Bill Commons

TX SB 1506

enacted

Relating to the frequency with which the Board of Pardons and Paroles reconsiders inmates for release on parole.

Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · upper

Quick answers

Did TX SB 1506 pass?

Yes. TX SB 1506 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX SB 1506 about?

TX SB 1506 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the frequency with which the Board of Pardons and Paroles reconsiders inmates for release on parole.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 1506?

Parker, Harless, Hull are the primary sponsors of TX SB 1506, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Introduced
2025-02-20
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Parkerprimary
  • Harlessprimary
  • Hullprimary
  • Hagenbuchcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-20

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2025-02-20

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-03-06

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-03-06

    Referred to Criminal Justice

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-04-08

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  6. 2025-04-08

    Considered in public hearing

  7. 2025-04-08

    Testimony taken in committee

  8. 2025-04-08

    Vote taken in committee

  9. 2025-04-10

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2025-04-10

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  11. 2025-04-10

    Committee report printed and distributed

  12. 2025-04-14

    Co-author authorized

  13. 2025-04-15

    Placed on intent calendar

  14. 2025-04-16

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  15. 2025-04-16

    Record vote

  16. 2025-04-16

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  17. 2025-04-16

    Record vote

  18. 2025-04-16

    Three day rule suspended

  19. 2025-04-16

    Record vote

  20. 2025-04-16

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  21. 2025-04-16

    Passed

    passage

  22. 2025-04-16

    Record vote

  23. 2025-04-16

    Statement(s) submitted

  24. 2025-04-16

    Reported engrossed

  25. 2025-04-17

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  26. 2025-04-22

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  27. 2025-04-22

    Referred to Corrections

    referral-committee

  28. 2025-04-23

    Considered in formal meeting

  29. 2025-04-23

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  30. 2025-04-28

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  31. 2025-04-28

    Committee report distributed

  32. 2025-04-29

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  33. 2025-05-05

    Laid out in lieu of companion

  34. 2025-05-05

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  35. 2025-05-05

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  36. 2025-05-05

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  37. 2025-05-05

    Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal

  38. 2025-05-06

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  39. 2025-05-06

    Passed

    passage

  40. 2025-05-06

    Record vote

  41. 2025-05-06

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  42. 2025-05-06

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  43. 2025-05-07

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  44. 2025-05-07

    Read

  45. 2025-05-07

    Senate refuses to concur

  46. 2025-05-07

    Senate requests conference committee

  47. 2025-05-07

    Senate appoints conferees

  48. 2025-05-07

    Senate refuses to concur-reported

  49. 2025-05-07

    Senate requests conference committee-reported

  50. 2025-05-07

    Senate appoints conferees-reported

  51. 2025-05-19

    House grants request for conference committee

  52. 2025-05-19

    House appoints conferees

  53. 2025-05-20

    House grants request for conf comm-reported

  54. 2025-05-20

    House appoints conferees-reported

  55. 2025-05-26

    Conference committee report filed

    filing

  56. 2025-05-30

    Conf. Comm. Report distributed

  57. 2025-05-30

    Senate adopts conference committee report

    committee-passage-favorable

  58. 2025-05-30

    Record vote

  59. 2025-05-31

    Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  60. 2025-05-31

    House adopts conference committee report

    committee-passage-favorable

  61. 2025-05-31

    Record vote

  62. 2025-05-31

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  63. 2025-05-31

    House adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  64. 2025-06-01

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  65. 2025-06-01

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  66. 2025-06-02

    Signed in the House

    passage

  67. 2025-06-02

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  68. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  69. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-04-16 · pass · 27-4

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Eckhardt: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Zaffirini: no
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gutierrez: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kolkhorst: yes
    • Menéndez: yes
    • Middleton: yes
    • Miles: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • West: yes
    • Cook: no

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 1506 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-04-16 · pass · 27-4

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gutierrez: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kolkhorst: yes
    • Menéndez: yes
    • Middleton: yes
    • Miles: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • West: yes
    • Cook: no
    • Eckhardt: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Zaffirini: no

  • passage

    2025-05-06 · pass · 125-23

    Member-level votes (151)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Anchía: no
    • Bowers: no
    • Bryant: no
    • Bucy: no
    • Cole: no
    • Collier: no
    • Flores: no
    • González, J.: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Lopez, R.: no
    • Manuel: no
    • Meza: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Rose: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Simmons: no
    • Talarico: no
    • Thompson: no
    • Turner: no
    • Wu: no
    • Zwiener: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Dutton: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-30 · pass · 27-4

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gutierrez: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kolkhorst: yes
    • Menéndez: yes
    • Middleton: yes
    • Miles: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • West: yes
    • Cook: no
    • Eckhardt: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Zaffirini: no

  • passage

    2025-05-31 · pass · 121-9

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Alders: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Bowers: no
    • Collier: no
    • Flores: no
    • González, J.: no
    • González, M.: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Zwiener: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Vasut(C: not voting
    • Allen: absent
    • Cunningham: absent
    • Garcia, L.: absent
    • Harless: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Holt: absent
    • Morales, C.: absent
    • Morales Shaw: absent
    • Phelan: absent
    • Rose: absent
    • Schatzline: absent
    • Tinderholt: absent
    • Walle: absent
    • Ward Johnson: absent
    • Hinojosa: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent
    • Leach: absent
    • Talaric: absent

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01500_SB01599/SB 1506.xml

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