Monitoring the SessionSB 2096
Died in committee
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
relating to the time period for conducting a pretrial hearing after a criminal defendant has been restored to competency.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Restored to competency? Pretrial hearing within 30 days.
The bill says that once a court finds a criminal defendant has been restored to competency, any pretrial hearing in that case must be held within 30 days. It touches criminal defendants who were found incompetent and later restored, along with the courts, prosecutors and defense lawyers handling their cases. On the ground, these cases can no longer sit idle after restoration because the pretrial hearing now has a hard 30-day deadline, though the case still does not have to be finally resolved by any date.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 4037 by Rep. Hayes (Did not pass) 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 4037 by Rep. Hayes (Did not pass). 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.QUICK READ: 120 WORDS. The bill as filed runs 120 words, counting the existing law it amends and the text it strikes. The median 89R bill as filed runs 441 words (derived, 8,702 graded bills, snapshot Oct 19, 2026).NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Mar 7, 2025 and referred to the Senate Criminal Justice committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-SB2096 · 2025-03-07
relating to the time period for conducting a pretrial hearing after a criminal defendant has been restored to competency.
Restored to competency? Pretrial hearing within 30 days.
The bill says that once a court finds a criminal defendant has been restored to competency, any pretrial hearing in that case must be held within 30 days. It touches criminal defendants who were found incompetent and later restored, along with the courts, prosecutors and defense lawyers handling their cases. On the ground, these cases can no longer sit idle after restoration because the pretrial hearing now has a hard 30-day deadline, though the case still does not have to be finally resolved by any date.
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No fiscal note in the loaded record.
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Derived itemized flow · Oct 27, 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.
$15,000.00
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 Jun 5, 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: 100987960, 101029944, 101057026.
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$15,000.00
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 Jun 5, 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: 100987960, 101029944, 101057026.
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
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. Hayes, different lead author · Did not pass · same text
Introduced textLast action, May 11, 2023: Placed on General State Calendar
Relating to the time period for conducting a pretrial hearing after a criminal defendant has been restored to competency.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas Senate · Filed Mar 7, 2025
03/24/2025 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
Senate committee · Criminal Justice · Final status: Died in committee
HB 305 by Hayes (identical)
Criminal Procedure--General
Criminal Procedure--Pretrial Procedure
Mental Health & Substance Abuse
MENTAL INCOMPETENCY
The text as introduced · 120 words
89R3509 EAS-D By: Cook S.B. No. 2096 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the time period for conducting a pretrial hearing after a criminal defendant has been restored to competency. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Article 46B.084(d-1), Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows: (d-1) This article does not require the criminal case to be finally resolved within any specific period , except that any pretrial hearing in the case must be conducted not later than the 30th day after the date of the court's determination under this article that the defendant's competency has been restored . SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.