SB 330 Texas Senate · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to an election to approve a reduction or reallocation of funding or resources for certain county prosecutors' offices.

Texas Senate Bill 330 requires counties to hold voter elections before reducing or reallocating funding for certain prosecutors' offices (including district attorneys and county attorneys with criminal jurisdiction). It triggers an election if a county's budget for a fiscal year decreases funding for these offices compared to the previous year - either as a fixed amount, a percentage of the total budget, or staffing levels adjusted for population changes. The bill excludes one-time expenses (like new vehicles or training facilities), debt repayment, and detention officer compensation from triggering the election requirement. This directly affects county governments and their prosecutors' offices when making significant budget adjustments.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2024
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Nov 13, 2024 Last action May 14, 2025
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Introduced Engrossed · 4 edits · Apr 24, 2025
MODERATE
The bill text was reformatted and cleaned up, with most substantive legislative content remaining unchanged. A new notice about digital content accessibility standards was added at the top, and page numbers were removed. The core provisions regarding county elections for funding reductions in law enforcement and prosecutor offices remain intact.
Scope change
No substantive change to the bill's scope or applicability; only formatting and metadata cleanup occurred.
TECHNICAL

Added a notice about TLO digital content accessibility standards aligned with WCAG 2.1 at the beginning of the document.

Removed page numbers and internal document tracking codes that were present in the introduced version.

Cleaned up formatting inconsistencies, including spacing, line breaks, and removed bracketed markup indicators from the text.

Standardized the bill header information and sponsor attribution formatting.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
32
Key actions
10
Committee
11
May 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
May 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
May 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
May 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
May 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Apr 28, 2025
Committee
Referred to State Affairs
lower
Apr 28, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
lower
Apr 25, 2025
Introduced
Received from the Senate
lower
Apr 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
Apr 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee report printed and distributed
upper
Apr 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendments
upper
Apr 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
Vote taken in committee
upper
Apr 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
Testimony taken in committee
upper
Feb 3, 2025
Committee
Referred to Criminal Justice
upper
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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