Assigned to Committee Authored by Drew Darby (R) View at Source
Caption: Relating to the appointment of spoken language interpreters for certain court proceedings. Initially Referred to House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee, chaired by a Republican Last Referred to Senate State Affairs Committee, chaired by a Republican
HB 1748 modifies the rules for appointing spoken language interpreters in court proceedings. In counties with populations of 50,000 or more, courts may appoint non-certified interpreters for languages other than Spanish if no licensed interpreter is available within 75 miles, and for justice or municipal courts regardless of language availability.
Jan 7, 2025
(H) Darby signed onto the bill as Author (H) Filed
Mar 14, 2025
(H) Read first time (H) Referred to the House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence, chaired by a Republican
Mar 26, 2025
(H) Scheduled for public hearing on . . . (H) Considered in public hearing (H) Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee (H) Left pending in committee
Apr 3, 2025
(H) House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence met. (H) Considered in formal meeting (H) Committee substitute considered in committee (H) Reported favorably as substituted
Apr 11, 2025
(H) Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
Apr 14, 2025
(H) Committee report distributed
Apr 15, 2025
(H) Committee report sent to Calendars
Apr 22, 2025
(H) Considered in Calendars
Apr 24, 2025
(H) Placed on General State Calendar (H) Read 2nd time (H) Passed to engrossment (H) Record vote
RV#542: Yea 137 (R 86, D 51) - Nay 8 (R 0, D 8) View Source
Please note: the following statements by legislators do not affect the vote count that was recorded.
Janie Lopez: "When Record No. 583 was taken, I was excused to attend a meeting of the Committee on Calendars. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)
Keresa Richardson: "When Record No. 583 was taken, I was excused to attend a meeting of the Committee on Human Services. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)
Lacey Hull: "When Record No. 583 was taken, I was excused to attend a meeting of the Committee on Human Services. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)
Nate Schatzline: "When Record No. 583 was taken, I was excused to attend a meeting of the Committee on Human Services. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)
Shelby Slawson: "When Record No. 583 was taken, I was excused to attend a meeting of the Committee on Human Services. I would have voted yes." (view other statements of vote for this Rep)
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(H) Reported engrossed
Apr 28, 2025
(S) Received from the House
Apr 29, 2025
(S) Read first time (S) Referred to the Senate State Affairs, chaired by a Republican
(Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence as Adam Haynes for Conference of Urban Counties (Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence as Buffy Crownover for JPCA (Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence as Deanna Kuykendall for Texas Municipal Courts Association (Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence as Josie Castro Garcia for Dallas County (Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence as Julie Wheeler for Travis County Commissioners Court (Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence as Maya Grever for Harris County Commissioners Court (Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence as Melissa Shannon for Bexar County Commissioners Court (Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence as Nadia Islam for City of San Antonio (Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence as Ryan Skrobarczyk for City of Corpus Christi (Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence as T. Patterson for City of Fort Worth
