Bill Commons

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

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

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Smitheeprimary
  • Huffmanprimary
  • Birdwellcosponsor
  • Campbellcosponsor
  • Creightoncosponsor
  • Florescosponsor
  • Hagenbuchcosponsor
  • Hallcosponsor
  • Hancockcosponsor
  • Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"cosponsor
  • Hughescosponsor
  • Kingcosponsor
  • Kolkhorstcosponsor
  • Middletoncosponsor
  • Nicholscosponsor
  • Parkercosponsor
  • Paxtoncosponsor
  • Perrycosponsor
  • Schwertnercosponsor
  • Alderscosponsor
  • Bell, Cecilcosponsor
  • Bell, Keithcosponsor
  • Bonnencosponsor
  • Buckleycosponsor
  • Bumgarnercosponsor
  • Caincosponsor
  • Capriglionecosponsor
  • Cookcosponsor
  • Cunninghamcosponsor
  • Currycosponsor
  • Darbycosponsor
  • DeAyalacosponsor
  • Dysoncosponsor
  • Frankcosponsor
  • Gatescosponsor
  • Guillencosponsor
  • Harlesscosponsor
  • Harriscosponsor
  • Harris Davilacosponsor
  • Hayescosponsor
  • Hefnercosponsor
  • Hicklandcosponsor
  • Hoppercosponsor
  • Hullcosponsor
  • Isaaccosponsor
  • Kerwincosponsor
  • Lambertcosponsor
  • Littlecosponsor
  • Louderbackcosponsor
  • Lowecosponsor
  • Lozanocosponsor
  • Lujancosponsor
  • Luthercosponsor
  • McLaughlincosponsor
  • McQueeneycosponsor
  • Metcalfcosponsor
  • Meyercosponsor
  • Moneycosponsor
  • Oliversoncosponsor
  • Pattersoncosponsor
  • Piersoncosponsor
  • Schatzlinecosponsor
  • Schoolcraftcosponsor
  • Shaheencosponsor
  • Slawsoncosponsor
  • Spillercosponsor
  • Tothcosponsor
  • Troxclaircosponsor
  • Vasutcosponsor
  • Villaloboscosponsor
  • Whartoncosponsor
  • Bettencourtcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-03

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2025-02-03

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-02-03

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-02-03

    Referred to Criminal Justice

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-02-05

    Co-author authorized

  6. 2025-02-11

    Co-author authorized

  7. 2025-02-12

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  8. 2025-02-12

    Considered in public hearing

  9. 2025-02-12

    Testimony taken in committee

  10. 2025-02-12

    Vote taken in committee

  11. 2025-02-13

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  12. 2025-02-13

    Committee report printed and distributed

  13. 2025-02-18

    Co-author authorized

  14. 2025-02-18

    Placed on intent calendar

  15. 2025-02-19

    Co-author authorized

  16. 2025-02-19

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  17. 2025-02-19

    Record vote

  18. 2025-02-19

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  19. 2025-02-19

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  20. 2025-02-19

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  21. 2025-02-19

    Vote recorded in Journal

  22. 2025-02-19

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  23. 2025-02-19

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  24. 2025-02-19

    Vote recorded in Journal

  25. 2025-02-19

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  26. 2025-02-19

    Record vote

  27. 2025-02-19

    Three day rule suspended

  28. 2025-02-19

    Record vote

  29. 2025-02-19

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  30. 2025-02-19

    Passed

    passage

  31. 2025-02-19

    Record vote

  32. 2025-02-19

    Statement(s) submitted

  33. 2025-02-19

    Statement(s) submitted

  34. 2025-02-19

    Reported engrossed

  35. 2025-02-20

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  36. 2025-03-26

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  37. 2025-03-26

    Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence

    referral-committee

  38. 2025-05-12

    Considered in formal meeting

  39. 2025-05-12

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  40. 2025-05-12

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  41. 2025-05-15

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  42. 2025-05-15

    Committee report distributed

  43. 2025-05-15

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  44. 2025-05-15

    Considered in Calendars

  45. 2025-05-19

    Placed on Major State Calendar

  46. 2025-05-19

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  47. 2025-05-19

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  48. 2025-05-19

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  49. 2025-05-19

    Record vote

  50. 2025-05-19

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  51. 2025-05-19

    Amendment tabled

    deferral

  52. 2025-05-19

    Record vote

  53. 2025-05-19

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  54. 2025-05-19

    Vote reconsidered

  55. 2025-05-19

    Amendment withdrawn

    amendment-withdrawal,withdrawal

  56. 2025-05-19

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  57. 2025-05-19

    Record vote

  58. 2025-05-19

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  59. 2025-05-20

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  60. 2025-05-20

    Passed

    passage

  61. 2025-05-20

    Record vote

  62. 2025-05-20

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  63. 2025-05-20

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  64. 2025-05-21

    Co-author authorized

  65. 2025-05-29

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  66. 2025-05-29

    Read

  67. 2025-05-29

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)

  68. 2025-05-29

    Record vote

  69. 2025-05-29

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported

  70. 2025-05-30

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  71. 2025-05-31

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  72. 2025-06-01

    Signed in the House

    passage

  73. 2025-06-01

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  74. 2025-06-16

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  75. 2025-06-16

    See remarks for effective date

Versions

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

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