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H.B. No. 75 AN ACT relating to the duty of a magistrate to make written findings in certain criminal proceedings. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Article 15.17, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: (h) Not later than 24 hours after the time a magistrate determines that no probable cause exists to believe that a person committed the offense for which the person was arrested, the magistrate shall enter in the record written findings to support that finding. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 75 was passed by the House on May 16, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 94, Nays 38, 1 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 75 was passed by the Senate on May 25, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 4. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________ Date _____________________ Governor
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