TX SB 1861
died on adjournmentRelating to the appointment of a special prosecutor by the court of criminal appeals for certain criminal cases.
Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · upper
Quick answers
Did TX SB 1861 pass?
No. TX SB 1861 died when the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-05-21): Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
What is TX SB 1861 about?
TX SB 1861 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the appointment of a special prosecutor by the court of criminal appeals for certain criminal cases.”.
Who sponsors TX SB 1861?
Hughes is the primary sponsor of TX SB 1861.
- Introduced
- 2025-03-04
- Latest action
- 2025-05-21 — Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- Hughesprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-03-04
Received by the Secretary of the Senate
filing,introduction
2025-03-04
Filed
filing
2025-03-17
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-03-17
Referred to State Affairs
referral-committee
2025-04-24
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-04-24
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-24
Left pending in committee
2025-04-30
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-30
Vote taken in committee
2025-05-05
Reported favorably w/o amendments
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-05
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-05-13
Placed on intent calendar
2025-05-15
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-05-15
Record vote
2025-05-15
Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
reading-2
2025-05-15
Record vote
2025-05-19
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-05-19
Record vote
2025-05-19
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-19
Passed
passage
2025-05-19
Record vote
2025-05-19
Reported engrossed
2025-05-20
Received from the Senate
introduction
2025-05-21
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-05-21
Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
referral-committee
Versions
Documents
Votes
passage
2025-05-15 · pass · 20-11
Member-level votes (31)
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hancock: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Hughes: yes
- King: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Middleton: yes
- Nichols: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- Alvarado: no
- Blanco: no
- Cook: no
- Eckhardt: no
- Gutierrez: no
- J. Hinojosa: no
- Johnson: no
- Menéndez: no
- Miles: no
- West: no
- Zaffirini: no
passage
2025-05-19 · pass · 20-11
Member-level votes (31)
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hancock: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Hughes: yes
- King: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Middleton: yes
- Nichols: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- Alvarado: no
- Blanco: no
- Cook: no
- Eckhardt: no
- Gutierrez: no
- J. Hinojosa: no
- Johnson: no
- Menéndez: no
- Miles: no
- West: no
- Zaffirini: no
Related bills
No related bills recorded for this bill.
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