TX SB 2570
enactedRelating to a legal justification for the use of force with a less-lethal force weapon by a correctional facility guard or a peace officer.
Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · upper
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Quick answers
Did TX SB 2570 pass?
Yes. TX SB 2570 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective immediately
What is TX SB 2570 about?
TX SB 2570 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to a legal justification for the use of force with a less-lethal force weapon by a correctional facility guard or a peace officer.”.
Who sponsors TX SB 2570?
Flores, Guillen are the primary sponsors of TX SB 2570, joined by 1 cosponsor.
- Introduced
- 2025-03-13
- Latest action
- 2025-06-20 — Effective immediately
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- Floresprimary
- Guillenprimary
- Hinojosa, Adamcosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2025-06-20
Effective immediately
became-law
2025-06-20
Signed by the Governor
executive-signature
2025-05-28
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2025-05-28
Signed in the House
passage
2025-05-27
Signed in the Senate
passage
2025-05-26
Reported enrolled
enrolled
2025-05-26
Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
2025-05-26
Record vote
2025-05-26
Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
2025-05-26
Read
2025-05-26
House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
2025-05-23
House passage as amended reported
amendment-passage
2025-05-22
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-22
Record vote
2025-05-22
Passed
passage
2025-05-22
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-21
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-21
Record vote
2025-05-21
Passed to 3rd reading as amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-21
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-21
Record vote
2025-05-21
Amendment tabled
deferral
2025-05-21
Record vote
2025-05-21
Amendment tabled
deferral
2025-05-21
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-21
Laid out as postponed business
2025-05-21
Postponed
2025-05-21
Point of order withdrawn
withdrawal
2025-05-21
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-05-21
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-05-19
Considered in Calendars
2025-05-12
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-05-12
Committee report distributed
2025-05-12
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-05-07
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-07
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-30
Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
referral-committee
2025-04-30
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-04-29
Received from the Senate
introduction
2025-04-28
Reported engrossed
2025-04-28
Record vote
2025-04-28
Passed
passage
2025-04-28
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-04-28
Record vote
2025-04-28
Three day rule suspended
2025-04-28
Record vote
2025-04-28
Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
reading-2
2025-04-28
Record vote
2025-04-28
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-04-28
Co-author authorized
2025-04-23
Placed on intent calendar
2025-04-16
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-04-16
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-15
Vote taken in committee
2025-04-15
Testimony taken in committee
2025-04-15
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-08
Left pending in committee
2025-04-08
Testimony taken in committee
2025-04-08
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-08
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-04-03
Referred to Criminal Justice
referral-committee
2025-04-03
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-03-13
Filed
filing
2025-03-13
Received by the Secretary of the Senate
filing,introduction
Versions
Documents
Votes
passage
2025-04-28 · pass · 25-6
Member-level votes (31)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Blanco: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hancock: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- J. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Hughes: yes
- King: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Middleton: yes
- Miles: yes
- Nichols: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- Zaffirini: yes
- Cook: no
- Eckhardt: no
- Gutierrez: no
- Johnson: no
- Menéndez: no
- West: no
Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 2570 be placed on its third reading and final passage.
2025-04-28 · pass · 26-5
Member-level votes (31)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Blanco: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Eckhardt: yes
- Flores: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hancock: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- J. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Hughes: yes
- King: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Middleton: yes
- Miles: yes
- Nichols: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- Zaffirini: yes
- Cook: no
- Gutierrez: no
- Johnson: no
- Menéndez: no
- West: no
passage
2025-05-21 · pass · 110-30
Member-level votes (154)
- Alders: yes
- Allen: yes
- Anchía: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bernal: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cole: yes
- Cook: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Garcia, L.: yes
- Garcia Hernandez: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Goodwin: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hernandez: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Jones, J.: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lalani: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Little: yes
- Longoria: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lowe: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- Martinez: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: 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
- Phelan: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Plesa: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- Turner: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Vo: yes
- Walle: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Bhojani: no
- Bowers: no
- Bucy: no
- Campos: no
- Canales: no
- Collier: no
- Davis, A.: no
- Davis, Y.: no
- Dutton: no
- Flores: no
- Garcia, J.: no
- González, J.: no
- González, M.: no
- Hinojosa: no
- Howard: no
- Lopez, R.: no
- Manuel: no
- Fischer: no
- Meza: no
- Morales, C.: no
- Morales Shaw: no
- Reynolds: no
- Rodríguez Ramos: no
- Romero: no
- Rose: no
- Rosenthal: no
- Talarico: no
- Thompson: no
- Ward Johnson: no
- Wu: no
- Present: not voting
- Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
- Absent: absent
- Gervin-Hawkins: absent
- Guerra: absent
- Jones: absent
- V: absent
- Excused: absent
- Leo Wilson: absent
- Darby: absent
- King: absent
- Simmons: absent
- Smithee: absent
- Zwiene: absent
passage
2025-05-22 · pass · 101-35
Member-level votes (153)
- Alders: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dutton: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Garcia, L.: yes
- Garcia Hernandez: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Guerra: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- Lalani: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Longoria: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Lopez, R.: yes
- Lowe: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- Manuel: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Fischer: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: 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
- Richardson: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Allen: no
- Anchía: no
- Bernal: no
- Bhojani: no
- Bowers: no
- Bucy: no
- Campos: no
- Canales: no
- Cole: no
- Collier: no
- Davis, A.: no
- Davis, Y.: no
- Flores: no
- Garcia, J.: no
- González, J.: no
- González, M.: no
- Goodwin: no
- Hernandez: no
- Hinojosa: no
- Howard: no
- Jones, J.: no
- Meza: no
- Morales, C.: no
- Reynolds: no
- Romero: no
- Rose: no
- Simmons: no
- Talarico: no
- Thompson: no
- Turner: no
- Vo: no
- Walle: no
- Ward Johnson: no
- Wu: no
- Zwiener: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker: not voting
- Harris(C: not voting
- Absent: absent
- Gervin-Hawkins: absent
- LaHoo: absent
- Cook: absent
- Little: absent
- Louderback: absent
- Money: absent
- Rodríguez Ramos: absent
- Smithee: absent
- Virdell: absent
- Dyson: absent
- Jones: absent
- V: absent
- Raymon: absent
passage
2025-05-26 · pass · 21-10
Member-level votes (31)
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hancock: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- J. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Hughes: yes
- King: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Middleton: yes
- Nichols: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- Alvarado: no
- Blanco: no
- Cook: no
- Eckhardt: no
- Gutierrez: no
- Johnson: no
- Menéndez: no
- Miles: no
- West: no
- Zaffirini: no
Related bills
- Companion bill: HB 5139
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