Bill Commons

TX SB 1946

enacted

Relating to the creation of a family violence criminal homicide prevention task force.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX SB 1946 pass?

Yes. TX SB 1946 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX SB 1946 about?

TX SB 1946 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the creation of a family violence criminal homicide prevention task force.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 1946?

Zaffirini, Manuel, Garcia, Linda are the primary sponsors of TX SB 1946, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-03-05
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Zaffiriniprimary
  • Manuelprimary
  • Garcia, Lindaprimary
  • Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"cosponsor
  • Menéndezcosponsor
  • Milescosponsor

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. 2025-06-02

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-06-02

    Signed in the House

    passage

  5. 2025-06-01

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  6. 2025-05-31

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  7. 2025-05-31

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported

  8. 2025-05-30

    Record vote

  9. 2025-05-30

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)

  10. 2025-05-30

    Read

  11. 2025-05-30

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  12. 2025-05-28

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  13. 2025-05-28

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  14. 2025-05-28

    Record vote

  15. 2025-05-28

    Passed as amended

    amendment-passage,passage

  16. 2025-05-28

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  17. 2025-05-28

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  18. 2025-05-27

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  19. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

  20. 2025-05-27

    Passed to 3rd reading

  21. 2025-05-27

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  22. 2025-05-25

    Placed on General State Calendar

  23. 2025-05-23

    Considered in Calendars

  24. 2025-05-23

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  25. 2025-05-22

    Committee report distributed

  26. 2025-05-22

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  27. 2025-05-21

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  28. 2025-05-21

    Considered in formal meeting

  29. 2025-05-14

    Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

    referral-committee

  30. 2025-05-14

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  31. 2025-05-12

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  32. 2025-05-12

    Reported engrossed

  33. 2025-05-12

    Record vote

  34. 2025-05-12

    Passed

    passage

  35. 2025-05-12

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  36. 2025-05-12

    Record vote

  37. 2025-05-12

    Three day rule suspended

  38. 2025-05-12

    Vote recorded in Journal

  39. 2025-05-12

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  40. 2025-05-12

    Vote recorded in Journal

  41. 2025-05-12

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  42. 2025-05-12

    Co-author authorized

  43. 2025-05-08

    Placed on intent calendar

  44. 2025-05-05

    Committee report printed and distributed

  45. 2025-05-05

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  46. 2025-05-05

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  47. 2025-04-29

    Vote taken in committee

  48. 2025-04-29

    Considered in public hearing

  49. 2025-04-29

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  50. 2025-03-17

    Referred to Criminal Justice

    referral-committee

  51. 2025-03-17

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  52. 2025-03-13

    Co-author authorized

  53. 2025-03-05

    Filed

    filing

  54. 2025-03-05

    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 SB 1946 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-12 · pass · 29-1

    Member-level votes (2)
    • Sparks: no
    • Gutierrez: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-27 · pass · 86-49

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Allen: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Alders: no
    • Ashby: no
    • Bell, K.: no
    • Bumgarner: no
    • Cain: no
    • Cook: no
    • Craddick: no
    • Curry: no
    • DeAyala: no
    • Dyson: no
    • Gates: no
    • Harless: no
    • Harris Davila: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hayes: no
    • Hefner: no
    • Holt: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Hull: no
    • Isaac: no
    • LaHood: no
    • Landgraf: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Lowe: no
    • McQueeney: no
    • Metcalf: no
    • Money: no
    • Morgan: no
    • Noble: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Paul: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Richardson: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Schofield: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Shaheen: no
    • Slawson: no
    • Smithee: no
    • Spiller: no
    • Swanson: no
    • Tepper: no
    • Toth: no
    • Troxclair: no
    • Vasut: no
    • Virdell: no
    • Wharton: no
    • Wilson: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Anchía: absent
    • Canales: absent
    • V: absent
    • Button: absent
    • Darby: absent
    • Dean: absent
    • González, M.: absent
    • Hunter: absent
    • Kerwin: absent
    • Luther: absent
    • Moody: absent
    • Romero: absent
    • Shofner: absent
    • Thompson: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-28 · pass · 75-55

    Member-level votes (151)
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • King: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Alders: no
    • Ashby: no
    • Barry: no
    • Bell, C.: no
    • Bonnen: no
    • Bumgarner: no
    • Cain: no
    • Capriglione: no
    • Cook: no
    • Craddick: no
    • Curry: no
    • Dean: no
    • DeAyala: no
    • Dorazio: no
    • Dyson: no
    • Fairly: no
    • Gates: no
    • Gerdes: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hayes: no
    • Hefner: no
    • Holt: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Hull: no
    • Isaac: no
    • Kitzman: no
    • LaHood: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Lopez, J.: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Lozano: no
    • Luther: no
    • McLaughlin: no
    • Metcalf: no
    • Money: no
    • Morgan: no
    • Noble: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Paul: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Richardson: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Schofield: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Shofner: no
    • Slawson: no
    • Smithee: no
    • Swanson: no
    • Tepper: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Toth: no
    • Vasut: no
    • Wharton: no
    • Wilson: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Landgraf(C): not voting
    • Virdel: not voting
    • Anchía: absent
    • Guerra: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Hinojosa: absent
    • Kerwin: absent
    • Longoria: absent
    • Talarico: absent
    • Allen: absent
    • Buckley: absent
    • Collier: absent
    • Dutton: absent
    • Garcia, J.: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • Harris Davila: absent
    • Little: absent
    • Shaheen: absent
    • Troxclair: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-30 · pass · 30-1

    Member-level votes (1)
    • Sparks: no

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