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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas bill allows border counties to seek salary reimbursements for associate judges and interpreters handling certain criminal trespass cases
Last action · March 10, 2025: Referred to Judiciary & Civil JurisprudenceSponsor: Ryan Guillen
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What This Bill Proposed
Counties in the Texas-Mexico border region may request reimbursement from the Texas Judicial Council for salaries paid to s and interpreters handling cases involving individuals not lawfully present in the United States, effective September 1, 2025.
Border counties gain a mechanism to offset local judicial and interpreter expenses incurred by prosecuting specific immigration-related offenses using state border security funds.
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.
Counties located in the Texas-Mexico border region
Border counties are newly authorized to submit reimbursement requests to the Texas Judicial Council for associate judge and interpreter salaries.
Texas Judicial Council
The council receives reimbursement requests from border counties and is granted authority to adopt rules for implementing the new provisions.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Which counties are eligible to request salary reimbursements under this bill?
What specific types of criminal proceedings are eligible for referral to an associate judge under this measure?
Where do the funds for these salary reimbursements come from?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Mar 10, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
- Mar 10, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time
- Nov 14, 2024HouseIntroducedFiled
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State-Level Reimbursement for Local Border Judicial Costs
The legislation connects local county expenditures for associate judges and interpreters directly to state appropriations designated for border security purposes.
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capitol.texas.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy65Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz35Current news / social attention level
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