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2025 · Regular session · House bill

HB3104

HB3104 removes the special statutory requirements that the judges of Webb County's 341st and 406th district courts appoint their own bailiffs.

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Official caption: Relating to the appointment and compensation of a bailiff appointed by the judges of certain district courts in Webb County.

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Official report lists House author(s): McLaughlin. This does not identify sponsors or amendment drafters.

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HB3104 removes the special statutory requirements that the judges of Webb County's 341st and 406th district courts appoint their own bailiffs.
The act also repeals the 341st court's special salary provision, under which its judge set pay commensurate with bailiffs in other courts having similar duties, paid from the county general fund.
Bailiffs appointed by either judge before September 1, 2025 are protected by a transition provision.
The governor signed June 20, 2025.

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What does it do?

HB3104 removes the special statutory requirements that the judges of Webb County’s 341st and 406th district courts appoint their own bailiffs. It removes the 341st court from the mandatory-appointment list and repeals the separate mandatory provision for the 406th court. A bailiff helps maintain court order and security. Final law.

The act also repeals the 341st court’s special salary provision, under which its judge set pay commensurate with bailiffs in other courts having similar duties, paid from the county general fund. It does not remove all court-security responsibilities: the retained law recognizes the sheriff’s general-law duty to furnish bailiffs. Appointment statute.

Bailiffs appointed by either judge before September 1, 2025 are protected by a transition provision. They continue serving and receiving Webb County compensation in the same manner as before, with eligibility for the longevity or cost-of-living increases described in the act. Former law continues for that purpose. The bill does not order these existing bailiffs dismissed or immediately cut their pay, and it does not specify a dollar raise or confer lifetime employment.

The governor signed June 20, 2025. The law took effect September 1, 2025. Official history.

What changed along the way?

The filed bill focused on salary-setting: it would have put bailiffs for both courts under a commissioners-court pay-setting provision and adjusted the general salary language.

The House committee substitute replaced that approach with removal of the two special appointment requirements, repeal of the 341st court’s special salary rule, and protection for previously appointed bailiffs. The filed salary-setting rewrite is not the final law. The House-passed, Senate and final texts retain the substitute’s substance. The amendment index lists no floor amendments. All versions.

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Who could benefit—and who could bear the costs?

Webb County and the affected courts gain a changed framework for future staffing rather than the two special judge-appointment mandates. Previously appointed bailiffs retain the stated continuity protections, so budget effects may differ from what an immediate elimination of existing jobs would produce. The act itself does not specify future staffing levels, individual salaries or county savings.

The May 13 fiscal note anticipates no significant state or local-government fiscal impact, assuming state implementation costs can be absorbed using existing resources. The act makes no appropriation.

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Catalog report retrieved 2026-10-25. Check the official record for corrections or later changes.