A new bill authored by State Rep. Dennis Paul in the Texas House seeks to cap the combined salaries of state prosecutors to align with district judges’ pay scales, according to the Texas Legislature website.
The bill on Special Districts & Authorities category, introduced as HB 204 during the 89(2) legislative session on Monday, Aug. 18, was formally listed with the short title: ’Relating to the governance and territory of the Harris County Flood Control District’.
The following is our breakdown, based on the actual bill text, and may include interpretation to clarify its provisions.
In essence, the bill amends the Government Code by setting a limit on the total annual salary of state prosecutors. If a state prosecutor’s combined salary from state and county sources exceeds the maximum base salary for a district judge with comparable service years, the comptroller will reduce the state prosecutor’s salary to match the district judge’s salary, though not below the state base salary set for district judges in the General Appropriations Act. This restriction does not apply to district attorneys in judicial districts with a county population under 400,000. The bill is set to take effect Sept. 1, 2025.
Dennis Paul, the vice chair of the House Committee on S/C on Transportation Funding, proposed no other bills during the 89(2) legislative session. He is also a member of the House Committee on Insurance and a member of the House Committee on Transportation.
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.
| Legislative Session | Bill Number | Date Introduced | Short Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 89(1) | HB 253 | 08/01/2025 | Relating to the governance and territory of the Harris County Flood Control District |
| 89(R) | HB 5295 | 03/14/2025 | Relating to appointments to the public transportation advisory committee |
| 89(R) | HB 4877 | 03/13/2025 | Relating to the Texas Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association |
| 89(R) | HB 4807 | 03/13/2025 | Relating to the fiduciary responsibility of the governing body of the public retirement systems in this state and the investment managers and proxy advisors acting on behalf of those systems |
| 89(R) | HB 4706 | 03/12/2025 | Relating to the applicability of certain pedestrian laws to certain sidewalk users |
| 89(R) | HB 4549 | 03/12/2025 | Relating to the prompt payment of health insurance claims |
| 89(R) | HB 4540 | 03/12/2025 | 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 |
| 89(R) | HB 4538 | 03/12/2025 | Relating to the transfer by the Parks and Wildlife Department to the General Land Office of a portion of the revenue derived from vessel registration fees to cover the cost of removing derelict vessels from waterways |
| 89(R) | HB 4413 | 03/11/2025 | Relating to mass balance attribution of renewable biomass feedstocks used to produce renewable chemicals |
| 89(R) | HB 4368 | 03/11/2025 | Relating to title requirements, identification number inspections, and evidence of ownership for certain vehicles |
| 89(R) | HB 4312 | 03/11/2025 | Relating to a prohibition on the making of a campaign contribution by a person who is not a United States citizen |
| 89(R) | HB 4293 | 03/11/2025 | Relating to the licensing and regulation of persons who may repair or test backflow prevention assemblies |
| 89(R) | HB 4291 | 03/11/2025 | Relating to the operation of an early voting ballot board and signature verification committee |
| 89(R) | HB 4275 | 03/10/2025 | Relating to countywide polling places |
| 89(R) | HB 4012 | 03/06/2025 | Relating to health care and insurance fraud; creating a criminal offense; authorizing a civil penalty |
| 89(R) | HB 3960 | 03/06/2025 | Relating to the effect of certain misrepresentations on certain insurance policies |
| 89(R) | HB 3899 | 03/06/2025 | Relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Insurance to adopt rules that implement or are based on certain environmental, social, and governance models, ratings, or standards |
| 89(R) | HB 3776 | 03/05/2025 | Relating to reporting requirements for a public retirement system that authorizes the system’s shares to be voted by a proxy advisor or investment manager |
| 89(R) | HB 3775 | 03/05/2025 | Relating to processing early voting ballots voted by mail |
| 89(R) | HB 3774 | 03/05/2025 | Relating to the operation of a signature verification committee |
| 89(R) | HB 3656 | 03/03/2025 | Relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Texas School Safety Center |
| 89(R) | HB 3563 | 02/28/2025 | Relating to the method used to select engineers and general contractors for certain transportation-related construction projects |
| 89(R) | HB 3547 | 02/28/2025 | Relating to an exemption from the franchise tax for certain qualified space companies |
| 89(R) | HB 3389 | 02/26/2025 | Relating to the approval of a surety bond for a contract authorizing an oversize or overweight vehicle to cross a road or highway |
| 89(R) | HB 3388 | 02/26/2025 | Relating to group property and casualty insurance policies |
| 89(R) | HB 3256 | 02/24/2025 | Relating to meetings of the board of directors of the Gulf Coast Authority |
| 89(R) | HB 3255 | 02/24/2025 | Relating to the authority of a development corporation created by the Gulf Coast Authority to finance certain projects |
| 89(R) | HB 3150 | 02/21/2025 | Relating to billing and reimbursement for certain medical equipment, devices, and supplies provided to Medicare enrollees; creating a criminal offense |
| 89(R) | HB 3042 | 02/19/2025 | Relating to laboratory claim integrity programs for health benefit plans |
| 89(R) | HB 3041 | 02/19/2025 | Relating to measures to support the enrollment of students with a nontraditional secondary education at public institutions of higher education, including eligibility for certain student financial assistance programs |
| 89(R) | HB 3001 | 02/19/2025 | Relating to the right of an insured to enter into a contract with a public insurance adjuster |
| 89(R) | HB 2970 | 02/18/2025 | Relating to the management and operation of the Gulf Coast Protection District |
| 89(R) | HB 2828 | 02/13/2025 | Relating to partial payment by an owner of an amount owed to a property owners’ association |
| 89(R) | HB 2827 | 02/13/2025 | Relating to the term and renewal of an engineering or land surveying license or registration |
| 89(R) | HB 2068 | 01/24/2025 | Relating to the governance and territory of the Harris County Flood Control District |
| 89(R) | HB 2067 | 01/24/2025 | Relating to declination, cancellation, or nonrenewal of insurance policies |
| 89(R) | HB 1907 | 01/16/2025 | Relating to a prohibition on governmental contracts with Chinese companies for certain information and communications technology; authorizing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense |
| 89(R) | HB 1906 | 01/16/2025 | Relating to the establishment of the Health Impact, Cost, and Coverage Analysis Program; authorizing a fee |
| 89(R) | HB 1783 | 01/08/2025 | Relating to requirements for certain petitions requesting an election and ballot propositions and to related procedures and provisions |
| 89(R) | HB 1552 | 12/09/2024 | Relating to changing the name of the offense of child pornography to child sexual abuse material and to updating references to conform to that terminology |
| 89(R) | HB 1091 | 11/12/2024 | Relating to early voting and to related practices and procedures |
| 89(R) | HB 1090 | 11/12/2024 | Relating to prohibiting certain individuals from serving as a volunteer deputy registrar |
| 89(R) | HB 1089 | 11/12/2024 | Relating to creation of the gulf coast protection account to be administered by the General Land Office |
