HB 1943 Texas House · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to compensation for the members of the Winkler County Juvenile Board.

HB 1943 exempts members of the Winkler County Juvenile Board from specific state compensation rules outlined in the Human Resources Code. The bill amends Section 152.2541(d) to exclude Winkler County's juvenile board from Sections 152.0002 through 152.0008, which govern compensation for certain local officials. This change directly affects Winkler County Juvenile Board members by altering their compensation structure under state law. The bill takes effect September 1, 2025.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

May 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 14, 2025 Last action May 5, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced → Engrossed · 4 edits · Apr 30, 2025

MODERATE

This bill was reformatted from an introduced draft to an engrossed version, with the main substantive change being the addition of bracketed optional language in Section 1 regarding juvenile board member compensation. The original version required commissioners courts to pay additional compensation to all board members, while the engrossed version allows commissioners courts to choose whether to pay the chairman additional compensation and whether to pay other members up to $1,200 annually.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on Winkler County Juvenile Board compensation, but the applicability of the compensation requirement changed from mandatory to optional for certain board members.

FISCAL

Changed compensation requirements from mandatory payment to all juvenile board members to optional payment for the chairman and optional payment of up to $1,200 for other board members

Removed specific $1,200 amount requirement for chairman compensation, making it discretionary

Added option for commissioners courts to use any available fund instead of just the general fund for payments

TECHNICAL

Added accessibility statement about WCAG 2.1 standards and updated formatting from introduced to engrossed version

Floor votes · House Apr 29, 2025

How they voted

126–18

Passed

Total votes 144

Apr 29, 2025

D Democratic59

58 Yea 1 Nay

98% Yea

R Republican85

68 Yea 17 Nay

80% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

Amendments

May 5, 2025

Committee

Referred to Criminal Justice

upper

May 5, 2025

Introduced

Read first time

upper

Apr 30, 2025

Introduced

Received from the House

upper

Apr 30, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed

lower

Apr 29, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed to engrossment as amended

lower

Apr 29, 2025

Lower · Passed

Amended

lower

Apr 29, 2025

House · Passed

House Vote: pass (126-18)

house

Apr 25, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report sent to Calendars

lower

Apr 25, 2025

Lower · Passed

Transferred to Calendars Committee

lower

Apr 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee report distributed

lower

Apr 16, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

lower

Apr 16, 2025

Committee

Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent

lower

Apr 16, 2025

Lower · Passed

Recalled from subcommittee

lower

Apr 14, 2025

Lower · Passed

Left pending in subcommittee

lower

Mar 14, 2025

Committee

Referred to s/c on Juvenile Justice by Speaker

lower

Mar 14, 2025

Introduced

Read first time

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors