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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

Quick answers

Did TX SB 1574 pass?

Yes. TX SB 1574 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. 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

  1. 2025-02-24

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2025-02-24

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-03-06

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-03-06

    Referred to Finance

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-04-16

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  6. 2025-04-16

    Considered in public hearing

  7. 2025-04-16

    Testimony taken in committee

  8. 2025-04-16

    Vote taken in committee

  9. 2025-04-22

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2025-04-22

    Committee report printed and distributed

  11. 2025-04-23

    Placed on intent calendar

  12. 2025-04-28

    Co-author authorized

  13. 2025-04-28

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  14. 2025-04-28

    Vote recorded in Journal

  15. 2025-04-28

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  16. 2025-04-28

    Vote recorded in Journal

  17. 2025-04-28

    Three day rule suspended

  18. 2025-04-28

    Record vote

  19. 2025-04-28

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  20. 2025-04-28

    Passed

    passage

  21. 2025-04-28

    Record vote

  22. 2025-04-28

    Reported engrossed

  23. 2025-04-29

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  24. 2025-04-30

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  25. 2025-04-30

    Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

    referral-committee

  26. 2025-05-08

    Meeting cancelled

  27. 2025-05-08

    Posting rule suspended

  28. 2025-05-12

    Considered in public hearing

  29. 2025-05-12

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  30. 2025-05-12

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  31. 2025-05-12

    Left pending in committee

  32. 2025-05-14

    Considered in public hearing

  33. 2025-05-14

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  34. 2025-05-14

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  35. 2025-05-16

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  36. 2025-05-19

    Committee report distributed

  37. 2025-05-19

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  38. 2025-05-19

    Considered in Calendars

  39. 2025-05-21

    Placed on General State Calendar

  40. 2025-05-22

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  41. 2025-05-22

    Passed to 3rd reading

  42. 2025-05-22

    Record vote

  43. 2025-05-22

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  44. 2025-05-23

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  45. 2025-05-23

    Passed

    passage

  46. 2025-05-23

    Record vote

  47. 2025-05-23

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  48. 2025-05-23

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  49. 2025-05-26

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  50. 2025-05-26

    Read

  51. 2025-05-26

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)

  52. 2025-05-26

    Record vote

  53. 2025-05-26

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported

  54. 2025-05-26

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  55. 2025-05-27

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  56. 2025-05-28

    Signed in the House

    passage

  57. 2025-05-28

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  58. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  59. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

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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Official source

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

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