.00

Also funds 65 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 3, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 12, 2024 to Jun 2, 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: 100981647, 101033392, 101062767.

Money

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

×

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$40,000.00

Cash
$40,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$40,000.00

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 · Jun 27, 2025 to Oct 7, 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: 101005740, 101033392, 101072869.

×

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

$12,750.00

Cash
$12,500.00
Paid by others
$250.00
Total
$12,750.00
advertising $250.00

Also funds 140 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 2, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 12, 2024 to Oct 1, 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: 100981647, 101005740, 101062767, 101072869.

×

Texas Food & Fuel Assn. - PAC

$11,000.00

Cash
$11,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$11,000.00

Also funds 65 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 3, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 12, 2024 to Jun 2, 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: 100981647, 101033392, 101062767.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Fiscal

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

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 Jan 24, 2025

03/14/2025 H Referred to Corrections: Mar 14 2025 2:36PM

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced

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

House committee · Corrections · Final status: Died in committee

Subjects

Corrections--Jails & Prisons

CRIMINAL JUSTICE, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF

Text

The text as introduced · 199 words

89R5929 MCF-D

By: Vasut
H.B. No. 2085

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the deadline for the Texas Department of Criminal

Justice to take custody of certain persons confined in a county

jail.

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

SECTION 1. Section 499.1215(b), Government Code, is amended

to read as follows:

(b) The department shall take custody of a person awaiting

transfer to the department following conviction of a felony and

sentencing to death or to a term of imprisonment in the department

or confinement in a state jail not later than the first [ 45th ] day

following the date on which all documents required by Sections 8(a)

and (c), Article 42.09, Code of Criminal Procedure, have been

certified as required by Section 8(b) of that article.

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

to the confinement of a person that occurs on or after the effective

date of this Act, regardless of whether the requirements for

transfer of the person to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice

are completed before, on, or after that date.

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