HB 249 — County Bail Bond Board Meetings

Texas would set how often county bail bond boards must meet.

By LeRoy Nellis — Independent reporting

HB 249, by Flores: Texas would set how often county bail bond boards must meet.

A House bill does not decide a case by itself. It sets the rules under which sheriffs, jails, and detention centers operate, and those rules are part of the public record anyone can read.

The caption is the whole description

The Legislature caption for HB 249 says: “Relating to the frequency of county bail bond board meetings.” The report names Flores as author and shows the last action as H Filed on 11/09/2026. This page adds no other claims on purpose.

What it would mean

The caption describes a single change. It does not describe a committee result, a fiscal note, or an outcome, and neither does this page. Those would have to come from the history page, not from a guess. The caption itself: “Relating to the frequency of county bail bond board meetings.”

Author: Flores. Filed: 11/09/2026.

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Sources: Texas Legislature, Today's Filed Bills in the House (11/09/2026), HB 249 caption and author; Bill history for HB 249.

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Full bill text (Introduced)

90R264 DNC-F By: Flores H.B. No. 249 relating to the frequency of county bail bond board meetings.

SECTION 1. Section 1704.055, Occupations Code, is amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: (b) Except as provided by Subsections [ Subsection ] (c) and (d) , a board shall meet: (1) at least once a month; and (2) at other times at the call of the presiding officer. (d) A board in a county with a population of less than 1.3 million and containing a municipality with a population of 750,000 or more shall meet: (1) at least six times each year during the months of January, March, May, July, September, and November at the call of the presiding officer; and (2) at other times at the call of the presiding officer.

SECTION 2. Section 1704.162(h), Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows: (h) Notwithstanding the expiration date of a license issued under this chapter, if a board to which Section 1704.055(c) or (d) applies tables a license holder's application for renewal or otherwise does not take action to approve or deny the application, the applicant's current license continues in effect until the next meeting of the board.

SECTION 3. Section 1704.162(h), Occupations Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to an application for renewal of a license filed with a county bail bond board on or after the effective date of this Act. An application filed before that date is governed by the law in effect at the time the application was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect July 1, 2027, if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for effect on that date, this Act takes effect September 1, 2027.

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