Bill Commons

TX SB 1879

enacted

Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to Walker County.

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

Quick answers

Did TX SB 1879 pass?

Yes. TX SB 1879 has been enacted into law as of 2025-05-13. Latest recorded action (2025-05-13): Effective immediately

What is TX SB 1879 about?

TX SB 1879 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to Walker County.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 1879?

Schwertner, Wharton, Harless and 2 others are the primary sponsors of TX SB 1879.

Introduced
2025-03-04
Latest action
2025-05-13 — Effective immediately
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Schwertnerprimary
  • Whartonprimary
  • Harlessprimary
  • Ashbyprimary
  • Lambertprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-04

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2025-03-04

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-03-17

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-03-17

    Referred to Local Government

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-03-31

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  6. 2025-03-31

    Considered in public hearing

  7. 2025-03-31

    Left pending in committee

  8. 2025-04-03

    Considered in public hearing

  9. 2025-04-03

    Vote taken in committee

  10. 2025-04-07

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  11. 2025-04-07

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  12. 2025-04-07

    Committee report printed and distributed

  13. 2025-04-16

    Placed on local & uncontested calendar

  14. 2025-04-16

    Laid before the Senate

    receipt

  15. 2025-04-16

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  16. 2025-04-16

    Vote recorded in Journal

  17. 2025-04-16

    Three day rule suspended

  18. 2025-04-16

    Record vote

  19. 2025-04-16

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  20. 2025-04-16

    Passed

    passage

  21. 2025-04-16

    Record vote

  22. 2025-04-16

    Reported engrossed

  23. 2025-04-17

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  24. 2025-04-22

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  25. 2025-04-22

    Referred to Corrections

    referral-committee

  26. 2025-04-23

    Considered in formal meeting

  27. 2025-04-23

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  28. 2025-04-25

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  29. 2025-04-25

    Committee report distributed

  30. 2025-04-28

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  31. 2025-04-28

    Laid out in lieu of companion

  32. 2025-04-28

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  33. 2025-04-28

    Passed to 3rd reading

  34. 2025-04-28

    Record vote

  35. 2025-04-28

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  36. 2025-04-29

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  37. 2025-04-29

    Passed

    passage

  38. 2025-04-29

    Record vote

  39. 2025-04-29

    House passage reported

    passage

  40. 2025-04-29

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  41. 2025-04-30

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  42. 2025-05-01

    Signed in the House

    passage

  43. 2025-05-01

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  44. 2025-05-13

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  45. 2025-05-13

    Effective immediately

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-04-28 · pass · 142-1

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

  • passage

    2025-04-29 · pass · 147-0

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Alders: yes
    • 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
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: 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
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Landgraf(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Walle: absent

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01800_SB01899/SB 1879.xml

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