SB 642: Foreign and Alien Bail Bond Insurers

GENERAL BILL by Burgess

Foreign and Alien Bail Bond Insurers; Providing duties of certain foreign and alien bail bond insurers relating to reporting bail bond premiums to the Office of Insurance Regulation, keeping records of considerations paid for bail bonds written by the insurers, and disclosing certain information in the financial statements filed with the office, etc.

Current Bill Version Posted: 11/21/2025 09:48 AM

• Senate Committee References (3)

  1. Banking and Insurance (BI)
  2. Criminal Justice (CJ)
  3. Rules (RC)

• Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 271 (er) by Valdés Foreign and Alien Bail Bond Insurers Last Action: 3/6/2026 H Ordered enrolled	Identical

• Analyses (6)

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  • Banking and Insurance (Pre-Meeting)   1/12/2026
  • Banking and Insurance (Post-Meeting)   1/14/2026
  • Criminal Justice (Pre-Meeting)   2/10/2026
  • Criminal Justice (Post-Meeting)   2/11/2026
  • Rules (Pre-Meeting)   2/23/2026
  • Rules (Post-Meeting)   2/25/2026

• Committee Votes (3)

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  Date	Version	Committee	Result
  1/13/2026 4:00 PM	S 642	Banking and Insurance	10 Yeas - 0 Nays
  2/11/2026 3:00 PM	S 642	Criminal Justice	8 Yeas - 0 Nays
  2/24/2026 12:00 PM	S 642	Rules	23 Yeas - 0 Nays

• Citations - Statute (1)

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  624.4094

  Bail bond premiums.

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• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  11/21/2025	S	• Filed
  12/9/2025	S	• Referred to Banking and Insurance; Criminal Justice; Rules
  1/8/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 01/13/26, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
  1/13/2026	S	• Favorable by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 • Introduced
  1/14/2026	S	• Now in Criminal Justice
  2/6/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 02/11/26, 3:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
  2/11/2026	S	• Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
  2/12/2026	S	• Now in Rules
  2/19/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/24/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
  2/24/2026	S	• Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 0
  2/25/2026	S	• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  3/3/2026	S	• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/26
  3/6/2026	S	• Read 2nd time -SJ 673 • Substituted HB 271 -SJ 673 • Laid on Table, refer to HB 271 -SJ 673