2025 · Regular session · House bill
HB2282
HB2282 raises one peace-officer service reimbursement fee from $50 to $75, a $25 increase.
Official caption: Relating to the amount of the reimbursement fee paid by a defendant for a peace officer's services in executing or processing an arrest warrant, capias, or capias pro fine.
Official report lists House author(s): Lopez, Janie, Harless, Cook, Bowers, Tepper. This does not identify sponsors or amendment drafters.
Bill explanation published · Version and amendment review scope is stated below · Individual amendment records may not be separately annotated.
Bill highlights
Selected points from the published explanation. Follow each point to its source-linked context; conditions and limits may matter.
- HB2282 raises one peace-officer service reimbursement fee from $50 to $75, a $25 increase.
- The existing allocation rule remains: the fee covers the executing agency’s services if that agency asks the court to impose it on conviction within 15 days after execution.
What does it do?
HB2282 raises one peace-officer service reimbursement fee from $50 to $75, a $25 increase. It applies to executing or processing an issued arrest warrant, capias or capias pro fine—court orders connected with taking a person into custody. Article 102.011(a) imposes these service fees on a defendant convicted of a felony or misdemeanor; this is not a new fee owed merely because someone is arrested. The other service-fee amounts listed in the amended subsection remain unchanged. Final law, Section 1.
The existing allocation rule remains: the fee covers the executing agency’s services if that agency asks the court to impose it on conviction within 15 days after execution. Otherwise, the processing agency’s services qualify if the warrant or capias was not executed or the executing agency missed that request deadline. The law takes effect September 1, 2025, but the higher fee applies only to orders issued for offenses committed on or after that date. If any element of the offense occurred before September 1, the former law continues to govern that fee—even if the warrant is processed later. Final law, Sections 1–3; official history.
What changed along the way?
All five text versions—introduced, House committee, engrossed, Senate committee and enrolled—contain the same substantive provisions. Only printing marks and certification material differ. The amendment index expressly lists no amendments, and both committees reported the bill without amendments. There are no indexed rejected amendment proposals to summarize. The enacted change is the $25 increase, with its offense-date transition rule; it does not raise every peace-officer service fee. Text versions; introduced text; amendment index; final law.
For the full amendment record, open the official amendment index.
Official bill versions
Compare the published text versions in the official text index. A change is not attributed to a specific amendment here without a verified record.
Who could benefit—and who could bear the costs?
Defendants to whom this fee applies face an additional $25 assessment. Public agencies may recover more of the cost of executing or processing the covered orders. The act does not itself appropriate money, change the underlying offense, or specify how much additional revenue will actually be collected. This explanation does not determine an individual defendant’s payment obligation or any relief available under other laws. Final law.
The Legislative Budget Board’s May 19, 2025 engrossed fiscal note anticipates no significant state or local-government fiscal implication. The Office of Court Administration expected a positive effect on state revenue, but the note assumes it would be insignificant and gives no dollar estimate or multiyear revenue total. The April 7 introduced note reaches the same conclusions. A separate criminal-justice impact statement anticipates no significant effect on state correctional populations or resources. These findings do not mean the $25 increase is insignificant to every person charged the fee. Engrossed fiscal note; introduced fiscal note; criminal-justice impact.
Official sources
- Bill history and latest recorded action
- Bill versions, analyses and fiscal notes
- Action history and votes
- Amendment index
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