Bill Commons

TX SB 614

vetoed

Relating to the authority of the Texas Forensic Science Commission to review and refer certain cases to the office of capital and forensic writs.

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

Introduced
2024-12-13
Status date
Latest action
2025-06-22 — Vetoed by the Governor
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"primary
  • Leachprimary
  • Blancocosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2024-12-13

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2024-12-13

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-02-03

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-02-03

    Referred to Criminal Justice

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-04-29

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  6. 2025-04-29

    Considered in public hearing

  7. 2025-04-29

    Testimony taken in committee

  8. 2025-04-29

    Vote taken in committee

  9. 2025-05-05

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2025-05-05

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  11. 2025-05-05

    Committee report printed and distributed

  12. 2025-05-06

    Placed on intent calendar

  13. 2025-05-07

    Co-author authorized

  14. 2025-05-07

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  15. 2025-05-07

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  16. 2025-05-07

    Vote recorded in Journal

  17. 2025-05-07

    Three day rule suspended

  18. 2025-05-07

    Record vote

  19. 2025-05-07

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  20. 2025-05-07

    Passed

    passage

  21. 2025-05-07

    Record vote

  22. 2025-05-07

    Reported engrossed

  23. 2025-05-07

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  24. 2025-05-08

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  25. 2025-05-08

    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

    Left pending in committee

  29. 2025-05-15

    Considered in formal meeting

  30. 2025-05-15

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  31. 2025-05-19

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  32. 2025-05-19

    Committee report distributed

  33. 2025-05-20

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  34. 2025-05-22

    Considered in Calendars

  35. 2025-05-24

    Placed on General State Calendar

  36. 2025-05-27

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  37. 2025-05-27

    Passed to 3rd reading

  38. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

  39. 2025-05-27

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  40. 2025-05-28

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  41. 2025-05-28

    Passed

    passage

  42. 2025-05-28

    Record vote

  43. 2025-05-28

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  44. 2025-05-28

    House passage reported

    passage

  45. 2025-05-28

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  46. 2025-05-30

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  47. 2025-06-01

    Signed in the House

    passage

  48. 2025-06-01

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  49. 2025-06-22

    Vetoed by the Governor

    executive-veto

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 614 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-07 · pass · 31-0

  • passage

    2025-05-27 · pass · 133-10

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: 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
    • 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
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: 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
    • 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
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: 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
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Cain: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Kerwin: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Toth: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Vasut(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Anchía: absent
    • Bowers: absent
    • Canales: absent
    • V: absent
    • Luther: absent
  • passage

    2025-05-28 · pass · 128-12

    Member-level votes (152)
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Little: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: 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
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Dyson: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Money: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Schofield: no
    • Slawson: no
    • Toth: no
    • Troxclair: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Vasut(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Anchía: absent
    • Guerra: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Hinojosa: absent
    • Longoria: absent
    • Talaric: absent
    • Bucy: absent
    • Smithe: absent

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