Bill Commons

TX SB 2111

vetoed

Relating to legal representation of indigent persons in this state and to proceedings before a magistrate including the appointment of counsel for an indigent defendant.

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

Quick answers

Did TX SB 2111 pass?

No. TX SB 2111 passed the legislature but was vetoed on 2025-06-22. Latest recorded action (2025-06-22): Vetoed by the Governor

What is TX SB 2111 about?

TX SB 2111 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to legal representation of indigent persons in this state and to proceedings before a magistrate including the appointment of counsel for an indigent defendant.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 2111?

Zaffirini, Moody are the primary sponsors of TX SB 2111, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Introduced
2025-03-10
Latest action
2025-06-22 — Vetoed by the Governor
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Zaffiriniprimary
  • Moodyprimary
  • Eckhardtcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-10

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2025-03-10

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-03-24

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-03-24

    Referred to Criminal Justice

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-04-15

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  6. 2025-04-15

    Considered in public hearing

  7. 2025-04-15

    Testimony taken in committee

  8. 2025-04-15

    Vote taken in committee

  9. 2025-04-16

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2025-04-16

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  11. 2025-04-16

    Committee report printed and distributed

  12. 2025-04-23

    Placed on intent calendar

  13. 2025-04-28

    Co-author authorized

  14. 2025-04-28

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  15. 2025-04-28

    Vote recorded in Journal

  16. 2025-04-28

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  17. 2025-04-28

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  18. 2025-04-28

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  19. 2025-04-28

    Vote recorded in Journal

  20. 2025-04-28

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  21. 2025-04-28

    Vote recorded in Journal

  22. 2025-04-28

    Three day rule suspended

  23. 2025-04-28

    Record vote

  24. 2025-04-28

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  25. 2025-04-28

    Passed

    passage

  26. 2025-04-28

    Record vote

  27. 2025-04-28

    Reported engrossed

  28. 2025-04-29

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  29. 2025-04-30

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  30. 2025-04-30

    Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence

    referral-committee

  31. 2025-05-15

    Considered in formal meeting

  32. 2025-05-15

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  33. 2025-05-16

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  34. 2025-05-16

    Committee report distributed

  35. 2025-05-19

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  36. 2025-05-20

    Considered in Calendars

  37. 2025-05-22

    Placed on General State Calendar

  38. 2025-05-23

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  39. 2025-05-23

    Passed to 3rd reading

  40. 2025-05-23

    Record vote

  41. 2025-05-23

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  42. 2025-05-24

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  43. 2025-05-24

    Passed

    passage

  44. 2025-05-24

    Record vote

  45. 2025-05-24

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  46. 2025-05-25

    House passage reported

    passage

  47. 2025-05-26

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  48. 2025-05-26

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  49. 2025-05-27

    Signed in the House

    passage

  50. 2025-05-27

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  51. 2025-06-22

    Vetoed by the Governor

    executive-veto

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 2111 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-04-28 · pass · 29-2

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

  • passage to engrossment

    2025-04-28 · pass · 0-0

  • passage

    2025-04-28 · pass · 0-0

  • passage

    2025-05-23 · pass · 94-45

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

  • passage

    2025-05-24 · pass · 87-47

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

Related bills

Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02100_SB02199/SB 2111.xml

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