Rep. Yvonne Davis introduced HB 3948, a bill on City Government and Criminal Procedure, to the Texas House on Thursday, March 6 during the 89(R) legislative session, according to the Texas Legislature website.
More specifically, the official text was summarized by the state legislature as ’’relating to the office of inspector general of certain municipalities’’.
The following is our breakdown, based on the actual bill text, and may include interpretation to clarify its provisions.
This bill establishes the office of inspector general for certain municipalities in Texas, applicable to those with populations exceeding 500,000 located in counties with more than 2.5 million inhabitants adjacent to counties with over 2 million people. The inspector general can investigate municipal agencies, offices, or departments to detect serious policy breaches, fraud, abuse of office, and other criminal activities. The city manager’s and city attorney’s offices cannot obstruct the inspector general’s investigations. The bill permits the commissioning of peace officers as investigators within the inspector general’s office. This Act supersedes conflicting legislation from the 89th Legislature’s Regular Session in 2025 and becomes effective Sept. 1, 2025.
Yvonne Davis, a member of the House Committee on Land & Resource Management, proposed another nine bills during the 89(R) legislative session. She is also a member of the House Committee on State Affairs.
Davis graduated from the University of Houston with a BS.
Yvonne Davis is currently serving in the Texas State House, representing the state’s 111st House district. She replaced previous state representative Jerald Henry Larry in 1993.
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 3992 | 03/06/2025 | Relating to the salary schedules for regional planning commissions |
| HB 3991 | 03/06/2025 | Relating to misconduct by public school employees and to persons who must be listed in the registry of persons not eligible for employment in public schools |
| HB 3988 | 03/06/2025 | Relating to certain deferred retirement option plan benefits under public retirement systems for police and firefighters in certain municipalities |
| HB 3987 | 03/06/2025 | Relating to certain distributions from deferred retirement option plans established under public retirement systems for police and firefighters in certain municipalities |
| HB 3947 | 03/06/2025 | Relating to transportation planning by metropolitan planning organizations |
| HB 3843 | 03/05/2025 | Relating to the regulation of assisted living facilities and referral of clients to the facilities by referral agencies; authorizing a civil penalty |
| HB 2921 | 02/18/2025 | Relating to the confidentiality of certain information collected by certain local governments and airport governing boards |
| HB 2920 | 02/18/2025 | Relating to the appointment of a special or temporary justice of the peace |
| HB 2919 | 02/18/2025 | Relating to the suspension of a public school student for engaging in certain conduct against an employee or volunteer of a school district |
