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Indigent defense agency gets funding boost but not full pipeline request; omnibus SB 2111 passes
Summary
Scott Ehlers, executive director of the Texas Indigent Defense Commission, told the council that the commission received a material but partial funding increase for the next biennium and that SB 2111 — TIDC’s omnibus bill — passed the legislature.
Scott Ehlers, executive director of the Texas Indigent Defense Commission, told the council that the commission received a material but partial funding increase for the next biennium and that SB 2111 — TIDC’s omnibus bill — passed the legislature.
Budget outcome and remaining gaps TIDC had requested roughly $111 million in additional funding across multiple priorities, including pipeline programs to address rural attorney shortages, family‑protection representation, and public defender expansion. The…
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