TX HB 2017

enacted

Relating to increasing the criminal penalty and changing the eligibility for community supervision, mandatory supervision, and parole for certain persons convicted of intoxication manslaughter.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX HB 2017 pass?

Yes. TX HB 2017 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX HB 2017 about?

TX HB 2017 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to increasing the criminal penalty and changing the eligibility for community supervision, mandatory supervision, and parole for certain persons convicted of intoxication manslaughter.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 2017?

Gerdes, Schatzline, Leo Wilson and 2 others are the primary sponsors of TX HB 2017, joined by 7 cosponsors.

Introduced: 2025-03-14
Latest action: 2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25
became-law
2025-06-20
Signed by the Governor
executive-signature
2025-06-02
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2025-06-02
Signed in the Senate
passage
2025-06-02
Signed in the House
passage
2025-06-01
Reported enrolled
enrolled
2025-06-01
House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
2025-06-01
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-06-01
Record vote
2025-06-01
House adopts conference committee report
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-31
Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
2025-05-31
Record vote
2025-05-31
Senate adopts conference committee report
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-31
Record vote
2025-05-31
Rules suspended
2025-05-31
Senate appoints conferees-reported
2025-05-31
Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
2025-05-30
Conf. Comm. Report distributed
2025-05-30
Conference committee report filed
filing
2025-05-30
Senate appoints conferees
2025-05-30
Senate grants request for conference comm.
2025-05-30
House appoints conferees-reported
2025-05-30
House requests conference committee-reported
2025-05-30
House refuses to concur-reported
2025-05-30
House appoints conferees
2025-05-30
House requests conference committee
2025-05-30
House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
2025-05-27
Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
2025-05-27
Senate Amendments distributed
2025-05-26
Senate passage as amended reported
amendment-passage
2025-05-26
Record vote
2025-05-26
Passed
passage
2025-05-26
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-26
Record vote
2025-05-26
Three day rule suspended
2025-05-26
Record vote
2025-05-26
Passed to 3rd reading as amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-26
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-26
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-26
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-05-26
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-05-26
Record vote
2025-05-26
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-05-26
Placed on intent calendar
2025-05-23
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-05-23
Reported favorably w/o amendments
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-22
Vote taken in committee
2025-05-22
Considered in public hearing
2025-05-22
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-05-22
Posting rule suspended
2025-05-07
Referred to Criminal Justice
referral-committee
2025-05-07
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-05-06
Received from the House
introduction
2025-05-06
Reported engrossed
2025-05-06
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-06
Record vote
2025-05-06
Passed
passage
2025-05-06
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-05
Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-05
Passed to engrossment as amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-05
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-05
Laid out as postponed business
2025-05-05
Postponed
2025-05-05
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-05-02
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-04-30
Considered in Calendars
2025-04-22
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-04-17
Committee report distributed
2025-04-17
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-04-02
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-02
Considered in public hearing
2025-03-26
Left pending in committee
2025-03-26
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-03-26
Considered in public hearing
2025-03-14
Referred to Corrections
referral-committee
2025-03-14
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-01-22
Filed
filing

Versions

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Documents

Votes

passage
2025-05-06 · pass · 117-28
Member-level votes (152)
- Alders: 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
- Capriglione: yes
- Collier: yes
- Cook: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Davis, A.: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Garcia, J.: yes
- Garcia, L.: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Gervin-Hawkins: yes
- Goodwin: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: 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, V.: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lalani: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Leo Wilson: 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
- 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
- Simmons: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: 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
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Anchía: no
- Bowers: no
- Bryant: no
- Bucy: no
- Canales: no
- Cole: no
- Davis, Y.: no
- Dutton: no
- Flores: no
- Garcia Hernandez: no
- González, J.: no
- Guerra: no
- Jones, J.: no
- Little: no
- Lopez, R.: no
- Manuel: no
- Fischer: no
- Meza: no
- Morales, C.: no
- Morales Shaw: no
- Ordaz: no
- Reynolds: no
- Rodríguez Ramos: no
- Rose: no
- Rosenthal: no
- Thompson: no
- Wu: no
- Zwiener: no
- Present: not voting
- Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
- Allen: absent
- González: absent
- M: absent
- Harris: absent
- Talaric: absent
passage
2025-05-26 · pass · 26-5
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
- Middleton: yes
- Miles: yes
- Nichols: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- West: yes
- Cook: no
- Eckhardt: no
- Johnson: no
- Menéndez: no
- Zaffirini: no
Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 2017 be placed on its third reading and final passage.
2025-05-26 · pass · 26-5
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
- Middleton: yes
- Miles: yes
- Nichols: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- West: yes
- Cook: no
- Eckhardt: no
- Johnson: no
- Menéndez: no
- Zaffirini: no
passage
2025-05-31 · pass · 26-5
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
- Middleton: yes
- Miles: yes
- Nichols: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- West: yes
- Cook: no
- Eckhardt: no
- Johnson: no
- Menéndez: no
- Zaffirini: no
passage
2025-06-01 · pass · 96-38
Member-level votes (154)
- Alders: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Bowers: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cook: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Gervin-Hawkins: yes
- Goodwin: yes
- Guerra: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Little: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lowe: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: 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
- Phelan: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Anchía: no
- Bernal: no
- Bhojani: no
- Bucy: no
- Campos: no
- Canales: no
- Cole: no
- Collier: no
- Davis, A.: no
- Dutton: no
- Flores: no
- Garcia, J.: no
- Garcia Hernandez: no
- González, J.: no
- González, M.: no
- Hernandez: no
- Hinojosa: no
- Howard: no
- Lalani: no
- Lopez, R.: no
- Manuel: no
- Martinez: no
- Fischer: no
- Meza: no
- Perez, M.: no
- Perez, V.: no
- Reynolds: no
- Rodríguez Ramos: no
- Romero: no
- Rose: no
- Rosenthal: no
- Simmons: no
- Turner: no
- Vo: no
- Walle: no
- Ward Johnson: no
- Wu: no
- Zwiener: no
- Present: not voting
- Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
- Absent: absent
- Allen: absent
- Garcia: absent
- L: absent
- Harris: absent
- Holt: absent
- Jones: absent
- V: absent
- Morales Sha: absent
- Davis, Y.: absent
- Gámez: absent
- Johnson: absent
- Jones, J.: absent
- King: absent
- Longoria: absent
- Morales, C.: absent
- Plesa: absent
- Talarico: absent

Related bills

Companion bill: SB 1133

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ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02000_HB02099/HB 2017.xml

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