TX SB 9

enacted

Relating to the confinement or release of defendants before trial or sentencing, including regulating charitable bail organizations, and the conditions of and procedures for setting bail and reviewing bail decisions.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX SB 9 pass?

Yes. TX SB 9 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-16): See remarks for effective date

What is TX SB 9 about?

TX SB 9 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the confinement or release of defendants before trial or sentencing, including regulating charitable bail organizations, and the conditions of and procedures for setting bail and reviewing bail decisions.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 9?

Smithee, Huffman are the primary sponsors of TX SB 9, joined by 70 cosponsors.

Introduced: 2025-02-03
Latest action: 2025-06-16 — See remarks for effective date
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

2025-06-16
See remarks for effective date
2025-06-16
Signed by the Governor
executive-signature
2025-06-01
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2025-06-01
Signed in the House
passage
2025-05-31
Signed in the Senate
passage
2025-05-30
Reported enrolled
enrolled
2025-05-29
Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
2025-05-29
Record vote
2025-05-29
Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
2025-05-29
Read
2025-05-29
House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
2025-05-21
Co-author authorized
2025-05-20
House passage as amended reported
amendment-passage
2025-05-20
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-20
Record vote
2025-05-20
Passed
passage
2025-05-20
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-19
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-19
Record vote
2025-05-19
Passed to 3rd reading as amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-19
Amendment withdrawn
amendment-withdrawal,withdrawal
2025-05-19
Vote reconsidered
2025-05-19
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-19
Record vote
2025-05-19
Amendment tabled
deferral
2025-05-19
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-19
Record vote
2025-05-19
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-19
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-19
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-05-19
Placed on Major State Calendar
2025-05-15
Considered in Calendars
2025-05-15
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-05-15
Committee report distributed
2025-05-15
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-05-12
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-12
Committee substitute considered in committee
substitution
2025-05-12
Considered in formal meeting
2025-03-26
Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
referral-committee
2025-03-26
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-02-20
Received from the Senate
introduction
2025-02-19
Reported engrossed
2025-02-19
Statement(s) submitted
2025-02-19
Statement(s) submitted
2025-02-19
Record vote
2025-02-19
Passed
passage
2025-02-19
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-02-19
Record vote
2025-02-19
Three day rule suspended
2025-02-19
Record vote
2025-02-19
Passed to engrossment as amended
amendment-passage
2025-02-19
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-02-19
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-02-19
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-02-19
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-02-19
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-02-19
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-02-19
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-02-19
Record vote
2025-02-19
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-02-19
Co-author authorized
2025-02-18
Placed on intent calendar
2025-02-18
Co-author authorized
2025-02-13
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-02-13
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-12
Vote taken in committee
2025-02-12
Testimony taken in committee
2025-02-12
Considered in public hearing
2025-02-12
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-02-11
Co-author authorized
2025-02-05
Co-author authorized
2025-02-03
Referred to Criminal Justice
referral-committee
2025-02-03
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-02-03
Filed
filing
2025-02-03
Received by the Secretary of the Senate
filing,introduction

Versions

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House Committee ReportCompare
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Documents

Votes

adoption of Floor Amendment No. 2
2025-02-19 · pass · 0-0
passage
2025-02-19 · pass · 28-2
Member-level votes (31)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Blanco: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Gutierrez: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hancock: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- J. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Hughes: yes
- Johnson: yes
- King: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Menéndez: yes
- Middleton: yes
- Nichols: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- West: yes
- Zaffirini: yes
- Cook: no
- Eckhardt: no
- Miles: absent
Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 9 be placed on its third reading and final passage.
2025-02-19 · pass · 28-2
Member-level votes (31)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Blanco: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Gutierrez: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hancock: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- J. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Hughes: yes
- Johnson: yes
- King: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Menéndez: yes
- Middleton: yes
- Nichols: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- West: yes
- Zaffirini: yes
- Cook: no
- Eckhardt: no
- Miles: absent
adoption of Floor Amendment No. 1
2025-02-19 · pass · 0-0
passage
2025-05-19 · pass · 122-20
Member-level votes (152)
- Alders: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bernal: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Campos: yes
- Canales: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cook: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Garcia, J.: yes
- Garcia, L.: yes
- Garcia Hernandez: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Gervin-Hawkins: yes
- Goodwin: yes
- Guerra: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris: 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
- Johnson: yes
- Jones, V.: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: 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
- 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
- Rosenthal: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Talarico: 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
- Wu: yes
- Allen: no
- Bowers: no
- Bucy: no
- Cole: no
- Collier: no
- Davis, A.: no
- Davis, Y.: no
- Flores: no
- González, J.: no
- González, M.: no
- Hinojosa: no
- Jones, J.: no
- Meza: no
- Morales, C.: no
- Reynolds: no
- Rodríguez Ramos: no
- Romero: no
- Rose: no
- Thompson: no
- Zwiener: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker(C): not voting
- Morales Shaw: not voting
- Simmon: not voting
- Absent: absent
- Anchía: absent
- Cortez: absent
- Lalan: absent
- Dutton: absent
- Ward Johnso: absent
passage
2025-05-20 · pass · 118-25
Member-level votes (153)
- Alders: yes
- Anchía: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Canales: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cook: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dutton: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Garcia, L.: yes
- Garcia Hernandez: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Goodwin: yes
- Guerra: 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
- Johnson: 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
- Louderback: yes
- Lowe: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- Manuel: 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
- 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
- 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
- Allen: no
- Bernal: no
- Bowers: no
- Bryant: no
- Bucy: no
- Campos: no
- Cole: no
- Collier: no
- Davis, A.: no
- Davis, Y.: no
- Flores: no
- Garcia, J.: no
- González, J.: no
- González, M.: no
- Lopez, R.: no
- Fischer: no
- Meza: no
- Morales, C.: no
- Reynolds: no
- Rodríguez Ramos: no
- Rose: no
- Talarico: no
- Thompson: no
- Vo: no
- Zwiener: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker: not voting
- Harris(C): not voting
- Morales Sha: not voting
- Absent: absent
- Jones: absent
- V: absent
- Gervin-Hawkins: absent
- Hinojosa: absent
- J: absent
passage
2025-05-29 · pass · 29-2
Member-level votes (31)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Blanco: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Gutierrez: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hancock: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- J. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Hughes: yes
- Johnson: yes
- King: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Menéndez: yes
- Middleton: yes
- Miles: yes
- Nichols: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- West: yes
- Zaffirini: yes
- Cook: no
- Eckhardt: no

Related bills

Companion bill: HB 75

Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 9.xml

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