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