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TX SB 1574

enacted

Relating to a centers of excellence program developed by the Texas Judicial Council for certain justices and judges.

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

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Did TX SB 1574 pass?

Yes. TX SB 1574 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX SB 1574 about?

TX SB 1574 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to a centers of excellence program developed by the Texas Judicial Council for certain justices and judges.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 1574?

Zaffirini, Leach are the primary sponsors of TX SB 1574, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Introduced
2025-02-24
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Zaffiriniprimary
  • Leachprimary
  • Eckhardtcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

  2. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-05-28

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-05-28

    Signed in the House

    passage

  5. 2025-05-27

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  6. 2025-05-26

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  7. 2025-05-26

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported

  8. 2025-05-26

    Record vote

  9. 2025-05-26

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)

  10. 2025-05-26

    Read

  11. 2025-05-26

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  12. 2025-05-23

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  13. 2025-05-23

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  14. 2025-05-23

    Record vote

  15. 2025-05-23

    Passed

    passage

  16. 2025-05-23

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  17. 2025-05-22

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  18. 2025-05-22

    Record vote

  19. 2025-05-22

    Passed to 3rd reading

  20. 2025-05-22

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  21. 2025-05-21

    Placed on General State Calendar

  22. 2025-05-19

    Considered in Calendars

  23. 2025-05-19

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  24. 2025-05-19

    Committee report distributed

  25. 2025-05-16

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  26. 2025-05-14

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  27. 2025-05-14

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  28. 2025-05-14

    Considered in public hearing

  29. 2025-05-12

    Left pending in committee

  30. 2025-05-12

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  31. 2025-05-12

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  32. 2025-05-12

    Considered in public hearing

  33. 2025-05-08

    Posting rule suspended

  34. 2025-05-08

    Meeting cancelled

  35. 2025-04-30

    Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

    referral-committee

  36. 2025-04-30

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  37. 2025-04-29

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  38. 2025-04-28

    Reported engrossed

  39. 2025-04-28

    Record vote

  40. 2025-04-28

    Passed

    passage

  41. 2025-04-28

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  42. 2025-04-28

    Record vote

  43. 2025-04-28

    Three day rule suspended

  44. 2025-04-28

    Vote recorded in Journal

  45. 2025-04-28

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  46. 2025-04-28

    Vote recorded in Journal

  47. 2025-04-28

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  48. 2025-04-28

    Co-author authorized

  49. 2025-04-23

    Placed on intent calendar

  50. 2025-04-22

    Committee report printed and distributed

  51. 2025-04-22

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  52. 2025-04-16

    Vote taken in committee

  53. 2025-04-16

    Testimony taken in committee

  54. 2025-04-16

    Considered in public hearing

  55. 2025-04-16

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  56. 2025-03-06

    Referred to Finance

    referral-committee

  57. 2025-03-06

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  58. 2025-02-24

    Filed

    filing

  59. 2025-02-24

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 1574 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-04-28 · pass · 29-2

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Eckhardt: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gutierrez: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kolkhorst: yes
    • Menéndez: yes
    • Middleton: yes
    • Miles: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • West: yes
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Hagenbuch: no
    • Hughes: no

  • passage

    2025-05-22 · pass · 104-37

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: 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
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Alders: no
    • Bumgarner: no
    • Cain: no
    • Cunningham: no
    • Dorazio: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hayes: no
    • Hefner: no
    • Holt: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Isaac: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Little: no
    • Louderback: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Lozano: no
    • Luther: no
    • Metcalf: no
    • Money: no
    • Morgan: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Oliverson: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Richardson: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Schofield: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Shofner: no
    • Slawson: no
    • Spiller: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Toth: no
    • Troxclair: no
    • Vasut: no
    • Virdell: no
    • Wharton: no
    • Wilson: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Harris(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Bucy: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • King: absent
    • LaHood: absent
    • Smithe: absent
    • Canales: absent
    • DeAyal: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-23 · pass · 96-30

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Alders: no
    • Bumgarner: no
    • Cain: no
    • Canales: no
    • Cook: no
    • Gates: no
    • Harris Davila: no
    • Hickland: no
    • Holt: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Hull: no
    • Isaac: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Lozano: no
    • Metcalf: no
    • Money: no
    • Morgan: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Schofield: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Slawson: no
    • Spiller: no
    • Swanson: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Toth: no
    • Troxclair: no
    • Vasut: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Campos: absent
    • Garcia: absent
    • J: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Johnson: absent
    • Paul: absent
    • Smithe: absent
    • Bernal: absent
    • Bonnen: absent
    • Cunningham: absent
    • Davis, A.: absent
    • Dutton: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • Harrison: absent
    • Hayes: absent
    • King: absent
    • Little: absent
    • Luther: absent
    • Oliverson: absent
    • Richardson: absent
    • Shofner: absent
    • Virdell: absent
    • Ward Johnson: absent
    • Zwiener: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-26 · pass · 28-3

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Eckhardt: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gutierrez: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kolkhorst: yes
    • Menéndez: yes
    • Middleton: yes
    • Miles: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • West: yes
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Hagenbuch: no
    • Hughes: no
    • Parker: no

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ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01500_SB01599/SB 1574.xml

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