Monitoring the SessionSB 643
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 county in which an application for court-ordered mental health services must be filed.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Location at filing counts now, plus the county of emergency pickup.
The bill changes the list of counties where someone can file an application asking a court to order mental health services for a person. It swaps "is found" for "is located at the time the application is filed" and adds the county where the person was picked up under the emergency detention chapter. Starting September 1, 2025, new applications can be filed in any of these counties, giving filers clearer and slightly wider options on venue.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R SB 1587 (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.DO-OVER. Reworked text of a bill filed before that died: 88R SB 1587 (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 Dec 18, 2024 and referred to the Senate Criminal Justice committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-SB643 · 2024-12-18
+ 2 coauthors
relating to the county in which an application for court-ordered mental health services must be filed.
Location at filing counts now, plus the county of emergency pickup.
The bill changes the list of counties where someone can file an application asking a court to order mental health services for a person. It swaps "is found" for "is located at the time the application is filed" and adds the county where the person was picked up under the emergency detention chapter. Starting September 1, 2025, new applications can be filed in any of these counties, giving filers clearer and slightly wider options on venue.
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No fiscal note in the loaded record.
No verified beat found.
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Derived itemized flow · Jul 1, 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.
$129,500.00
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 · Nov 27, 2024 to May 12, 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: 100990378, 101033698, 101040111, 101052272.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
$129,500.00
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 · Nov 27, 2024 to May 12, 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: 100990378, 101033698, 101040111, 101052272.
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 Sen. Johnson, same lead author · Died in committee · reworked
Introduced textLast action, Mar 16, 2023: Referred to Criminal Justice
Relating to the county in which an application for court-ordered mental health services must be filed.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas Senate · Filed Dec 18, 2024
02/03/2025 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 3163 by Leach (identical)
County Government--Employees/Officers
Mental Health & Substance Abuse
The text as introduced · 166 words
89R1073 EAS-F By: Johnson S.B. No. 643 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the county in which an application for court-ordered mental health services must be filed. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 574.001(b), Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) Except as provided by Subsection (f), the application must be filed with the county clerk in the county in which the proposed patient: (1) resides; (2) is located at the time the application is filed [ is found ]; [ or ] (3) was apprehended under Chapter 573; or (4) is receiving mental health services by court order or under Subchapter A, Chapter 573. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section 574.001, Health and Safety Code, applies only to an application for court-ordered mental health services submitted on or after the effective date of this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
