The 341st drops off the must-appoint-a-bailiff list.
The bill removes the 341st district court from the state list of courts whose judges must each appoint a bailiff, and repeals two special Webb County bailiff provisions. It touches the judges of the 341st and 406th district courts in Webb County and the bailiffs they appoint. Bailiffs already serving keep their jobs and Webb County pay under the old rules, while future bailiff appointment and pay fall under general county law instead of the special provisions.
Labels
Labels: CROSS-PARTY HANDOFF. Lead author Don McLaughlin (R) in the House. Lead sponsor Judith Zaffirini (D) in the Senate. Party as the Legislative Reference Library lists it for the 89th Legislature.
relating to the appointment and compensation of a bailiff appointed
by the judges of certain district courts in Webb County.
WHAT IT DOES
The 341st drops off the must-appoint-a-bailiff list.
The bill removes the 341st district court from the state list of courts whose judges must each appoint a bailiff, and repeals two special Webb County bailiff provisions. It touches the judges of the 341st and 406th district courts in Webb County and the bailiffs they appoint. Bailiffs already serving keep their jobs and Webb County pay under the old rules, while future bailiff appointment and pay fall under general county law instead of the special provisions.
CHARGES
[ ] NONE FOUND
TOTAL
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill aims at specific numbered courts in one county, but the caption openly says it concerns certain district courts in Webb County, so the narrowness is disclosed.
FILED UNDER
No verified beat found.
SIGNED FOR BY
House · 141 yea · 2 nay
Senate · 31 yea · 0 nay
Sources
House: Final passage · May 1, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Senate: Final passage · May 21, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.
Sources
Senator Zaffirini moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 3104 be placed on its third reading and final passage. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. The bill was read third time and was passed by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: 31 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.
Sources
Senator Zaffirini moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 3104 be placed on its third reading and final passage. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: 31 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
House committee · Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence · Committee vote 11 aye, 0 nay · Out of committee
Senate committee · Jurisprudence · Committee vote 5 aye, 0 nay · Out of committee
Subjects
WEBB COUNTY
County Government--Finance
Courts--Personnel
Salaries & Expenses
BAILIFFS
Text
The text as introduced · 218 words
By: McLaughlin
H.B. No. 3104
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the salary of bailiffs appointed by certain district
courts in Webb County.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 53.009(d) and (e), Government Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(d) Each [ The ] bailiff appointed by a [ the ] judge of the
341st or 406th district court [ District Court ] is entitled to
receive a salary set by the commissioners court [ judge ] in an amount
that is commensurate with the salary paid the bailiffs of other
courts with similar duties. The salary is paid out of the general
fund of the county.
(e) A bailiff is entitled to receive from the county in
which the bailiff [ he ] serves a salary set by the judge or the
commissioners court, as applicable, in an amount that does not
exceed the salary of the chief deputy sheriff of the county. A
[The] judge who sets the salary for a bailiff shall give each
commissioners court in the district written notification of the
amount of compensation to be paid by the county. The salary is paid
out of the general fund of the county.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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