2025 · Regular session · House bill
HB5667
HB5667 requires the Parker County juvenile board to elect one of its own members as chair.
Official caption: Relating to the chairman of the juvenile board of Parker County.
Official report lists House author(s): Olcott. 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.
- HB5667 requires the Parker County juvenile board to elect one of its own members as chair.
- This is an election by board members, not a new election by county voters.
- The governor signed the bill June 20, 2025, and it took effect September 1, 2025.
What does it do?
HB5667 requires the Parker County juvenile board to elect one of its own members as chair. Previously, the judge of the 43rd Judicial District automatically held that position. That judge can still be chosen, but no longer holds the chair solely by occupying that judgeship.
This is an election by board members, not a new election by county voters. The bill does not change the board’s membership: the county judge, statutory county court judges and district judges in Parker County. It does not add an outside chair, change the board members’ statutory pay or alter the citizen advisory council.
The governor signed the bill June 20, 2025, and it took effect September 1, 2025. Sources: final law, history and Parker County juvenile-board statute.
What changed along the way?
The complete operative text matches across the introduced, House committee, House-passed, Senate committee and enrolled versions. Both committees reported without amendments; the amendment index lists none. The final change remains the narrow shift from an automatic chair to a board-selected chair.
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?
Board members gain flexibility to choose leadership suited to their workload and local needs. The judge who formerly chaired automatically loses that guaranteed role but remains eligible. The law does not demonstrate that a different chair has actually been elected or that the change will improve juvenile outcomes.
The latest fiscal note and introduced note anticipate no state fiscal impact and no significant local-government impact. The criminal-justice impact statement finds no express felony-offense, felony-punishment or supervision-eligibility change and expects no significant effect on state correctional resources. This is a governance change, not a new juvenile penalty.
Official sources
- Bill history and latest recorded action
- Bill versions, analyses and fiscal notes
- Action history and votes
- Amendment index
Catalog report retrieved 2026-10-25. Check the official record for corrections or later changes.
