Bill Commons

TX SB 2570

enacted

Relating to a legal justification for the use of force with a less-lethal force weapon by a correctional facility guard or a peace officer.

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

Introduced
2025-03-13
Status date
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective immediately
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Floresprimary
  • Guillenprimary
  • Hinojosa, Adamcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-13

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2025-03-13

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-04-03

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-04-03

    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

    Left pending in committee

  9. 2025-04-15

    Considered in public hearing

  10. 2025-04-15

    Testimony taken in committee

  11. 2025-04-15

    Vote taken in committee

  12. 2025-04-16

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  13. 2025-04-16

    Committee report printed and distributed

  14. 2025-04-23

    Placed on intent calendar

  15. 2025-04-28

    Co-author authorized

  16. 2025-04-28

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  17. 2025-04-28

    Record vote

  18. 2025-04-28

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  19. 2025-04-28

    Record vote

  20. 2025-04-28

    Three day rule suspended

  21. 2025-04-28

    Record vote

  22. 2025-04-28

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  23. 2025-04-28

    Passed

    passage

  24. 2025-04-28

    Record vote

  25. 2025-04-28

    Reported engrossed

  26. 2025-04-29

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  27. 2025-04-30

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  28. 2025-04-30

    Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

    referral-committee

  29. 2025-05-07

    Considered in public hearing

  30. 2025-05-07

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  31. 2025-05-12

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  32. 2025-05-12

    Committee report distributed

  33. 2025-05-12

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  34. 2025-05-19

    Considered in Calendars

  35. 2025-05-21

    Placed on General State Calendar

  36. 2025-05-21

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  37. 2025-05-21

    Point of order withdrawn

    withdrawal

  38. 2025-05-21

    Postponed

  39. 2025-05-21

    Laid out as postponed business

  40. 2025-05-21

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  41. 2025-05-21

    Amendment tabled

    deferral

  42. 2025-05-21

    Record vote

  43. 2025-05-21

    Amendment tabled

    deferral

  44. 2025-05-21

    Record vote

  45. 2025-05-21

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  46. 2025-05-21

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  47. 2025-05-21

    Record vote

  48. 2025-05-21

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  49. 2025-05-22

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  50. 2025-05-22

    Passed

    passage

  51. 2025-05-22

    Record vote

  52. 2025-05-22

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  53. 2025-05-23

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  54. 2025-05-26

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  55. 2025-05-26

    Read

  56. 2025-05-26

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)

  57. 2025-05-26

    Record vote

  58. 2025-05-26

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported

  59. 2025-05-26

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  60. 2025-05-27

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  61. 2025-05-28

    Signed in the House

    passage

  62. 2025-05-28

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  63. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  64. 2025-06-20

    Effective immediately

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-04-28 · pass · 25-6

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kolkhorst: yes
    • Middleton: yes
    • Miles: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Cook: no
    • Eckhardt: no
    • Gutierrez: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Menéndez: no
    • West: no
  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 2570 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-04-28 · pass · 26-5

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Alvarado: yes
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Eckhardt: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kolkhorst: yes
    • Middleton: yes
    • Miles: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Cook: no
    • Gutierrez: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Menéndez: no
    • West: no
  • passage

    2025-05-21 · pass · 110-30

    Member-level votes (154)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, E.: 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
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Bhojani: no
    • Bowers: no
    • Bucy: no
    • Campos: no
    • Canales: no
    • Collier: no
    • Davis, A.: no
    • Davis, Y.: no
    • Dutton: no
    • Flores: no
    • Garcia, J.: no
    • González, J.: no
    • González, M.: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Howard: no
    • Lopez, R.: no
    • Manuel: no
    • Fischer: no
    • Meza: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Morales Shaw: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Romero: no
    • Rose: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Talarico: no
    • Thompson: no
    • Ward Johnson: no
    • Wu: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • Guerra: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Leo Wilson: absent
    • Darby: absent
    • King: absent
    • Simmons: absent
    • Smithee: absent
    • Zwiene: absent
  • passage

    2025-05-22 · pass · 101-35

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Alders: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Moody: 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
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Allen: no
    • Anchía: no
    • Bernal: no
    • Bhojani: no
    • Bowers: no
    • Bucy: no
    • Campos: no
    • Canales: no
    • Cole: no
    • Collier: no
    • Davis, A.: no
    • Davis, Y.: no
    • Flores: no
    • Garcia, J.: no
    • González, J.: no
    • González, M.: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Hernandez: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Howard: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Meza: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Romero: no
    • Rose: no
    • Simmons: no
    • Talarico: no
    • Thompson: no
    • Turner: no
    • Vo: no
    • Walle: no
    • Ward Johnson: no
    • Wu: no
    • Zwiener: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Harris(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • LaHoo: absent
    • Cook: absent
    • Little: absent
    • Louderback: absent
    • Money: absent
    • Rodríguez Ramos: absent
    • Smithee: absent
    • Virdell: absent
    • Dyson: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent
    • Raymon: absent
  • passage

    2025-05-26 · pass · 21-10

    Member-level votes (31)
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. 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
    • Johnson: no
    • Menéndez: no
    • Miles: no
    • West: no
    • Zaffirini: no

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