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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas HB 1943 authorizes Winkler County commissioners to set juvenile board compensation
Last action · May 5, 2025: Referred to Criminal JusticeSponsor: Brooks Landgraf
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What This Bill Proposed
Texas House Bill 1943 removes the $1,200 annual compensation cap for Winkler County members, allowing the to determine the amount starting September 1, 2025.
Changes how members in Winkler County are paid by shifting from a fixed statutory limit to local county discretion.
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.
Winkler County Juvenile Board members
Winkler County Commissioners Court
They gain the authority to determine the additional annual compensation paid to juvenile board members.
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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
32 actions- May 5, 2025SenateCommitteeReferred to Criminal Justice
- May 5, 2025SenateIntroducedRead first time
- Apr 30, 2025SenateReceived from the House
- Apr 30, 2025HouseReported engrossed
- Apr 30, 2025HouseStatement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- Apr 30, 2025HouseFloorRecord vote (RV#1032)
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- Apr 30, 2025HouseFloorPassed
- Apr 30, 2025HouseFloorRead 3rd time
- Apr 29, 2025HouseStatement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- Apr 29, 2025HouseFloorRecord vote (RV#889)
- Apr 29, 2025HouseFloorPassed to engrossment as amended
- Apr 29, 2025HouseAmended (1-Landgraf)
- Apr 29, 2025HouseFloorRead 2nd time
- Apr 29, 2025HousePlaced on General State Calendar
- Apr 25, 2025HouseConsidered in Calendars
- Apr 25, 2025HouseCommittee report sent to Calendars
- Apr 25, 2025HouseTransferred to Calendars Committee
- Apr 25, 2025HouseConsidered in Local & Consent Calendars
- Apr 25, 2025HouseComm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- Apr 24, 2025HouseCommittee report distributed
- Apr 24, 2025HouseComte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- Apr 16, 2025HouseCommitteeReported favorably w/o amendment(s)
- Apr 16, 2025HouseRecommended to be sent to Local & Consent
- Apr 16, 2025HouseConsidered in formal meeting
- Apr 16, 2025HouseRecalled from subcommittee
- Apr 14, 2025HouseLeft pending in subcommittee
- Apr 14, 2025HouseConsidered by s/c in public hearing
- Apr 14, 2025HouseScheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .
- Apr 10, 2025HousePosting rule suspended
- Mar 14, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to s/c on Juvenile Justice by Speaker
- Mar 14, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time
- Jan 17, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance15Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 15)
- Controversy5Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment2Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz10Current news / social attention level
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