TX HB 16

enacted

Relating to the operation and administration of and practices and procedures related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government, including court security, court documents and arrest warrants, document delivery, juvenile boards, constitutional amendment election challenges, record retention, youth diversion, court-ordered mental health services, the powers of the Texas Supreme Court, jurors, and the special prosecution unit; increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing fees.

Texas · 892 · lower

Quick answers

Did TX HB 16 pass?

Yes. TX HB 16 has been enacted into law as of 2025-09-17. Latest recorded action (2025-09-17): See remarks for effective date

What is TX HB 16 about?

TX HB 16 is a bill in the 892 titled “Relating to the operation and administration of and practices and procedures related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government, including court security, court documents and arrest warrants, document delivery, juvenile boards, constitutional amendment election challenges, record retention, youth diversion, court-ordered mental health services, the powers of the Texas Supreme Court, jurors, and the special prosecution unit; increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing fees.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 16?

Leach, Hughes, LaHood and 3 others are the primary sponsors of TX HB 16, joined by 13 cosponsors.

Introduced: 2025-08-18
Latest action: 2025-09-17 — See remarks for effective date
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-08-15
Filed
filing
2025-08-18
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-08-18
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
referral-committee
2025-08-20
Considered in public hearing
2025-08-20
Committee substitute considered in committee
substitution
2025-08-20
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-08-20
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-08-22
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-08-24
Committee report distributed
2025-08-24
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-08-24
Considered in Calendars
2025-08-25
Placed on Major State Calendar
2025-08-25
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-08-25
Postponed
2025-08-25
Laid out as postponed business
2025-08-25
Amendment withdrawn
amendment-withdrawal,withdrawal
2025-08-25
Postponed
2025-08-25
Laid out as postponed business
2025-08-25
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-08-25
Passed to engrossment as amended
amendment-passage
2025-08-25
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-08-25
Passed
passage
2025-08-25
Record vote
2025-08-25
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-08-25
Reason for vote recorded in Journal
2025-08-25
Reported engrossed
2025-08-26
Co-sponsor authorized
2025-08-26
Received from the House
introduction
2025-08-26
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-08-26
Referred to State Affairs
referral-committee
2025-08-26
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-08-26
Considered in public hearing
2025-08-26
Vote taken in committee
2025-08-26
Reported favorably w/o amendments
committee-passage-favorable
2025-08-26
Printing rule suspended
2025-08-26
Ordered not printed
2025-08-26
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-08-26
Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
reading-2
2025-08-26
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-08-26
Three day rule suspended
2025-08-26
Record vote
2025-08-26
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-08-26
Passed
passage
2025-08-26
Record vote
2025-08-27
Senate passage reported
passage
2025-08-27
Reported enrolled
enrolled
2025-08-28
Signed in the House
passage
2025-08-28
Signed in the Senate
passage
2025-08-28
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2025-09-17
Signed by the Governor
executive-signature
2025-09-17
See remarks for effective date

Versions

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Documents

Votes

passage
2025-08-25 · pass · 130-1
Member-level votes (153)
- Alders: yes
- Allen: yes
- Anchía: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Bowers: yes
- Bryant: 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
- Davis, Y.: 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
- Gervin-Hawkins: 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
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Little: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Lopez, R.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lowe: 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
- 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
- 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
- Troxclair: yes
- Turner: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Vo: yes
- Walle: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Zwiener: no
- Present: not voting
- Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
- Canales: absent
- Dutton: absent
- Flores: absent
- Geren: absent
- Jones, V.: absent
- Lambert: absent
- Lozano: absent
- Morales Shaw: absent
- Noble: absent
- Phelan: absent
- Reynolds: absent
- Toth: absent
- Wu: absent
- Bernal: absent
- Garcia: absent
- J: absent
- Longoria: absent
- Morales: absent
- C: absent
- Rodríguez Ramo: absent
Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 16 be placed on its third reading and final passage.
2025-08-26 · pass · 27-0
Member-level votes (3)
- Eckhardt: absent
- Miles: absent
- West: absent

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB16

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