HR 70 Texas House · 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

Congratulating Bryan Collier on his retirement from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

This is a ceremonial resolution (not a bill with policy changes) congratulating Bryan Collier on his retirement from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) after a 40-year career. It formally recognizes his service as TDCJ executive director since 2016 and his prior roles, including reducing recidivism and advancing rehabilitation programs. The resolution was adopted by the Texas House of Representatives to honor his contributions to the state's criminal justice system. It has no legislative effect and directly affects only Bryan Collier as the recipient of this formal expression of appreciation.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Aug 2025

Committee Review

Aug 2025

House Passage

Aug 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Aug 22, 2025 Last action Aug 27, 2025

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The bill text was reformatted from a compact, line-numbered draft version to a clean, enrolled version with proper spacing and standard formatting. The substantive content remains identical, honoring Bryan Collier's retirement from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice with a resolution of congratulations and recognition of his career achievements.

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Text formatting was cleaned up, removing line numbers, extra spacing, and inconsistent capitalization while preserving all substantive text content.

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This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Committee

Aug 27, 2025

Lower · Passed

Adopted

lower

Aug 25, 2025

Committee

Referred to Local & Consent Calendars

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors