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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas House Bill 1221 raises the maximum pretrial intervention reimbursement fee to $1,200
Last action · April 25, 2025: Committee report sent to CalendarsSponsor: J.M. Lozano
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What This Bill Proposed
Relating to increasing the reimbursement fee for certain expenses related to pretrial intervention programs.
Participants in county s face a maximum potential cost increase of $700 for expenses incurred by prosecutors and counties. The change applies strictly to offenses committed on or after September 1, 2025, leaving prior offenses governed by the previous $500 limit.
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.
defendants participating in pretrial intervention programs
Participants may face higher maximum reimbursement fee charges up to $1,200 for offenses committed on or after September 1, 2025.
district attorneys, criminal district attorneys, and county attorneys
Prosecutors are authorized to collect an increased reimbursement fee amount to cover office and county expenses.
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
12 actions- Apr 25, 2025HouseCommittee report sent to Calendars
- Apr 24, 2025HouseCommittee report distributed
- Apr 24, 2025HouseComte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- Apr 16, 2025HouseCommitteeReported favorably w/o amendment(s)
- Apr 16, 2025HouseConsidered in formal meeting
- Apr 8, 2025HouseLeft pending in committee
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- Apr 8, 2025HouseTestimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- Apr 8, 2025HouseConsidered in public hearing
- Apr 8, 2025HouseScheduled for public hearing on . . .
- Mar 10, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Criminal Jurisprudence
- Mar 10, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time
- Nov 12, 2024HouseIntroducedFiled
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 40)
- Controversy20Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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