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TX SB 693

enacted

Relating to notaries public; creating a criminal offense; authorizing a fee.

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

Quick answers

Did TX SB 693 pass?

Yes. TX SB 693 has been enacted into law as of 2025-05-30. Latest recorded action (2025-05-30): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX SB 693 about?

TX SB 693 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to notaries public; creating a criminal offense; authorizing a fee.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 693?

West, Anchía, Moody and 2 others are the primary sponsors of TX SB 693.

Introduced
2025-01-03
Latest action
2025-05-30 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Westprimary
  • Anchíaprimary
  • Moodyprimary
  • Longoriaprimary
  • Schofieldprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-03

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2025-01-03

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-02-03

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-02-03

    Referred to Criminal Justice

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-03-25

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  6. 2025-03-25

    Considered in public hearing

  7. 2025-03-25

    Testimony taken in committee

  8. 2025-03-25

    Vote taken in committee

  9. 2025-03-31

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2025-03-31

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  11. 2025-03-31

    Committee report printed and distributed

  12. 2025-04-02

    Placed on intent calendar

  13. 2025-04-09

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  14. 2025-04-09

    Vote recorded in Journal

  15. 2025-04-09

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  16. 2025-04-09

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  17. 2025-04-09

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  18. 2025-04-09

    Vote recorded in Journal

  19. 2025-04-09

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  20. 2025-04-09

    Vote recorded in Journal

  21. 2025-04-09

    Three day rule suspended

  22. 2025-04-09

    Record vote

  23. 2025-04-09

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  24. 2025-04-09

    Passed

    passage

  25. 2025-04-09

    Record vote

  26. 2025-04-09

    Reported engrossed

  27. 2025-04-10

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  28. 2025-04-17

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  29. 2025-04-17

    Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

    referral-committee

  30. 2025-05-01

    Considered in formal meeting

  31. 2025-05-01

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  32. 2025-05-01

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  33. 2025-05-08

    Considered in formal meeting

  34. 2025-05-08

    Vote reconsidered in committee

  35. 2025-05-08

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  36. 2025-05-08

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  37. 2025-05-12

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  38. 2025-05-12

    Committee report distributed

  39. 2025-05-12

    Laid out in lieu of companion

  40. 2025-05-12

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  41. 2025-05-12

    Passed to 3rd reading

  42. 2025-05-12

    Record vote

  43. 2025-05-12

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  44. 2025-05-12

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  45. 2025-05-13

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  46. 2025-05-13

    Passed

    passage

  47. 2025-05-13

    Record vote

  48. 2025-05-13

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  49. 2025-05-14

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  50. 2025-05-20

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  51. 2025-05-20

    Read

  52. 2025-05-20

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)

  53. 2025-05-20

    Record vote

  54. 2025-05-20

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  55. 2025-05-21

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported

  56. 2025-05-21

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  57. 2025-05-21

    Signed in the House

    passage

  58. 2025-05-21

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  59. 2025-05-30

    Filed without the Governor's signature

    became-law

  60. 2025-05-30

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

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 693 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-04-09 · pass · 29-1

    Member-level votes (2)
    • Hancock: no
    • King: absent

  • adoption of Floor Amendment No. 1

    2025-04-09 · pass · 0-0

  • passage to engrossment

    2025-04-09 · pass · 0-0

  • passage

    2025-05-12 · pass · 105-35

    Member-level votes (152)
    • 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
    • Button: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: 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
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: 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
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: 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
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Alders: no
    • Bumgarner: no
    • Cain: no
    • Cook: no
    • DeAyala: no
    • Fairly: no
    • Harris Davila: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hickland: no
    • Holt: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Hull: no
    • Isaac: no
    • LaHood: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Lowe: no
    • McQueeney: no
    • Money: no
    • Morgan: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Oliverson: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Paul: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Shaheen: no
    • Shofner: no
    • Slawson: no
    • Swanson: no
    • Tepper: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Toth: no
    • Vasut: no
    • Wilson: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Landgraf(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Flores: absent
    • Schofield: absent
    • Simmon: absent
    • Allen: absent
    • Cole: absent
    • Hunter: absent
    • Martinez: absent
    • Virdel: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-13 · pass · 105-29

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

  • passage

    2025-05-20 · pass · 31-0

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 693.xml

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