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TX SB 17

died on adjournment

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, and jurors; increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing fees.

Texas · 892 · upper

Quick answers

Did TX SB 17 pass?

No. TX SB 17 died when the 892 session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-08-26): Co-author authorized

What is TX SB 17 about?

TX SB 17 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, and jurors; increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing fees.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 17?

Hughes, Creighton, Campbell and 14 others are the primary sponsors of TX SB 17, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-08-15
Latest action
2025-08-26 — Co-author authorized
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Hughesprimary
  • Creightonprimary
  • Campbellprimary
  • Bettencourtprimary
  • Zaffiriniprimary
  • Westprimary
  • Sparksprimary
  • Schwertnerprimary
  • Perryprimary
  • Paxtonprimary
  • Parkerprimary
  • Middletonprimary
  • Kingprimary
  • Huffmanprimary
  • Hinojosa, Adamprimary
  • Hallprimary
  • Hagenbuchprimary
  • Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"cosponsor
  • Birdwellcosponsor
  • Kolkhorstcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-08-15

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2025-08-15

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-08-15

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-08-15

    Referred to State Affairs

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-08-15

    Posting rule suspended

  6. 2025-08-15

    Record vote

  7. 2025-08-15

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  8. 2025-08-15

    Considered in public hearing

  9. 2025-08-15

    Vote taken in committee

  10. 2025-08-15

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

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  11. 2025-08-15

    Committee report printed and distributed

  12. 2025-08-18

    Co-author authorized

  13. 2025-08-22

    Co-author authorized

  14. 2025-08-26

    Co-author authorized

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=SB17

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:35:18.766313Z

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