Bill Commons

TX SB 1637

enacted

Relating to the prosecution of the offense of deadly conduct.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX SB 1637 pass?

Yes. TX SB 1637 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX SB 1637 about?

TX SB 1637 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the prosecution of the offense of deadly conduct.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 1637?

King, Hefner are the primary sponsors of TX SB 1637.

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

Sponsors

  • Kingprimary
  • Hefnerprimary

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. 2025-06-03

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-06-02

    Signed in the House

    passage

  5. 2025-06-02

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  6. 2025-06-02

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported

  7. 2025-06-02

    Senate discharges conferees-reported

  8. 2025-06-01

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  9. 2025-06-01

    Record vote

  10. 2025-06-01

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)

  11. 2025-06-01

    Senate discharges conferees

  12. 2025-05-26

    Conf. Comm. Report distributed

  13. 2025-05-25

    Conference committee report filed

    filing

  14. 2025-05-20

    House appoints conferees-reported

  15. 2025-05-20

    House grants request for conf comm-reported

  16. 2025-05-19

    House appoints conferees

  17. 2025-05-19

    House grants request for conference committee

  18. 2025-05-05

    Senate appoints conferees-reported

  19. 2025-05-05

    Senate requests conference committee-reported

  20. 2025-05-05

    Senate refuses to concur-reported

  21. 2025-05-05

    Senate appoints conferees

  22. 2025-05-05

    Senate requests conference committee

  23. 2025-05-05

    Senate refuses to concur

  24. 2025-05-05

    Read

  25. 2025-05-05

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  26. 2025-04-30

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  27. 2025-04-30

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  28. 2025-04-30

    Record vote

  29. 2025-04-30

    Passed

    passage

  30. 2025-04-30

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  31. 2025-04-29

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  32. 2025-04-29

    Record vote

  33. 2025-04-29

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  34. 2025-04-29

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  35. 2025-04-29

    Record vote

  36. 2025-04-29

    Amendment tabled

    deferral

  37. 2025-04-29

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  38. 2025-04-29

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  39. 2025-04-29

    Laid out in lieu of companion

  40. 2025-04-29

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  41. 2025-04-28

    Committee report distributed

  42. 2025-04-28

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  43. 2025-04-24

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  44. 2025-04-24

    Considered in formal meeting

  45. 2025-04-17

    Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

    referral-committee

  46. 2025-04-17

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  47. 2025-04-10

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  48. 2025-04-09

    Reported engrossed

  49. 2025-04-09

    Record vote

  50. 2025-04-09

    Passed

    passage

  51. 2025-04-09

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  52. 2025-04-09

    Record vote

  53. 2025-04-09

    Three day rule suspended

  54. 2025-04-09

    Record vote

  55. 2025-04-09

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  56. 2025-04-09

    Vote recorded in Journal

  57. 2025-04-09

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  58. 2025-04-09

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  59. 2025-04-09

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  60. 2025-04-09

    Record vote

  61. 2025-04-09

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  62. 2025-04-08

    Placed on intent calendar

  63. 2025-04-03

    Committee report printed and distributed

  64. 2025-04-03

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  65. 2025-04-03

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  66. 2025-04-01

    Vote taken in committee

  67. 2025-04-01

    Considered in public hearing

  68. 2025-03-25

    Left pending in committee

  69. 2025-03-25

    Testimony taken in committee

  70. 2025-03-25

    Considered in public hearing

  71. 2025-03-25

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  72. 2025-03-11

    Referred to Criminal Justice

    referral-committee

  73. 2025-03-11

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  74. 2025-02-25

    Filed

    filing

  75. 2025-02-25

    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 1637 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-04-09 · pass · 27-3

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • Johnson: 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
    • Cook: no
    • Eckhardt: no
    • Gutierrez: no
    • King: absent

  • passage

    2025-04-09 · pass · 27-3

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • Johnson: 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
    • Cook: no
    • Eckhardt: no
    • Gutierrez: no
    • King: absent

  • adoption of Floor Amendment No. 1

    2025-04-09 · pass · 0-0

  • passage

    2025-04-29 · pass · 103-41

    Member-level votes (154)
    • Alders: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: 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
    • Morgan: 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
    • Rose: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Allen: no
    • Bernal: no
    • Bowers: no
    • Bryant: no
    • Bucy: no
    • Campos: no
    • Canales: no
    • Collier: no
    • Cunningham: no
    • Davis, A.: no
    • Davis, Y.: no
    • Dutton: no
    • Gámez: no
    • Garcia, J.: no
    • Garcia, L.: no
    • Gervin-Hawkins: no
    • González, J.: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Howard: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Jones, V.: no
    • Lalani: no
    • Lopez, R.: no
    • Manuel: no
    • Fischer: no
    • Meza: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Morales, E.: no
    • Muñoz: no
    • Ordaz: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Simmons: no
    • Talarico: no
    • Thompson: no
    • Vo: no
    • Ward Johnson: no
    • Wu: no
    • Zwiener: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Vasut(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Walle: absent
    • González: absent
    • M: absent
    • Morales Shaw: absent
    • Romer: absent

  • passage

    2025-04-30 · pass · 102-41

    Member-level votes (154)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: 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
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Bryant: no
    • Bucy: no
    • Campos: no
    • Canales: no
    • Collier: no
    • Davis, A.: no
    • Davis, Y.: no
    • Dutton: no
    • Garcia, J.: no
    • Garcia, L.: no
    • Gervin-Hawkins: no
    • González, J.: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Hernandez: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Howard: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Jones, V.: no
    • Lalani: no
    • Manuel: no
    • Martinez: no
    • Fischer: no
    • Meza: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Morales, E.: no
    • Morales Shaw: no
    • Ordaz: no
    • Perez, M.: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Romero: no
    • Rose: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Simmons: no
    • Spiller: no
    • Talarico: no
    • Thompson: no
    • Walle: no
    • Ward Johnson: no
    • Wu: no
    • Zwiener: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Harris(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Bernal: absent
    • Schoolcraft: absent
    • V: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Orr: absent
    • Lopez: absent
    • R: absent

  • passage

    2025-06-01 · pass · 28-3

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Hughes: 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
    • Cook: no
    • Eckhardt: no
    • Gutierrez: no

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