---
title: CRIMINAL JUSTICE, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF - Texas Legislation
subject: CRIMINAL JUSTICE, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF
total_bills: 12
unique_authors: 11
critical_bills: 2
high_cost_bills: 1
canonical_url: "https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/criminal-justice-texas-department-of"
source: JD Key Consulting - Texas Legislative Intelligence
---

# CRIMINAL JUSTICE, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF

Legislative subject area in the Texas 89th Legislature

## Overview

- **Total Bills:** 12
- **Unique Authors:** 11
- **Critical Compliance:** 2 bills
- **High Cost Impact:** 1 bills
- **Bipartisan Bills:** 7

## Chamber Breakdown

- **Senate:** 7 bills
- **Senate:** 5 bills

## Compliance Urgency Distribution

- **Critical:** 2 bills
- **Moderate:** 5 bills
- **Low:** 5 bills

## Top Authors in This Subject

- **Senfronia Thompson** (D, House) - 2 bills
- **Angelia Orr** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Charles Perry** (R, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Charles Schwertner** (R, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Greg Bonnen** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Joan Huffman** (R, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Judith Zaffirini** (D, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Mayes Middleton** (R, Senate) - 1 bills

## Related Subjects

- [Corrections](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/corrections) (7 shared bills)
- [Corrections--Jails & Prisons](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/corrections-jails-prisons) (5 shared bills)
- [State Agencies, Boards & Commissions](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/state-agencies-boards-commissions) (4 shared bills)
- [Corrections--Parole, Probation & Pardons](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/corrections-parole-probation-pardons) (4 shared bills)
- [HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/health-human-services-commission) (4 shared bills)
- [Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/crimes-against-persons-sexual) (3 shared bills)
- [Crimes](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/crimes) (3 shared bills)
- [CRIMINAL JUSTICE, TEXAS BOARD OF](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/criminal-justice-texas-board-of) (3 shared bills)

## Enforcing Agencies

- [Texas Department of Criminal Justice](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-department-of-criminal-justice) - 7 bills
- [Office of the Attorney General](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/office-of-the-attorney-general) - 3 bills
- [Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-department-of-licensing-and-regulation) - 2 bills
- [Texas Department of Public Safety](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-department-of-public-safety) - 1 bills
- [Health and Human Services Commission](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/health-and-human-services-commission) - 1 bills
- [Public Utility Commission of Texas](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/public-utility-commission) - 1 bills

## High Impact Bills

| Bill | Title | Urgency | Cost |
|------|-------|---------|------|
| [SB8](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb8-89th-2nd-special) | Relating to the designation and use of cer... | Critical | High |
| [HB1778](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1778-89th-regular) | Relating to human trafficking, prostitutio... | Critical | Low |

## All Bills

| Bill | Title | Author | Compliance |
|------|-------|--------|------------|
| [SB8](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb8-89th-2nd-special) | Relating to the designation and use o... | Mayes Middleton (R) | Critical |
| [HB1778](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1778-89th-regular) | Relating to human trafficking, prosti... | Senfronia Thompson (D) | Critical |
| [HB1828](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1828-89th-regular) | Relating to legislative leave for cor... | Angelia Orr (R) | Low |
| [HB2756](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb2756-89th-regular) | Relating to training on de-escalation... | Senfronia Thompson (D) | Moderate |
| [HB4344](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb4344-89th-regular) | Relating to access to and use of crim... | Ana Hernandez (D) | Moderate |
| [HB500](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb500-89th-regular) | Relating to making supplemental appro... | Greg Bonnen (R) | Low |
| [SB1080](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1080-89th-regular) | Relating to the revocation of an occu... | Royce West (D) | Moderate |
| [SB1610](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1610-89th-regular) | Relating to sexually violent predator... | Charles Perry (R) | Moderate |
| [SB1666](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1666-89th-regular) | Relating to the payment of restitution. | Judith Zaffirini (D) | Low |
| [SB1879](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1879-89th-regular) | Relating to the transfer of certain s... | Charles Schwertner (R) | Low |
| [SB2405](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2405-89th-regular) | Relating to the continuation and func... | Tan Parker (R) | Low |
| [SB663](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb663-89th-regular) | Relating to the approval of a communi... | Joan Huffman (R) | Moderate |

## Source Links

- [Full Interactive Analysis](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/criminal-justice-texas-department-of)
- [All Texas Subjects](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subjects)

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