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TX SB 53

enacted

Relating to certain notice and filing requirements in court proceedings involving persons with mental illness.

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

Quick answers

Did TX SB 53 pass?

Yes. TX SB 53 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX SB 53 about?

TX SB 53 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to certain notice and filing requirements in court proceedings involving persons with mental illness.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 53?

Zaffirini, Flores are the primary sponsors of TX SB 53.

Introduced
2024-11-12
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Zaffiriniprimary
  • Floresprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  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 Health & Human Services

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-03-12

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  6. 2025-03-12

    Considered in public hearing

  7. 2025-03-12

    Testimony taken in committee

  8. 2025-03-12

    Left pending in committee

  9. 2025-03-18

    Considered in public hearing

  10. 2025-03-18

    Vote taken in committee

  11. 2025-03-24

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  12. 2025-03-24

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  13. 2025-03-24

    Committee report printed and distributed

  14. 2025-04-10

    Placed on local & uncontested calendar

  15. 2025-04-10

    Laid before the Senate

    receipt

  16. 2025-04-10

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  17. 2025-04-10

    Vote recorded in Journal

  18. 2025-04-10

    Three day rule suspended

  19. 2025-04-10

    Record vote

  20. 2025-04-10

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  21. 2025-04-10

    Passed

    passage

  22. 2025-04-10

    Record vote

  23. 2025-04-10

    Reported engrossed

  24. 2025-04-14

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  25. 2025-04-22

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  26. 2025-04-22

    Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

    referral-committee

  27. 2025-05-08

    Meeting cancelled

  28. 2025-05-08

    Posting rule suspended

  29. 2025-05-12

    Considered in public hearing

  30. 2025-05-12

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  31. 2025-05-12

    Left pending in committee

  32. 2025-05-14

    Considered in public hearing

  33. 2025-05-14

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  34. 2025-05-19

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  35. 2025-05-19

    Committee report distributed

  36. 2025-05-20

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  37. 2025-05-20

    Considered in Calendars

  38. 2025-05-22

    Placed on General State Calendar

  39. 2025-05-23

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  40. 2025-05-23

    Passed to 3rd reading

  41. 2025-05-24

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  42. 2025-05-24

    Passed

    passage

  43. 2025-05-24

    Record vote

  44. 2025-05-24

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  45. 2025-05-25

    House passage reported

    passage

  46. 2025-05-26

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  47. 2025-05-26

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  48. 2025-05-27

    Signed in the House

    passage

  49. 2025-05-27

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  50. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  51. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-24 · pass · 136-0

    Member-level votes (151)
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Jones, J.: 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
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: 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
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Geren(C: not voting
    • Davis, Y.: absent
    • Johnson: absent
    • Jones, V.: absent
    • Kerwin: absent
    • Meza: absent
    • Morales, C.: absent
    • Paul: absent
    • Reynolds: absent
    • Vo: absent
    • Shaw: absent
    • Oliverson: absent
    • Simmon: absent

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 53.xml

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