SB528
Misdemeanor proceedings; competency treatment.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 14, 2026
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Chief Patron:
Bill Stanley (R)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Competency treatment in misdemeanor proceedings.
Provides that in cases where the defendant has been charged with a misdemeanor offense, the court may (i) order inpatient or outpatient treatment or (ii) dismiss the charges. Where a defendant is found to be incompetent, the bill permits a court to (a) order that such defendant receive treatment to ... (More) restore his competency on an inpatient or outpatient basis in a local correctional facility or at a location determined by the appropriate community services board or behavioral health authority, (b) order that such defendant be evaluated to determine whether he meets the criteria for temporary detention, or (c) dismiss the misdemeanor charge and release such defendant. The bill also requires a court to dismiss misdemeanor charges in a competency proceeding when a defendant is charged with both misdemeanor and felony offenses. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/13/2026 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101848D
- 01/13/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB528)
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Senate committee offered
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26107604D-S1
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 02/17/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB528)
- 02/17/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/17/2026 - Senate: Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)
- 02/17/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 02/17/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/17/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/17/2026 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/24/2026 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/24/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/24/2026 - House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/24/2026 - House: Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal
- 02/26/2026 - House: Placed on Courts of Justice Agenda
- 02/27/2026 - House: House subcommittee offered
- 02/27/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/2026 - House: Placed on Courts of Justice Agenda
- 03/02/2026 - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26108606D-H1
- 03/03/2026 - House: Read second time
- 03/04/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB528)
- 03/04/2026 - House: Read third time
- 03/04/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 03/04/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 03/04/2026 - House: Passed House with substitute (97-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/04/2026 - House: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 03/04/2026 - House: Passed House with substitute (99-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/06/2026 - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/06/2026 - Senate: Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/06/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate
- 03/13/2026 - Senate: Enrolled
- 03/13/2026 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB528ER)
- 03/13/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB528)
- 03/13/2026 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/13/2026 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/14/2026 - Senate: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026
- 03/14/2026 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
