Bill Commons

TX SB 293

enacted

Relating to the discipline of judges by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, notice of certain reprimands, judicial compensation and related retirement benefits, and the reporting of certain judicial transparency information; authorizing an administrative penalty.

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

Quick answers

Did TX SB 293 pass?

Yes. TX SB 293 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): See remarks for effective date

What is TX SB 293 about?

TX SB 293 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the discipline of judges by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, notice of certain reprimands, judicial compensation and related retirement benefits, and the reporting of certain judicial transparency information; authorizing an administrative penalty.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 293?

Huffman, Leach are the primary sponsors of TX SB 293, joined by 4 cosponsors.

Introduced
2024-11-12
Latest action
2025-06-20 — See remarks for effective date
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Huffmanprimary
  • Leachprimary
  • Bettencourtcosponsor
  • Perrycosponsor
  • Schwertnercosponsor
  • Westcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2024-11-12

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2024-11-12

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-02-03

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-02-03

    Referred to Finance

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-03-05

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  6. 2025-03-05

    Considered in public hearing

  7. 2025-03-05

    Testimony taken in committee

  8. 2025-03-05

    Vote taken in committee

  9. 2025-03-10

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2025-03-10

    Committee report printed and distributed

  11. 2025-03-11

    Placed on intent calendar

  12. 2025-03-11

    Corrected comm. report printed & distributed

  13. 2025-03-12

    Co-author authorized

  14. 2025-03-12

    Rules suspended-Constitutional 60-Day

  15. 2025-03-12

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  16. 2025-03-12

    Vote recorded in Journal

  17. 2025-03-12

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  18. 2025-03-12

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  19. 2025-03-12

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  20. 2025-03-12

    Vote recorded in Journal

  21. 2025-03-12

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  22. 2025-03-12

    Vote recorded in Journal

  23. 2025-03-12

    Three day rule suspended

  24. 2025-03-12

    Record vote

  25. 2025-03-12

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  26. 2025-03-12

    Passed

    passage

  27. 2025-03-12

    Record vote

  28. 2025-03-12

    Statement(s) submitted

  29. 2025-03-12

    Reported engrossed

  30. 2025-03-13

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  31. 2025-04-09

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  32. 2025-04-09

    Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

    referral-committee

  33. 2025-05-14

    Considered in public hearing

  34. 2025-05-14

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  35. 2025-05-14

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  36. 2025-05-20

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  37. 2025-05-20

    Committee report distributed

  38. 2025-05-21

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  39. 2025-05-22

    Considered in Calendars

  40. 2025-05-24

    Placed on General State Calendar

  41. 2025-05-26

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  42. 2025-05-26

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  43. 2025-05-26

    Record vote

  44. 2025-05-26

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  45. 2025-05-26

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  46. 2025-05-26

    Record vote

  47. 2025-05-26

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  48. 2025-05-26

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  49. 2025-05-26

    Record vote

  50. 2025-05-26

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  51. 2025-05-27

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  52. 2025-05-27

    Postponed

  53. 2025-05-27

    Laid out as postponed business

  54. 2025-05-27

    Passed

    passage

  55. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

  56. 2025-05-27

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  57. 2025-05-27

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  58. 2025-05-30

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  59. 2025-05-30

    Read

  60. 2025-05-30

    Point of order

  61. 2025-05-30

    Point of order sustained

  62. 2025-05-30

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)

  63. 2025-05-31

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported

  64. 2025-06-01

    Senate requests conference committee

  65. 2025-06-01

    Senate appoints conferees

  66. 2025-06-01

    Returned to the House for further action

  67. 2025-06-01

    Returned from the Senate for further action

  68. 2025-06-01

    Senate requests conference committee-reported

  69. 2025-06-01

    Senate appoints conferees-reported

  70. 2025-06-01

    House grants request for conference committee

  71. 2025-06-01

    House appoints conferees

  72. 2025-06-01

    House grants request for conf comm-reported

  73. 2025-06-01

    House appoints conferees-reported

  74. 2025-06-02

    Conference committee report filed

    filing

  75. 2025-06-02

    Rules suspended

  76. 2025-06-02

    Senate adopts conference committee report

    committee-passage-favorable

  77. 2025-06-02

    Record vote

  78. 2025-06-02

    Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  79. 2025-06-02

    Conf. Comm. Report distributed

  80. 2025-06-02

    Rules suspended

  81. 2025-06-02

    Record vote

  82. 2025-06-02

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  83. 2025-06-02

    House adopts conference committee report

    committee-passage-favorable

  84. 2025-06-02

    Record vote

  85. 2025-06-02

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  86. 2025-06-02

    Reason for vote recorded in Journal

  87. 2025-06-02

    Returned to the Senate for further action

  88. 2025-06-02

    House adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  89. 2025-06-02

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  90. 2025-06-02

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  91. 2025-06-02

    Signed in the House

    passage

  92. 2025-06-03

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  93. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  94. 2025-06-20

    See remarks for effective date

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage to engrossment

    2025-03-12 · pass · 0-0

  • passage

    2025-03-12 · pass · 0-0

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 293 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-03-12 · pass · 30-1

    Member-level votes (1)
    • Eckhardt: no

  • passage

    2025-05-26 · pass · 140-3

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: 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
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: 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
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: 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
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Davis: no
    • A: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Rodríguez Ramo: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Landgraf(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Bowers: absent
    • Harrison: absent
    • Manuel: absent
    • Morales Shaw: absent
    • Zwiene: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-27 · pass · 128-4

    Member-level votes (154)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: 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
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meza: 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
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Bryant: no
    • Morales: no
    • C: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Simmon: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Bowers: absent
    • Canales: absent
    • V: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Geren: absent
    • Meyer: absent
    • Reynold: absent
    • Davis, Y.: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • Jones, V.: absent
    • Lopez, J.: absent
    • Lozano: absent
    • Luther: absent
    • Money: absent
    • Morales Shaw: absent
    • Swanson: absent
    • Troxclair: absent
    • Turner: absent

  • passage

    2025-06-02 · pass · 127-15

    Member-level votes (156)
    • Alders: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: 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
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Anchía: no
    • Bonnen: no
    • Buckley: no
    • Bumgarner: no
    • Gerdes: no
    • Hickland: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Isaac: no
    • Kerwin: no
    • Lowe: no
    • McQueeney: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Troxclair: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Allen: absent
    • Campos: absent
    • Capriglione: absent
    • Dorazio: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Pau: absent
    • Lopez: absent
    • R: absent
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Speaker(C): not voting
    • Vasu: not voting

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