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 consequences of a criminal conviction on a person's eligibility for an occupational license’’.
The following is our breakdown, based on the actual bill text, and may include interpretation to clarify its provisions.
This bill modifies the impact of criminal convictions on occupational license eligibility. It mandates licensing authorities to provide notices in application forms and on websites about the potential disqualification due to prior convictions, factors considered for disqualification, and rights to request a criminal history evaluation letter. Authorities must maintain records on licensing decisions and publish annual reports. The bill specifies conditions under which licenses may be denied, amended, or revoked related to certain offenses. Licensing decisions rely on detailed criteria, requiring a preponderance of evidence for determinations, with authorities bearing the burden of proof in disputes. The changes are effective September 1, 2025, with compliance deadlines extending into 2027.
Jeff Leach, chair of the House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence and member of the House Committee on Public Education, proposed another 34 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 2773 | 04/09/2025 | Relating to the unlawful altering of election procedures; providing a civil penalty |
| HB 1761 | 04/09/2025 | Relating to the discipline of judges by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, notice of certain reprimands, judicial compensation and related retirement benefits, and the reporting of certain judicial transparency information; authorizing an administrative penalty |
| HB 3165 | 04/08/2025 | Relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of sexual assault of a child and changing the eligibility for parole of certain persons convicted of that offense |
| HB 762 | 04/07/2025 | Relating to severance pay for political subdivision employees and independent contractors |
| HB 5338 | 04/07/2025 | Relating to providing for an election by the parent of a student who was victimized by a public school employee to transfer the student to another public school campus or receive funding for the student to attend private school |
| HB 5079 | 04/07/2025 | Relating to the qualifications of certain masters, magistrates, referees, and associate judges |
| HB 5078 | 04/07/2025 | Relating to the amount in controversy in the jurisdiction of statutory county courts |
| HB 5077 | 04/07/2025 | Relating to the essential knowledge and skills for the public school foundation curriculum and social studies curriculum |
| HB 5065 | 04/07/2025 | Relating to the regulation of residential treatment centers, including requirements related to public education for certain children who reside in residential treatment centers; creating a criminal offense |
| HB 5062 | 04/07/2025 | Relating to requiring a public institution of higher education to award certain course credit for a dual credit course in computer science |
| HB 5059 | 04/07/2025 | Relating to criminal conduct involving a catalytic converter removed from a motor vehicle; creating a criminal offense |
| HB 5058 | 04/07/2025 | Relating to the extent of a defendant's criminal responsibility for the conduct of a coconspirator in a capital murder case and the review of certain convictions by the Board of Pardons and Paroles |
| HB 5054 | 04/07/2025 | Relating to the open carrying of a handgun by a uniformed school marshal |
| HB 5053 | 04/07/2025 | Relating to a prohibition on marketing, advertising, or selling certain e-cigarette products; creating a criminal offense |
| 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 1610 | 04/03/2025 | Relating to the nonsubstantive revision of certain provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, including conforming amendments |
| 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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