Bill Commons

TX SB 1937

vetoed

Relating to the testing of evidence containing biological materials in capital cases.

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

Quick answers

Did TX SB 1937 pass?

No. TX SB 1937 passed the legislature but was vetoed on 2025-06-22. Latest recorded action (2025-06-22): Vetoed by the Governor

What is TX SB 1937 about?

TX SB 1937 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the testing of evidence containing biological materials in capital cases.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 1937?

Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy", Louderback are the primary sponsors of TX SB 1937, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Introduced
2025-03-05
Latest action
2025-06-22 — Vetoed by the Governor
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"primary
  • Louderbackprimary
  • Westcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-05

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2025-03-05

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-03-17

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-03-17

    Referred to Criminal Justice

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-04-08

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  6. 2025-04-08

    Considered in public hearing

  7. 2025-04-08

    Testimony taken in committee

  8. 2025-04-08

    Vote taken in committee

  9. 2025-04-10

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2025-04-10

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  11. 2025-04-10

    Committee report printed and distributed

  12. 2025-04-16

    Co-author authorized

  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 Criminal Jurisprudence

    referral-committee

  26. 2025-05-12

    Posting rule suspended

  27. 2025-05-13

    Considered in public hearing

  28. 2025-05-13

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  29. 2025-05-13

    Left pending in committee

  30. 2025-05-15

    Considered in formal meeting

  31. 2025-05-15

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  32. 2025-05-19

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  33. 2025-05-19

    Committee report distributed

  34. 2025-05-19

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  35. 2025-05-20

    Considered in Calendars

  36. 2025-05-22

    Placed on General State Calendar

  37. 2025-05-22

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  38. 2025-05-22

    Passed to 3rd reading

  39. 2025-05-22

    Record vote

  40. 2025-05-22

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  41. 2025-05-23

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  42. 2025-05-23

    Passed

    passage

  43. 2025-05-23

    Record vote

  44. 2025-05-23

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  45. 2025-05-23

    House passage reported

    passage

  46. 2025-05-23

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  47. 2025-05-26

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  48. 2025-05-26

    Signed in the House

    passage

  49. 2025-05-27

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  50. 2025-06-22

    Vetoed by the Governor

    executive-veto

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-22 · pass · 137-0

    Member-level votes (152)
    • 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
    • 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
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • Kitzman: 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
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: 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
    • 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
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Harris(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • LaHood: absent
    • Smithe: absent
    • Canales: absent
    • González, J.: absent
    • Hinojosa: absent
    • King: absent
    • Lalani: absent
    • Manuel: absent
    • Martinez: absent
    • McQueeney: absent
  • passage

    2025-05-23 · pass · 139-0

    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
    • 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, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Campos: absent
    • Garcia: absent
    • J: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Johnson: absent
    • Paul: absent
    • Smithe: absent
    • Guerra: absent
    • Luther: absent
    • Schofield: absent
    • Zwiene: absent

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