TX SB 251

• BELL COUNTY (G0130)
• Courts--County & Statutory (I0115)
• Courts--Personnel (I0155)
• DENTON COUNTY (G1304)
• GRAYSON COUNTY (G0262)
• MAGISTRATES (S1592)
• WITNESSES (S0015)

• Floresprimary
• Buckleyprimary

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1. 2024-11-12

   Received by the Secretary of the Senate

   filing,introduction

2. 2024-11-12

   Filed

   filing

3. 2025-02-03

   Read first time

   introduction,reading-1

4. 2025-02-03

   Referred to Criminal Justice

   referral-committee

5. 2025-03-18

   Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

6. 2025-03-18

   Considered in public hearing

7. 2025-03-18

   Testimony taken in committee

8. 2025-03-18

   Vote taken in committee

9. 2025-03-19

   Reported favorably w/o amendments

   committee-passage-favorable

10. 2025-03-19

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

11. 2025-03-19

    Committee report printed and distributed

12. 2025-03-25

    Placed on intent calendar

13. 2025-03-31

    Not again placed on intent calendar

14. 2025-04-01

    Placed on intent calendar

15. 2025-04-01

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

16. 2025-04-01

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

17. 2025-04-01

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

18. 2025-04-01

    Amended

    amendment-passage

19. 2025-04-01

    Vote recorded in Journal

20. 2025-04-01

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

21. 2025-04-01

    Vote recorded in Journal

22. 2025-04-01

    Three day rule suspended

23. 2025-04-01

    Record vote

24. 2025-04-01

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

25. 2025-04-01

    Passed

    passage

26. 2025-04-01

    Record vote

27. 2025-04-01

    Reported engrossed

28. 2025-04-02

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

29. 2025-04-09

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

30. 2025-04-09

    Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

    referral-committee

31. 2025-04-30

    Considered in public hearing

32. 2025-04-30

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

33. 2025-04-30

    Left pending in committee

34. 2025-05-14

    Considered in public hearing

35. 2025-05-14

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

36. 2025-05-21

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

37. 2025-05-21

    Committee report distributed

38. 2025-05-22

    Committee report sent to Calendars

39. 2025-05-23

    Considered in Calendars

40. 2025-05-25

    Placed on General State Calendar

41. 2025-05-27

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

42. 2025-05-27

    Passed to 3rd reading

43. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

44. 2025-05-27

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

45. 2025-05-28

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

46. 2025-05-28

    Passed

    passage

47. 2025-05-28

    Record vote

48. 2025-05-28

    House passage reported

    passage

49. 2025-05-28

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

50. 2025-05-30

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

51. 2025-06-01

    Signed in the House

    passage

52. 2025-06-01

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

53. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

54. 2025-06-20

    Effective immediately

    became-law

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• Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 251 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

  2025-04-01 · pass · 31-0

• passage

  2025-04-01 · pass · 0-0

• passage

  2025-05-27 · pass · 135-3

  Member-level votes (152)

  • 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
  • Troxclair: yes
  • Turner: yes
  • VanDeaver: yes
  • Vasut: yes
  • Villalobos: yes
  • Virdell: yes
  • Walle: yes
  • Wharton: yes
  • Wilson: yes
  • Wu: yes
  • Zwiener: yes
  • Cunningham: no
  • Hopper: no
  • Tot: no
  • Present: not voting
  • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
  • Absent: absent
  • Canales: absent
  • V: absent
  • Davis, A.: absent
  • Dutton: absent
  • Garcia Hernandez: absent
  • Goodwin: absent
  • Hinojosa: absent
  • Money: absent
  • Olcott: absent
  • Reynolds: absent
  • Ward Johnson: absent
  • 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
  • Curry: yes
  • Darby: yes
  • Davis, Y.: yes
  • Dean: yes
  • DeAyala: yes
  • Dorazio: yes
  • Dyson: yes
  • Fairly: yes
  • Flores: yes
  • Frank: yes
  • Gámez: yes
  • Garcia, J.: yes
  • Garcia, L.: yes
  • Gates: yes
  • Gerdes: yes
  • Geren: yes
  • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
  • González, J.: yes
  • González, M.: yes
  • Guerra: yes
  • Guillen: yes
  • Harless: yes
  • Harris: yes
  • Harris Davila: yes
  • Harrison: yes
  • Hayes: yes
  • Hefner: yes
  • Hernandez: yes
  • Hickland: yes
  • Holt: 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
  • Fischer: yes
  • McLaughlin: yes
  • McQueeney: yes
  • Metcalf: yes
  • Meyer: yes
  • Meza: yes
  • Moody: yes
  • Morales, C.: yes
  • Morales, E.: yes
  • Morales Shaw: yes
  • Morgan: yes
  • Muñoz: yes
  • Noble: 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

• passage

  2025-05-28 · pass · 140-0

  Member-level votes (151)

  • Alders: yes
  • Allen: 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
  • 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
  • Jones, J.: yes
  • Jones, V.: yes
  • King: yes
  • Kitzman: yes
  • LaHood: yes
  • Lalani: yes
  • Lambert: yes
  • Landgraf: yes
  • Leach: yes
  • Leo Wilson: yes
  • Little: 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
  • Rosenthal: yes
  • Schatzline: yes
  • Schofield: yes
  • Schoolcraft: yes
  • Shaheen: yes
  • Shofner: yes
  • Simmons: yes
  • Slawson: yes
  • Smithee: yes
  • Spiller: yes
  • Swanson: 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(C): not voting
  • Ros: not voting
  • Anchía: absent
  • Guerra: absent
  • Harris: absent
  • Hinojosa: absent
  • Kerwin: absent
  • Longoria: absent
  • Talarico: absent
  • Johnson: absent

• Companion bill: HB 3716

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