Jeff Leach Texas House of Representatives District 67 | Official Website
More specifically, the official text was summarized by the state legislature as ’’Relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, including conforming amendments’’.
The following is our breakdown, based on the actual bill text, and may include interpretation to clarify its provisions.
This bill revises various sections of the Code of Criminal Procedure in Texas, focusing on non-substantive updates and alignment amendments. Key changes include the addition of new chapters on family violence, harmful trades, death inquests, and fire inquests, detailing the responsibilities and procedures for peace officers, medical examiners, and justices of the peace in handling these matters. It defines procedures for family violence investigations, protective orders, and the tasks of peace officers in family violence situations, alongside protocols for death and fire-related investigations. Repealed are Chapters 5, 9, 49, and 50 of the current code. The bill highlights the distinct duties of involved officials and stipulates conditions under which permission for autopsies and the cremation of bodies can be sought, reported, or exempted. Also outlined are the amendments for various related statutes in other legal codes to ensure consistency. The bill sets its effective date as April 1, 2025.
Jeff Leach, chair of the House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence and member of the House Committee on Public Education, proposed another 19 bills during the 89(R) legislative session.
Leach graduated from Baylor University with a BS and again from SMU Dedman School of Law with a JD.
Jeff Leach is currently serving in the Texas State House, representing the state's 67th House district. He replaced previous state representative Jerry A. Madden in 2013.
Bills in Texas go through a multi-step legislative process, including committee review, debates, and votes in both chambers before reaching a final decision. Each session, there are typically thousands of bills introduced, but only a portion successfully navigate the process to become law.
You can read more about the bills and other measures here.
| Bill Number | Date Introduced | Short Description |
|---|---|---|
| HB 4713 | 04/03/2025 | Relating to amending the Texas General Arbitration Act |
| HB 4684 | 04/03/2025 | Relating to instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of automated external defibrillators for school district, private school, and open-enrollment charter school employees and volunteers |
| HB 1620 | 04/03/2025 | Relating to nonsubstantive additions to, revisions of, and corrections in enacted codes, to the nonsubstantive codification or disposition of various laws omitted from enacted codes, and to conforming codifications enacted by the 88th Legislature to other Acts of that legislature |
| HB 1615 | 04/03/2025 | Relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain local laws concerning water and wastewater special districts, including a conforming amendment |
| HB 4078 | 03/27/2025 | Relating to public improvement districts located in certain municipalities |
| HB 4076 | 03/27/2025 | Relating to prohibiting organ transplant recipient discrimination on the basis of vaccination status |
| HB 7 | 03/25/2025 | Relating to parental rights in public education and to the reporting of certain misconduct and child abuse and neglect; authorizing an administrative penalty; creating criminal offenses |
| HB 3164 | 03/20/2025 | Relating to the withdrawal of a candidate in a runoff primary election |
| HB 3162 | 03/20/2025 | Relating to the use of an accessible absentee mail system by certain voters |
| HB 3067 | 03/20/2025 | Relating to the payment of salary to an individual pending the individual's impeachment trial |
| HB 3003 | 03/20/2025 | Relating to the unauthorized entry, occupancy, sale, rental, lease, advertisement for sale, rental, or lease, or conveyance of real property, including the removal of certain unauthorized occupants of a dwelling; creating criminal offenses; increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing a fee |
| HB 2916 | 03/19/2025 | Relating to criminal and civil liability for disabling, damaging, or destroying an unmanned aircraft |
| HB 2536 | 03/17/2025 | Relating to the purchase of or acquisition of title to real property by certain aliens or foreign entities; creating a criminal offense |
| HB 2535 | 03/17/2025 | Relating to the determination of resident status of students by public institutions of higher education |
| HB 1671 | 03/12/2025 | Relating to the establishment of parentage and the duty to pay retroactive child support, including the duty to pay retroactive child support beginning on the date of the child's conception |
| HB 1670 | 03/12/2025 | Relating to a person submitting proof of citizenship to verify eligibility to vote in Texas |
| HB 797 | 03/05/2025 | Relating to the discipline of judges by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct and notice to the legislature of certain reprimands |
| HB 734 | 03/04/2025 | Relating to the failure to report child abuse or neglect; increasing a criminal penalty |
| HB 717 | 03/04/2025 | Relating to the right of a public school employee to engage in religious speech or prayer while on duty |
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