Monitoring the Session

SB 2229

peace officer cases move to another county

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Sen. Adam HinojosaRSenate 27

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

Caption

relating to change of venue in certain criminal cases involving a peace officer.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Mandatory venue change when charged over on-the-job conduct.

This bill requires a judge to move a criminal case to another county when the defendant is a current or former peace officer charged with an offense allegedly committed while acting under color of the job. The prosecutor, the officer-defendant, or the judge can trigger the move, and once any of them asks, the judge has no choice but to grant it. Officers facing on-duty charges would be tried somewhere other than where the case was filed, starting with offenses committed on or after September 1, 2025.

Labels

Labels: NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Mar 11, 2025 and referred to the Senate Criminal Justice committee. No public hearing. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-SB2229 · 2025-03-11

SOLD BY

Sen. Adam HinojosaRSenate 27

ITEM

relating to change of venue in certain criminal cases involving a peace officer.

WHAT IT DOES

Mandatory venue change when charged over on-the-job conduct.

This bill requires a judge to move a criminal case to another county when the defendant is a current or former peace officer charged with an offense allegedly committed while acting under color of the job. The prosecutor, the officer-defendant, or the judge can trigger the move, and once any of them asks, the judge has no choice but to grant it. Officers facing on-duty charges would be tried somewhere other than where the case was filed, starting with offenses committed on or after September 1, 2025.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

  1. Received by the Secretary of the Senate
  2. Filed
  3. Read first time
  4. Referred to Criminal Justice
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

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CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Adam Hinojosa

Donors

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$100KMayes Middleton$34,597Greg Abbott Campaign$33K

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 · Oct 28, 2024 to May 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.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$100,000.00

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$100,000.00

Cash
$100,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$100,000.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Oct 28, 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: 100989239.

Mayes Middleton$34,596.72
Greg Abbott Campaign$33,489.82

Greg Abbott Campaign

$33,489.82

Cash
$0.00
Paid by others
$33,489.82
Total
$33,489.82
travel $16,942.43text $12,002.83event $4,544.56

Also funds 9 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Oct 29, 2024 to Sep 2, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 29, 2024 to Nov 12, 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: 100989239.

Money

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

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Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$100,000.00

Cash
$100,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$100,000.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Oct 28, 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: 100989239.

×

Greg Abbott Campaign

$33,489.82

Cash
$0.00
Paid by others
$33,489.82
Total
$33,489.82
travel $16,942.43text $12,002.83event $4,544.56

Also funds 9 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Oct 29, 2024 to Sep 2, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

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

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 29, 2024 to Nov 12, 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: 100989239.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Fiscal

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

Sources

Texas Senate · Filed Mar 11, 2025

03/25/2025 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

Companion

HB 4075 by Leach (similar)

Subjects

Courts--Judges

Criminal Procedure--General

Law Enforcement

PEACE OFFICERS

Text

The text as introduced · 241 words

89R9199 MEW-D

By: Hinojosa of Nueces
S.B. No. 2229

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to change of venue in certain criminal cases involving a

peace officer.

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

SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 31A, Code of Criminal

Procedure, is amended by adding Article 31A.0021 to read as

follows:

Art. 31A.0021. CHANGE OF VENUE FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES

COMMITTED BY PEACE OFFICERS. On a motion by the attorney

representing the state or the defendant or on the judge's own

motion, the judge shall order a change of venue if the defendant:

(1) is a peace officer or was a peace officer at the

time of the alleged offense; and

(2) has been charged with an offense allegedly

committed under color of the defendant's employment as a peace

officer.

SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only

to a defendant charged with an offense committed on or after the

effective date of this Act. A defendant charged with an offense

committed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the

law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the former

law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this

section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this

Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date.

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