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TX SB 989

died on adjournment

Relating to criminal history record information for certain master, magistrate, referee, associate judge, or other court official applicants appointed or employed to serve in a state court.

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

Quick answers

Did TX SB 989 pass?

No. TX SB 989 died when the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-04-22): Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence

What is TX SB 989 about?

TX SB 989 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to criminal history record information for certain master, magistrate, referee, associate judge, or other court official applicants appointed or employed to serve in a state court.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 989?

Bettencourt is the primary sponsor of TX SB 989.

Introduced
2025-01-29
Latest action
2025-04-22 — Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Bettencourtprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-29

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2025-01-29

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-02-13

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-02-13

    Referred to Criminal Justice

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-04-01

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  6. 2025-04-01

    Considered in public hearing

  7. 2025-04-01

    Vote taken in committee

  8. 2025-04-03

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  9. 2025-04-03

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  10. 2025-04-03

    Committee report printed and distributed

  11. 2025-04-10

    Placed on local & uncontested calendar

  12. 2025-04-10

    Laid before the Senate

    receipt

  13. 2025-04-10

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  14. 2025-04-10

    Vote recorded in Journal

  15. 2025-04-10

    Three day rule suspended

  16. 2025-04-10

    Record vote

  17. 2025-04-10

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  18. 2025-04-10

    Passed

    passage

  19. 2025-04-10

    Record vote

  20. 2025-04-10

    Reported engrossed

  21. 2025-04-14

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  22. 2025-04-22

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  23. 2025-04-22

    Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00900_SB00999/SB 989.xml

Attribution

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