TX SJR 27
died on adjournmentProposing a constitutional amendment regarding the membership of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, the membership of the tribunal to review the commission's recommendations, and the authority of the commission, the tribunal, and the Texas Supreme Court to more effectively sanction judges and justices for judicial misconduct.
Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · upper
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Quick answers
Did TX SJR 27 pass?
No. TX SJR 27 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 (2025-06-02): Filed with the Secretary of State
What is TX SJR 27 about?
TX SJR 27 is a joint resolution in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the membership of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, the membership of the tribunal to review the commission's recommendations, and the authority of the commission, the tribunal, and the Texas Supreme Court to more effectively sanction judges and justices for judicial misconduct.”.
Who sponsors TX SJR 27?
Huffman, Leach are the primary sponsors of TX SJR 27, joined by 1 cosponsor.
- Introduced
- 2024-12-02
- Latest action
- 2025-06-02 — Filed with the Secretary of State
- Bill type
- joint resolution
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- Huffmanprimary
- Leachprimary
- Zaffirinicosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2025-06-02
Filed with the Secretary of State
2025-06-01
Signed in the House
passage
2025-05-31
Signed in the Senate
passage
2025-05-31
Reported enrolled
enrolled
2025-05-31
Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
2025-05-30
Record vote
2025-05-30
Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
2025-05-30
Read
2025-05-30
House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
2025-05-27
House passage as amended reported
amendment-passage
2025-05-26
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-26
Record vote
2025-05-26
Adopted as amended
2025-05-26
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-26
Record vote
2025-05-26
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-26
Record vote
2025-05-26
Amendment to amendment tabled
2025-05-26
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-05-26
Laid out as postponed business
2025-05-26
Postponed
2025-05-26
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-25
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-25
Record vote
2025-05-25
Passed to 3rd reading as amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-25
Record vote
2025-05-25
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-25
Laid out as postponed business
2025-05-24
Postponed
2025-05-24
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-05-24
Placed on Constitutional Amendments Calendar
2025-05-22
Considered in Calendars
2025-05-21
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-05-21
Committee report distributed
2025-05-21
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-05-14
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-14
Committee substitute considered in committee
substitution
2025-05-14
Considered in public hearing
2025-05-12
Left pending in committee
2025-05-12
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-05-12
Committee substitute considered in committee
substitution
2025-05-12
Considered in public hearing
2025-05-08
Posting rule suspended
2025-05-08
Meeting cancelled
2025-04-22
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
referral-committee
2025-04-22
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-04-15
Received from the Senate
introduction
2025-04-14
Reported engrossed
2025-04-14
Record vote
2025-04-14
Passed
passage
2025-04-14
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-04-14
Record vote
2025-04-14
Three day rule suspended
2025-04-14
Record vote
2025-04-14
Passed to engrossment as amended
amendment-passage
2025-04-14
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-04-14
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-04-14
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-04-14
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-04-14
Record vote
2025-04-14
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-04-14
Co-author authorized
2025-04-10
Placed on intent calendar
2025-04-07
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-04-07
Reported favorably w/o amendments
committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-03
Vote taken in committee
2025-04-03
Considered in public hearing
2025-03-27
Left pending in committee
2025-03-27
Testimony taken in committee
2025-03-27
Considered in public hearing
2025-03-27
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-02-03
Referred to State Affairs
referral-committee
2025-02-03
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2024-12-02
Filed
filing
2024-12-02
Received by the Secretary of the Senate
filing,introduction
Versions
Documents
Votes
passage
2025-04-14 · pass · 27-4
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
- Zaffirini: yes
- Cook: no
- Eckhardt: no
- Miles: no
- West: no
Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SJR 27 be placed on its third reading and final passage.
2025-04-14 · pass · 27-4
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
- Zaffirini: yes
- Cook: no
- Eckhardt: no
- Miles: no
- West: no
passage
2025-05-25 · pass · 97-33
Member-level votes (154)
- Alders: yes
- Anchía: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cook: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Frank: yes
- Garcia Hernandez: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris(C): yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hernandez: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Hinojosa: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Howard: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Johnson: 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
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Money: yes
- Moody: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morgan: 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
- Raymond: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Walle: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Allen: no
- Bernal: no
- Bhojani: no
- Bowers: no
- Bryant: no
- Bucy: no
- Campos: no
- Canales: no
- Cole: no
- Collier: no
- Davis, A.: no
- Dutton: no
- Gámez: no
- Garcia, L.: no
- Gervin-Hawkins: no
- González, J.: no
- Goodwin: no
- Jones, J.: no
- Lopez, R.: no
- Manuel: no
- Martinez: no
- Fischer: no
- Morales, C.: no
- Romero: no
- Rose: no
- Rosenthal: no
- Simmons: no
- Thompson: no
- Turner: no
- Vo: no
- Ward Johnson: no
- Wu: no
- Zwiener: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker: not voting
- Flore: not voting
- Absent: absent
- Cortez: absent
- Davis: absent
- Y: absent
- Jones: absent
- V: absent
- Kerwin: absent
- Meza: absent
- Reynold: absent
- Craddick: absent
- Garcia, J.: absent
- Gates: absent
- González, M.: absent
- Guerra: absent
- Guillen: absent
- Morales Shaw: absent
- Muñoz: absent
- Plesa: absent
- Rodríguez Ramos: absent
- Talarico: absent
- VanDeaver: absent
passage
2025-05-26 · pass · 119-17
Member-level votes (154)
- Alders: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bucy: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Campos: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cole: yes
- Cook: 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Walle: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Allen: no
- Bernal: no
- Bryant: no
- Canales: no
- Collier: no
- Davis, Y.: no
- Flores: no
- Gervin-Hawkins: no
- Jones, J.: no
- Meza: no
- Morales, C.: no
- Rose: no
- Rosenthal: no
- Simmons: no
- Turner: no
- Ward Johnson: no
- Wu: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker(C): not voting
- Garcia: not voting
- J: not voting
- Jones: not voting
- V: not voting
- Reynold: not voting
- Absent: absent
- Bowers: absent
- Anchía: absent
- Cortez: absent
- Davis, A.: absent
- González, J.: absent
- Longoria: absent
- Moody: absent
- Morales Shaw: absent
- Rodríguez Ramos: absent
- Vo: absent
passage
2025-05-30 · pass · 27-4
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
- Zaffirini: yes
- Cook: no
- Eckhardt: no
- Miles: no
- West: no
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