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Transcript Highlights:

• <00:30:22.000> is investigation before an arrest is investigation before an arrest is effectuated
• information, try to have better data. information, try to have better data.
• This is not about walking around and deciding who you're going to arrest and who you're not.
• This is not about walking around and deciding who you're going to arrest and who you're not.
• and who you're you're going to arrest and who you're not.<00:43:13.680> These<00:43:13.920>

Keywords: Judiciary, Division B - Room 409, 3 February, 2026; 9:00 A.M., 925, all

Summary: The committee took up several criminal justice and public safety bills. Senator Sparks explained SB 2416, which would let a law enforcement officer who tests positive on an initial drug screen obtain a more invasive follow-up test at the officer’s expense; if the second test is negative, the first result would be treated as a false positive and the officer’s certification would not be put at risk. The committee also heard SB 2228, which would reduce the waiting period for certain felony expungements from five years to three years, following a recommendation from the criminal justice task force. Members discussed how expungement remains discretionary with the court and does not change which offenses are eligible; the bill passed committee after a motion and voice vote. The committee then considered a committee substitute for SB 21108, a combined bail bill. Counsel said it would require suspension of a bail agent’s license when there is a civil judgment, exclude credit card transaction fees from authorized bail fees, clarify requirements for cash deposits in lieu of surety or property bonds, bar unsecured judicial release for bail-restricted offenses, and allow courts to assess service-of-process costs against bail agents in certain failure-to-appear cases. A reverse repealer was added, and the committee voted to pass the committee substitute. Finally, the committee heard SB 2114, which would expand state immigration enforcement efforts by allowing DPS to collect information on illegal aliens, codifying participation in the federal 287(g) program, and creating state penalties for certain unlawful entry and criminal conduct by undocumented persons, including enhanced penalties for violent or sex offenses. The sponsor and counsel said the bill is intended to work with federal law and includes exemptions for certain federal immigration statuses and a provision allowing some nonviolent defendants to agree to deportation in lieu of prosecution. Members raised concerns about enforcement, probable cause, and unintended consequences, but the sponsor said the bill would require proof of entry through the Gulf of Mexico for the new entry offense and that the measure would enhance cooperation with federal authorities.

Transcript Highlights:

• not be able to make a warrantless arrest not be able to make a warrantless arrest is<00:18:53.880
• <00:27:55.120> a current law police cannot arrest a current law police cannot arrest a person
• come up with a carve-out in the warrantless arrest statute that would allow for a warrantless arrest
• Someone could go and get an arrest warrant and have my dad arrested, but in the meantime he would be
• this point it's on duty I've arrested this point it's on duty I've arrested somebody<01:22:31.440

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• You’re arrested, but not convicted, but you’re arrested.
• use that arrest as an indicia that that person is engaged in conduct?
• I think the arrest is pretty critical in that piece. I do.
• the fact that you’re arrested, I think that’s enough.
• If you need someone to get arrested in that situation, yes, we need to arrest them.

Bills: SB27, SB226, SB326, SB570, SB605, SB870, SB991, SB1871, SB1872, SB1873, SB1874, SB1924, SB1925

Keywords: residency, public schools, child safety placement, enrollment, education code, antisemitism, student conduct, education, disciplinary actions, Texas Education Code, truancy, attendance policy, chronic absenteeism, school attendance, student absence notifications, parent notification, home visit, attendance officer, truancy court, school district

Summary: The committee heard a series of school safety and discipline bills, beginning with SB 870, which would codify an attorney general opinion allowing local school boards to decide whether school marshals may openly carry, conceal carry, or store a firearm in a secure safe on campus. The bill was laid out with no public testimony and left pending. The chair then moved to a combined discussion of SB 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, and 1924, all focused on school discipline, teacher authority, and student safety. Senators Perry and Creighton described the package as a response to rising classroom disruptions, assaults on teachers, and concerns that districts lack effective tools to maintain order. SB 1871 would expand teacher removal authority, require return-to-class plans before a student removed for certain conduct can return, make some serious offenses mandatory for placement in juvenile justice settings, and provide telehealth mental health services through a consortium. SB 1872 would require expulsion to a JJAEP for assaults on teachers or school volunteers and extend certain expulsion-eligible conduct to off-campus offenses. SB 1873 would restore the prior understanding that in-school suspension is not subject to a three-day limit. SB 1874 would grant teachers immunity from disciplinary action for reporting discipline violations or acting in compliance with Chapter 37. SB 1924 would restore authority for local police and school district police to issue Class C citations for school offenses and require criminal referrals for students posing an imminent threat or assaulting a teacher, with a substitute clarifying referral rules when a citation has already been issued. The committee adopted the substitutes for the bills and moved them forward. Invited witnesses from teacher and administrator groups largely supported the overall goal of stronger discipline and safer classrooms, while asking for refinements. The Texas Classroom Teachers Association testified that teachers need more autonomy to remove disruptive or violent students and that classroom removals should not mean removal from learning. Superintendents from San Angelo, Grandview, and Wiley ISDs supported the bills’ emphasis on safety, expanded ISS flexibility, mandatory placement for serious offenses, and telehealth mental health services, but asked for more local control, flexibility for Districts of Innovation, more than one campus behavior coordinator in large districts, clearer timelines for return-to-class plans, and more precise definitions for disruptive conduct. Several witnesses stressed that teacher retention and student learning are being harmed by current discipline problems, while some members raised concerns about vague standards and the risk of overuse or public humiliation through citations and removals.

Transcript Highlights:

• State-by-state arrest data suggests that there were in New Hampshire, in 2024, 4,471 suspected DWIs out
• <04:09:15.760> data States. uh state-by-state arrest data States. uh state-by-state arrest
• >> No, thank you. >> Discussion, Representative Sher. >> Uh, some data is better than no data.
• Uh, we can't get data out of the federal government to the extent that we can get this data.
• <04:30:49.279> on complete data because we have no data on complete data because we have no

Keywords: 1189, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• we arrest people...
• When we arrest one individual, we may be dealing with multiple crimes that they may have perpetrated
• over time if they had not been arrested.
• And so, arresting them—the fact that arrests are up—the fact that we're bringing all this technology,
• What you're referring to, I believe, is the 2023-24 AAMC data on retention.

Transcript Highlights:

• they've implemented basic safeguards. 250 employees have been sued for exemplary damages following data
• SB 2610 provides a legal safe harbor from exemplary damages in data breach lawsuits for businesses that
• businesses, SMBs, on implementing reasonable cybersecurity controls, safeguarding sensitive personal data
• Several states have already enacted similar laws, such as Ohio's 2018 Data Protection Act and Utah's

Bills: SB1540, SB2610, SB2373

Keywords: election officials, confidentiality, personal information, government transparency, public safety, cybersecurity, data breach, breach of system security, exemplary damages, punitive damages, liability shield, safe harbor, small business, mid-sized business, Texas Business & Commerce Code, sensitive personal information, personal identifying information, identity theft, fraud prevention, NIST