Monitoring the Session

HB 3566

Flores Bill Drops Bail Board Meetings To Six A Year

Did not pass

Verdict: Smells

SmellsNeeds review
Rep. Lulu FloresDHouse 51
Why it's charged
Bracket bill

THE TEXT

…“million and containing a municipality with a population of 750,000”…

Bill text, introduced version (I)

The caption reads like a statewide change to bail bond board meetings. The population bracket, a county under 1.3 million that contains a city of 750,000 or more, limits the new schedule to a handful of places at most.

Bracket bill

Needs review · Nov 1, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to the frequency of county bail bond board meetings.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Just counties under 1.3M with a city of 750,000 or more. Odd months only.

The bill lets a county bail bond board in a narrowly described type of county meet six times a year, in odd-numbered months, instead of the usual once a month. It touches that board and the bail bond license holders who depend on it to act on their renewals. If such a board tables a renewal or does not act on it, the holder's current license stays in effect until the board's next meeting.

Labels

Labels: STALLED AFTER COMMITTEE. Voted out of the House Criminal Jurisprudence committee 11-0 on May 6, 2025. Placed on the General State Calendar on May 13, 2025. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB3566 · 2025-02-28

SOLD BY

Rep. Lulu FloresDHouse 51 Rep. Sheryl ColeDHouse 46 Rep. Donna HowardDHouse 48

+ 1 more author

ITEM

relating to the frequency of county bail bond board meetings.

WHAT IT DOES

Just counties under 1.3M with a city of 750,000 or more. Odd months only.

The bill lets a county bail bond board in a narrowly described type of county meet six times a year, in odd-numbered months, instead of the usual once a month. It touches that board and the bail bond license holders who depend on it to act on their renewals. If such a board tables a renewal or does not act on it, the holder's current license stays in effect until the board's next meeting.

CHARGES

[x] BRACKET BILLanalysis confidence 70%

THE TEXT

…“million and containing a municipality with a population of 750,000”…

Bill text, introduced version (I)

The caption reads like a statewide change to bail bond board meetings. The population bracket, a county under 1.3 million that contains a city of 750,000 or more, limits the new schedule to a handful of places at most.

TOTAL

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version H · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version H · May 10, 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. Committee substitute considered in committee
  7. Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  8. Left pending in committee
  9. Considered in formal meeting
  10. Committee substitute considered in committee
  11. Reported favorably as substituted
  12. Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  13. Committee report distributed
  14. Committee report sent to Calendars
  15. Considered in Calendars
  16. Placed on General State Calendar
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

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CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Lulu Flores

Donors

Texas Trial Lawyers Assocation PAC$23KMichael Brickman$15,000Johann Moonesinghe$10,000

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 · Aug 5, 2024 to Oct 24, 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.

Texas Trial Lawyers Assocation PAC$22,500.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Assocation PAC

$22,500.00

Cash
$22,500.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$22,500.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 20, 2024 to Jun 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 20, 2024 to Jun 22, 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: 100985004, 101007867, 101059825.

Michael Brickman$15,000.00
Johann Moonesinghe$10,000.00
Money

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

×

Texas Trial Lawyers Assocation PAC

$22,500.00

Cash
$22,500.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$22,500.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 20, 2024 to Jun 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 20, 2024 to Jun 22, 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: 100985004, 101007867, 101059825.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Witnesses3
For
3
Against
0
On
0
Names

For

  • Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas1 registration
  • Travis County Commissioners Court1 registration
  • Travis County Treasurer1 registration
Sources

3 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 fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version H · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version H · May 10, 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 Feb 28, 2025

05/13/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · House Committee Report

Data snapshot Nov 1, 2026 at 1:51 PM CST. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

House committee · Criminal Jurisprudence · Committee vote 11 aye, 0 nay · Out of committee

Companion

SB 1549 by Zaffirini (identical)

Subjects

County Government--Employees/Officers

Criminal Procedure--Bail & Pretrial Release

BAIL BONDSMEN

Text

The text as introduced · 339 words

By: Flores
H.B. No. 3566

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the frequency of county bail bond board meetings.

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

SECTION 1. Section 1704.055, Occupations Code, is amended

by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (d) to read as

follows:

(b) Except as provided by Subsections [ Subsection ] (c) and

(d) , a board shall meet:

(1) at least once a month; and

(2) at other times at the call of the presiding

officer.

(d) A board in a county with a population of less than 1.3

million and containing a municipality with a population of 750,000

or more shall meet:

(1) at least six times each year during the months of

January, March, May, July, September, and November at the call of

the presiding officer; and

(2) at other times at the call of the presiding

officer.

SECTION 2. Section 1704.162(h), Occupations Code, is

amended in read as follows:

(h) Notwithstanding the expiration date of a license issued

under this chapter, if a board to which Section 1704.055(c) or (d)

applies tables a license holder's application for renewal or

otherwise does not take action to approve or deny the application,

the applicant's current license continues in effect until the next

meeting of the board.

SECTION 3. Section 1704.162(h), Occupations Code, as

amended by this Act, applies only to an application for renewal of a

license filed with a county bail bond board on or after the

effective date of this Act. An application filed before that date

is governed by the law in effect at the time the application was

filed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect July 1, 2025, if it

receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each

house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.

If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate

effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2025.