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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas HB 1845 restricts rural prosecutor grant funds to staff salary increases and new hires
Last action · May 19, 2025: Referred to FinanceSponsors: Angelia Orr and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
Texas House Bill 1845 specifies that grant money awarded through the may be used only to increase the salaries of existing staff or to hire additional personnel, effective September 1, 2025.
Changes how local prosecutor offices can allocate state grant dollars, limiting expenditures exclusively to personnel compensation and expansion.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
prosecutor's office
Offices awarded grants must restrict their spending exclusively to staff salary increases and hiring additional personnel.
assistant attorney
Employees in these roles are eligible to receive salary increases funded by the grant program.
Key Facts
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · passed the House · in Senate committee.
Procedural history
27 actions- May 19, 2025SenateCommitteeReferred to Finance
- May 19, 2025SenateIntroducedRead first time
- May 19, 2025SenateReceived from the House
- May 16, 2025HouseReported engrossed
- May 16, 2025HouseStatement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- May 16, 2025HouseFloorRecord vote (RV#2826)
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- May 16, 2025HouseFloorPassed
- May 16, 2025HouseFloorRead 3rd time
- May 15, 2025HouseStatement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- May 15, 2025HouseFloorRecord vote (RV#2703)
- May 15, 2025HouseFloorPassed to engrossment
- May 15, 2025HouseFloorRead 2nd time
- May 12, 2025HousePlaced on General State Calendar
- May 10, 2025HouseConsidered in Calendars
- May 9, 2025HouseCommittee report sent to Calendars
- May 8, 2025HouseCommittee report distributed
- May 8, 2025HouseComte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- Apr 28, 2025HouseCommitteeReported favorably w/o amendment(s)
- Apr 28, 2025HouseConsidered in formal meeting
- Apr 28, 2025HouseRecalled from subcommittee
- Mar 31, 2025HouseLeft pending in subcommittee
- Mar 31, 2025HouseTestimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
- Mar 31, 2025HouseConsidered by s/c in public hearing
- Mar 31, 2025HouseScheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
- Mar 14, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to s/c on County & Regional Government by Speaker
- Mar 14, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time
- Jan 14, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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