SB663

Regular Session

Relating to the approval of a community supervision and corrections department's budget and strategic plan.

ModeratePlan for compliance

Low Cost

Effective:2025-09-01

Enforcing Agencies

Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Community Justice Assistance Division (CJAD)

Compliance Analysis

Key implementation requirements and action items for compliance with this legislation

Implementation Timeline

Effective Date: September 1, 2025
Compliance Deadline: March 1, 2026 (Deadline for the first revised Strategic Plan submission); however, internal budget preparations for the 2026-2027 biennium must align with CJAD standards immediately upon the effective date.
Agency Rulemaking: CJAD is expected to issue technical guidance regarding data standards and "state aid eligibility" metrics in late 2025. No statutory deadline for rules is set, creating a potential regulatory gray zone in Q4 2025 regarding data formatting.

Immediate Action Plan

Audit Active Contracts: Identify all agreements tied to "Judicial approval" and prepare amendments referencing CJAD authority before September 1, 2025.
Adjust Sales Cycles: Move proposal timelines to align with the State Legislative and CJAD biennial budget cycle (Spring/Summer of odd-numbered years).
Update Data Exports: IT vendors must contact CJAD immediately post-enactment to obtain preliminary data dictionary requirements for the March 2026 reporting deadline.
Bypass County Filing: Update internal compliance checklists to stop filing CSCD financial documents with County Commissioners Courts after the effective date.

Operational Changes Required

Contracts

"Funding Out" Clauses: Legal teams must review all Master Services Agreements (MSAs). Clauses conditioning payment or termination on "Judicial District approval" or "County funding" must be amended to reference "TDCJ-CJAD approval."
Cycle Alignment: Vendor contracts must now align with the State fiscal biennium (Sept 1 – Aug 31) rather than varying county fiscal years to ensure funding continuity.

Hiring/Training

Administrative Retraining: CSCD fiscal officers and vendor account managers must be retrained on CJAD-specific submission portals and budget formats, moving away from local county auditor protocols.

Reporting & Record-Keeping

New Filing Protocol: CSCDs must submit budgets and strategic plans directly to CJAD by March 1 of each even-numbered year.
Discontinued Filing: CSCDs are no longer required to file financial records or budgets with the County Commissioners Court (statutory exemption from Local Government Code Sec. 140.004).
Data Exports: Vendors providing Case Management Systems (CMS) or SaaS solutions must prepare to export performance data (recidivism, caseloads) in formats mandated by CJAD to support state aid eligibility determinations.

Fees & Costs

Cash Flow Impact: While there are no new statutory fees, the shift to centralized state approval may alter payment processing timelines. Vendors should anticipate potential delays during the initial transition from local to state authorization.

Strategic Ambiguities & Considerations

Judicial "Review" vs. State "Approval": The statute downgrades local Judges to a "review" capacity but does not define the resolution process if a Judge formally objects to a CJAD-approved budget. Business Logic: Do not wait for local consensus. Ensure your contract is valid based on CJAD approval, as that is the controlling factor for state aid.
"Necessary Data" Definition: The law grants CJAD broad discretion to request data "necessary to determine state aid." Until CJAD publishes technical specifications, IT vendors face uncertainty regarding required database fields and reporting schemas.

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TopicsCorrections Corrections--parole, Probation & Pardons State Finances State Finances--management & Control Criminal Justice, Texas Department of

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BILL ANALYSIS

Senate Research Center	S.B. 663
98R5082 BCH-D	By: Huffman
	Criminal Justice
	4/11/2025
	As Filed

AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

The operation and management of �community supervision and corrections departments (CSCD) are incredibly complex. Thus, it is challenging for a judge to manage a large docket and perform other judicial duties, while also taking on the administrative responsibility to approve a CSCD's budget and strategic plan.

S.B. 663 removes the requirement for a CSCD budget to be approved by the district judge or judges in that county.

As proposed, S.B. 663 amends current law relating to the approval of a community supervision and corrections department's budget and strategic plan.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 76.002(a), Government Code, as follows:

(a) Requires the district judge or district judges trying criminal cases in each judicial district and the statutory county court judges trying criminal cases in the county or counties served by the judicial district to perform certain actions, including reviewing, rather than approving, a community supervision and corrections department's (department) budget and strategic plan following approval of the budget and plan by the community justice assistant division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (division).

SECTION 2. Amends Section 76.0045(b), Government Code, to make conforming changes.

SECTION 3. Amends Section 509.004(a), Government Code, as follows:

(a) Requires the division to require each department to perform certain actions, including submitting the department's budget and a strategic plan and all supporting information requested by the division. Makes nonsubstantive changes.

SECTION 4. Amends the heading to Section 509.007, to read as follows:

Sec. 509.007. DEPARTMENT BUDGET AND STRATEGIC PLAN.

SECTION 5. Amends Section 509.007, Government Code, by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1), as follows:

(a) Requires the division to require as a condition to payment of state aid to a department or county under Section 509.011 (Payment of State Aid) that the department submit the department's budget for the state fiscal biennium and a strategic plan to the division and that the department's budget and plan be approved by the division.

Deletes existing text requiring the division to require as a condition to payment of state aid to a department or county under Section 509.011 that a strategic plan be submitted for the department. Deletes existing text requiring the department to submit the plan required by this subsection. Deletes existing text prohibiting a department from submitting a plan under this section unless the plan is first approved by the judges described by Section 76.002 (Establishment of Departments) who established the department.

Makes a nonsubstantive change to this subsection.

(a-1) Creates this subsection from existing text. Requires a department to submit the department's budget for the next state fiscal biennium and a revised strategic plan to the division each even-numbered year not later than March 1. Authorizes the department's budget or strategic plan to be amended at any time with the approval of the division. Makes nonsubstantive changes.

SECTION 6. Effective date: September 1, 2025.

Senate Authors

Sen. Joan HuffmanRepublican · Primary Author

House Sponsors

Rep. Mano DeAyalaRepublican · Primary Sponsor

Joint Sponsors

Sam Harless (R)

Bill Text(with markup)

S.B. No. 663

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Fiscal NoteView Original

	AN ACT
	relating to the approval of a community supervision and corrections
	department's budget and strategic plan.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 76.002(a), Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(a) The district judge or district judges trying criminal
	cases in each judicial district and the statutory county court
	judges trying criminal cases in the county or counties served by the
	judicial district shall:
	(1) establish a community supervision and corrections
	department; and
	(2) review [~~approve~~] the department's budget and
	strategic plan following the division's approval of the budget and
	plan.
	SECTION 2. Section 76.0045(b), Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(b) The responsibility of a judge described by Section
	76.002 for budgetary decisions is limited to:
	(1) appointment of a fiscal officer; and
	(2) review [~~approval~~] of the department's budget
	following the division's approval of the budget.
	SECTION 3. Section 509.004(a), Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(a) The division shall require each department to:
	(1) keep financial and statistical records determined
	necessary by the division;
	(2) submit the department's budget and [a] strategic
	plan and all supporting information requested by the division;
	(3) present data requested by the division as
	necessary to determine the amount of state aid for which the
	department is eligible;
	(4) submit periodic financial audits and statistical
	reports to the division; and
	(5) submit to the Department of Public Safety the full
	name, address, date of birth, social security number, and driver's
	license number of each person restricted to the operation of a motor
	vehicle equipped with a device that uses a deep-lung breath
	analysis mechanism to make impractical the operation of the motor
	vehicle if ethyl alcohol is detected in the breath of the restricted
	operator.
	SECTION 4. The heading to Section 509.007, Government Code,
	is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 509.007. DEPARTMENT BUDGET AND STRATEGIC PLAN.
	SECTION 5. Section 509.007, Government Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) to
	read as follows:
	(a) The division shall require as a condition to payment of
	state aid to a department or county under Section 509.011 that:
	(1) the department submit the department's budget for
	the state fiscal biennium and a strategic plan to the division; and
	(2) the department's budget and plan be approved by the
	division [~~be submitted for the department.~~ ~~The department shall~~
	~~submit the plan required by this subsection.~~ ~~A department may not~~
	~~submit a plan under this section unless the plan is first approved~~
	~~by the judges described by Section 76.002 who established the~~
	~~department~~].
	(a-1) A [~~The~~] department shall submit a revised strategic
	plan to the division each even-numbered year not later than March 1.
	(a-2) A department's budget or strategic plan may be amended
	at any time with the approval of the division.
	SECTION 6. Section 140.004, Local Government Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 140.004. BUDGETS OF CERTAIN JUVENILE BOARDS [~~AND~~
	~~COMMUNITY SUPERVISION AND CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENTS~~]. (a) This
	section applies only to[:
	[~~(1)~~] a juvenile board, juvenile probation office, or
	juvenile department established for one or more counties[~~; and~~
	[~~(2)~~ ~~a community supervision and corrections~~
	~~department established for a judicial district~~].
	(b) Before the 45th day before the first day of the fiscal
	year of a county, a juvenile board [~~and a community supervision and~~
	~~corrections department~~] that has [~~each have~~] jurisdiction in the
	county shall:
	(1) prepare a budget for the board's [~~or department's~~]
	next fiscal year; and
	(2) hold a meeting to finalize the budget.
	(c) Before the 14th day before the juvenile board [or
	~~community supervision and corrections department~~] has a meeting to
	finalize its budget, the board [~~or department~~] shall file with the
	commissioners court:
	(1) a copy of the proposed budget; and
	(2) a statement containing the date of the board's [or
	~~department's~~] meeting to finalize its budget.
	(d) Before the later of the 90th day after the last day of
	the juvenile board's [~~or community supervision and corrections~~
	~~department's~~] fiscal year, or the date the county auditor's annual
	report is made to the commissioners court, the board [or
	~~department~~] shall file with the commissioners court a complete
	financial statement of the board [~~or department~~] covering the
	board's [~~or department's~~] preceding fiscal year.
	(e) The financial statement required by Subsection (d) must
	contain any information considered appropriate by the juvenile
	board [~~or community supervision and corrections department~~] and any
	information required by the commissioners court of each county in
	which the board [~~or department~~] has jurisdiction.
	(f) The budget for a juvenile board [~~or community~~
	~~supervision and corrections department~~] may not include an
	automobile allowance for a member of the governing body of the board
	[~~or department~~] if the member holds another state, county, or
	municipal office. The budget may include reimbursement of actual
	travel expenses, including mileage for automobile travel, incurred
	while the member is engaged in the official business of the board
	[~~or department~~].
	SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 89TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION


April 14, 2025

TO:	Honorable Pete Flores, Chair, Senate Committee on Criminal Justice

FROM:	Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board

IN RE:	SB663 by Huffman (Relating to the approval of a community supervision and corrections department's budget and strategic plan.), As Introduced

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

It is assumed that any costs associated with the bill could be absorbed using existing resources.

Local Government Impact

No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 696 Department of Criminal Justice

LBB Staff:

JMc, MGol, CSh, JLa

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about SB663

What does Texas SB663 do?

Senate Bill 663 fundamentally centralizes the governance of Texas Community Supervision and Corrections Departments (CSCDs), transferring final budgetary and strategic planning authority from local Judicial Districts to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Community Justice Assistance Division (CJAD). This shift removes local judges from the fiscal approval chain, requiring all CSCD vendors and contractors to align procurement cycles and contract terms with state-level administration rather than local county oversight. Implementation Timeline Effective Date: September 1, 2025 Compliance Deadline: March 1, 2026 (Deadline for the first revised Strategic Plan submission); however, internal budget preparations for the 2026-2027 biennium must align with CJAD standards immediately upon the effective date.

Who authored SB663?

SB663 was authored by Texas Senator Joan Huffman during the Regular Session.

When was SB663 signed into law?

SB663 was signed into law by Governor Greg Abbott on June 20, 2025.

Which agencies enforce SB663?

SB663 is enforced by Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Community Justice Assistance Division (CJAD).

How urgent is compliance with SB663?

The compliance urgency for SB663 is rated as "moderate". Businesses and organizations should review the requirements and timeline to ensure timely compliance.

What is the cost impact of SB663?

The cost impact of SB663 is estimated as "low". This may vary based on industry and implementation requirements.

What topics does SB663 address?

SB663 addresses topics including corrections, corrections--parole, probation & pardons, state finances, state finances--management & control and criminal justice, texas department of.

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