Monitoring the SessionHB 4544
Died in committee
Editor's call: No flags. On Nov 1, 2026 the editor checked this charge against the bill's caption and removed it.
Corrected Nov 1, 2026 · We checked this summary against the bill text and fixed it.
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relating to the operation and administration of practice and procedure related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Requires prosecutor agreement and a hearing finding dismissal serves justice.
The bill rewrites the state law on veterans treatment courts so that a veteran who finishes the program can have the criminal case dismissed. It covers people who were arrested, charged, convicted or placed on deferred adjudication for any misdemeanor or felony, but only with the prosecutor's agreement and a hearing finding dismissal is in the interest of justice. The court where the case is pending must then dismiss it, and it may move toward erasing the record with the prosecutor's consent, starting September 1, 2025.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 5201 (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 5201 (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Mar 12, 2025 and referred to the House Corrections committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-HB4544 · 2025-03-12
relating to the operation and administration of practice and procedure related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government.
Requires prosecutor agreement and a hearing finding dismissal serves justice.
The bill rewrites the state law on veterans treatment courts so that a veteran who finishes the program can have the criminal case dismissed. It covers people who were arrested, charged, convicted or placed on deferred adjudication for any misdemeanor or felony, but only with the prosecutor's agreement and a hearing finding dismissal is in the interest of justice. The court where the case is pending must then dismiss it, and it may move toward erasing the record with the prosecutor's consent, starting September 1, 2025.
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$5,000.00
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Report IDs: 100987088, 101031958.
$4,000.00
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$3,000.00
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Report IDs: 100987088, 101031958.
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$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.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Dec 13, 2024 to Jul 18, 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: 100987088, 101031958.
$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.
TeamDerived itemized flow · on Oct 23, 2024. 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: 100987088.
$3,000.00
Also funds 94 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Oct 25, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Dec 13, 2024 to Jul 9, 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: 100987088, 101031958.
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
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Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.
by Rep. Ray Lopez, same lead author · Died in committee · same text
Introduced textLast action, Mar 24, 2023: Referred to Corrections
Relating to the operation and administration of practice and procedure related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas House · Filed Mar 12, 2025
04/03/2025 H Referred to Corrections: Apr 3 2025 12:38PM
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Nov 1, 2026 at 10:30 AM CST. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
House committee · Corrections · Final status: Died in committee
Criminal Procedure--Bail & Pretrial Release
Criminal Procedure--General
Military & Veterans
DEFERRED ADJUDICATION
MANDATORY & COMMUNITY SUPERVISION
The text as introduced · 298 words
By: Lopez of Bexar H.B. No. 4544 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the operation and administration of practice and procedure related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 124.001(b), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) If a defendant who was arrested for or charged with, convicted of, or placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for any misdemeanor or felony offense successfully completes a veterans treatment court program, after notice to, and agreement of, the attorney representing the state and a hearing in the veterans treatment court at which that court determines that a dismissal is in the best interest of justice, for any justice involved event , the veterans treatment court shall provide to the court in which the criminal case is pending information about the dismissal and shall include all of the information required about the defendant for a petition for expunction under Section 2(b), Article 55.02, Code of Criminal Procedure. The court in which the criminal case is pending shall dismiss the case against the defendant and: (1) if that trial court is a district court, the court may, with the consent of the attorney representing the state, enter an order of expunction on behalf of the defendant under Section 1a(a-1), Article 55.02, Code of Criminal Procedure; or (2) if that trial court is not a district court, the court may, with the consent of the attorney representing the state, forward the appropriate dismissal and expunction information to enable a district court with jurisdiction to enter an order of expunction on behalf of the defendant under Section 1a(a-1), Article 55.02, Code of Criminal Procedure. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
