David Spiller Texas House of Representatives District 68 | Official Website
David Spiller Texas House of Representatives District 68 | Official Website
More specifically, the official text was summarized by the state legislature as ’’Relating to the authority of a justice of the peace to issue a search warrant to collect a blood specimen from a person arrested for certain intoxication criminal offenses’’.
The following is our breakdown, based on the actual bill text, and may include interpretation to clarify its provisions.
The bill amends Article 18.01(j) of the Code of Criminal Procedure to grant authority to a justice of the peace to issue a search warrant for collecting a blood specimen from individuals arrested for specific intoxication-related offenses, such as driving while intoxicated, if they refuse to undergo breath or blood alcohol testing. This measure extends the warrant-issuing power, which was previously limited to magistrates who are licensed attorneys, to include justices of the peace. The intended effect is to facilitate the collection of crucial evidence in intoxication cases. The act is scheduled to take effect on September 1, 2025.
David Spiller, chair of the House Committee on S/C on County & Regional Government and member of the House Committee on Redistricting, proposed another seven bills during the 89(R) legislative session.
Spiller graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a BBA and again from St. Mary's University with a JD.
David Spiller is currently serving in the Texas State House, representing the state's 68th House district. He replaced previous state representative Drew Springer in 2021.
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 898 | 03/06/2025 | Relating to the Texas Sovereignty Act |
| HB 875 | 03/05/2025 | Relating to workers' compensation insurance coverage and bid bonding requirements for small municipal construction projects |
| HB 840 | 03/05/2025 | Relating to the removal, relocation, alteration, or construction of certain monuments, memorials, or designations located on public property; authorizing a civil penalty |
| HB 811 | 03/05/2025 | Relating to the applicability of lobbyist registration requirements to a person who provides legal services to a political subdivision |
| HB 790 | 03/05/2025 | Relating to the amount of an expenditure made by certain political subdivisions for which a competitive procurement method may be required to be used |
| HB 243 | 02/27/2025 | Relating to the authority of the attorney general to acquire by eminent domain certain real property owned by aliens or foreign entities |
| HB 191 | 02/27/2025 | Relating to the purchase of or acquisition of title to real property by certain foreign entities |
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