HB 3750: bill repays child protection workers for protective order lawyer fees

Caption

relating to reimbursing certain Department of Family and Protective Services employees for certain legal expenses.

Summary

Up to $5,000 when the order is connected to the job.

The bill lets the Department of Family and Protective Services pay back current employees who work on protecting children, elderly people or people with disabilities for lawyer fees they spend getting a protective or restraining order connected to their job, up to $5,000. It keeps the existing rule that lets the department cover up to $10,000 in lawyer fees for workers who are prosecuted over job conduct and then cleared. The department must write rules for the new reimbursement, and the change takes effect September 1, 2025.

Labels

Labels: GOT HALFWAY. Passed the House on May 2, 2025. Died in the Senate: left pending in the Health & Human Services committee.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB3750 · 2025-03-04

SOLD BY

Rep. Christian ManuelDHouse 22

Rep. Mihaela PlesaDHouse 70

Rep. Charlene Ward JohnsonDHouse 139

+ 1 more author, 1 coauthor

ITEM

relating to reimbursing certain Department of Family and Protective Services employees for certain legal expenses.

WHAT IT DOES

Up to $5,000 when the order is connected to the job.

The bill lets the Department of Family and Protective Services pay back current employees who work on protecting children, elderly people or people with disabilities for lawyer fees they spend getting a protective or restraining order connected to their job, up to $5,000. It keeps the existing rule that lets the department cover up to $10,000 in lawyer fees for workers who are prosecuted over job conduct and then cleared. The department must write rules for the new reimbursement, and the change takes effect September 1, 2025.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version E · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version E · May 23, 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

Mar 4, 2025Filed
Mar 26, 2025Read first time
Mar 26, 2025Referred to Human Services
Apr 8, 2025Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Apr 8, 2025Considered in public hearing
Apr 8, 2025Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
Apr 8, 2025Left pending in committee
Apr 15, 2025Considered in public hearing
Apr 15, 2025Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
Apr 17, 2025Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
Apr 21, 2025Committee report distributed
Apr 22, 2025Committee report sent to Calendars
Apr 28, 2025Considered in Calendars
Apr 30, 2025Placed on General State Calendar
May 1, 2025Read 2nd time
May 1, 2025Passed to engrossment
May 1, 2025Record vote RV#1177
May 1, 2025Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
May 2, 2025Read 3rd time
May 2, 2025Passed
May 2, 2025Record vote RV#1284
May 2, 2025Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
May 2, 2025Reported engrossed
May 5, 2025Received from the House
May 5, 2025Read first time
May 5, 2025Referred to Health & Human Services
May 22, 2025Posting rule suspended
May 23, 2025Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
May 23, 2025Considered in public hearing
May 23, 2025Left pending in committee

FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

SIGNED FOR BY

House · 135 yea · 0 nay

Sources

House: Final passage · May 2, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

All floor motions and other positions below.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Christian Manuel

Donors

ENPAC Texas$5K Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$5K Texas Sands PAC$4K

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 · Jul 23, 2024 to Jun 30, 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.

ENPAC Texas$5,000.00

ENPAC Texas

$5,000.00

Cash: $5,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $5,000.00

Also funds 27 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 26, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Nov 10, 2025. 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: 101033978.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$5,000.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$5,000.00

Cash: $5,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $5,000.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jul 7, 2025 to Oct 1, 2025. 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: 101033978.

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 May 18, 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: 101061945.

Money

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

×

ENPAC Texas

$5,000.00

Cash: $5,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $5,000.00

Also funds 27 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 26, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Nov 10, 2025. 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: 101033978.

×

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$5,000.00

Cash: $5,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $5,000.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jul 7, 2025 to Oct 1, 2025. 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: 101033978.

×

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 May 18, 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: 101061945.

Votes2

House May 2, 2025

Yea: 135
Nay: 0
Present, not voting: 1
Absent: 3
Excused: 11

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 1284

HB 3750 was passed by (Record 1284): 135 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 135 (published)
Nay: 0 (published)
Present, not voting: 1 (published)
Absent: 3 (derived from named list)
Excused: 11 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

House May 1, 2025

Yea: 143
Nay: 1
Present, not voting: 2
Absent: 1
Excused: 3

Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 1177

HB 3750 was passed to engrossment by (Record 1177): 143 Yeas, 1 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

Yea: 143 (published)
Nay: 1 (published)
Present, not voting: 2 (published)
Absent: 1 (derived from named list)
Excused: 3 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Witnesses6

For: 5
Against: 0
On: 1

Names

For

Dallas Police Association1 registration
Self1 registration
Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union1 registration
Texas CASA1 registration
TMPA1 registration

On

DFPS Resource Witness1 registration

Sources

6 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 E · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version E · May 23, 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 Mar 4, 2025

05/23/2025 S Left pending in committee

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · House Committee Report · Engrossed

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

Coauthors

Penny Morales ShawDHouse 148

Companion

SB 1526 by West (very similar)

Subjects

Aging

Disabilities, Persons with

State Finances--Management & Control

ATTORNEY'S FEES

PROTECTIVE ORDERS

FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF

Text

The text as introduced · 278 words

By: Manuel
H.B. No. 3750

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to reimbursing certain Department of Family and Protective

Services employees for certain legal expenses.

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

SECTION 1. Section 40.060, Human Resources Code, is amended

to read as follows:

Sec. 40.060. INDEMNIFICATION AND REIMBURSEMENT FOR LEGAL

EXPENSES. (a) If a present or former employee of the department who

is or was involved in activities relating to the protection of

children or elderly persons or persons with disabilities is

criminally prosecuted for conduct involving the person's

misfeasance or nonfeasance in the course and scope of the person's

employment and is found not guilty after a trial or appeal or if the

complaint or indictment is dismissed without a plea of guilty or

nolo contendere being entered, the department may indemnify the

person or the person's estate for the reasonable attorney's fees

incurred in defense of the prosecution up to a maximum of $10,000.

(b) If a present employee of the department who is involved

in activities relating to the protection of children or elderly

persons or persons with disabilities seeks a protective or

restraining order while in the course and scope of their employment

with the department, the department may reimburse the person for

the reasonable attorney's fees incurred in obtaining the protective

or restraining order up to a maximum amount of $5,000.

SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date

of this Act, the Department of Family and Protective Services shall

adopt rules to implement Section 40.060(b), Human Resources Code,

as added by this Act.

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

Verdict: No flags

The receipt

SOLD BY

ITEM

WHAT IT DOES

CHARGES

TOTAL

HISTORY

SIGNED FOR BY

Donors

ENPAC Texas

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

Texas Sands PAC

ENPAC Texas

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

Texas Sands PAC

House May 2, 2025

House May 1, 2025

For

On

Companion