TX SJR 5

died on adjournment

Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail under certain circumstances to persons accused of certain offenses punishable as a felony.

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

Quick answers

Did TX SJR 5 pass?

No. TX SJR 5 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 5 about?

TX SJR 5 is a joint resolution in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail under certain circumstances to persons accused of certain offenses punishable as a felony.”.

Who sponsors TX SJR 5?

Smithee, DeAyala, Louderback and 3 others are the primary sponsors of TX SJR 5, joined by 83 cosponsors.

Introduced: 2025-02-07
Latest action: 2025-06-02 — Filed with the Secretary of State
Bill type: joint resolution
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-02-07
Received by the Secretary of the Senate
filing,introduction
2025-02-07
Filed
filing
2025-02-07
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-02-07
Referred to Criminal Justice
referral-committee
2025-02-11
Co-author authorized
2025-02-12
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-02-12
Considered in public hearing
2025-02-12
Testimony taken in committee
2025-02-12
Vote taken in committee
2025-02-13
Reported favorably w/o amendments
committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-13
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-02-18
Co-author authorized
2025-02-20
Co-author authorized
2025-02-20
Placed on intent calendar
2025-02-20
Rules suspended-Intent Calendar
2025-02-20
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-02-20
Record vote
2025-02-20
Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
reading-2
2025-02-20
Record vote
2025-02-20
Three day rule suspended
2025-02-20
Record vote
2025-02-20
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-02-20
Passed
passage
2025-02-20
Record vote
2025-02-20
Statement(s) submitted
2025-02-20
Statement(s) submitted
2025-02-20
Reported engrossed
2025-02-25
Received from the Senate
introduction
2025-03-25
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-03-25
Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
referral-committee
2025-05-12
Considered in formal meeting
2025-05-12
Committee substitute considered in committee
substitution
2025-05-12
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-15
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-05-15
Committee report distributed
2025-05-15
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-05-15
Considered in Calendars
2025-05-19
Placed on Constitutional Amendments Calendar
2025-05-19
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-05-19
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-19
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-05-19
Point of order sustained (amendment)
2025-05-19
Adopted as amended
2025-05-19
Record vote
2025-05-19
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-19
Rules suspended
2025-05-19
Additional sponsor(s) authorized
2025-05-20
House passage as amended reported
amendment-passage
2025-05-25
Co-author authorized
2025-05-29
House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
2025-05-29
Read
2025-05-29
Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
2025-05-29
Record vote
2025-05-29
Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
2025-05-30
Reported enrolled
enrolled
2025-05-31
Signed in the Senate
passage
2025-06-01
Signed in the House
passage
2025-06-02
Filed with the Secretary of State

Versions

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Documents

Votes

passage
2025-02-20 · pass · 29-1
Member-level votes (2)
- 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 SJR 5 be placed on its third reading and final passage.
2025-02-20 · pass · 29-1
Member-level votes (2)
- Eckhardt: no
- Miles: absent
passage
2025-05-19 · pass · 133-8
Member-level votes (154)
- Alders: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bernal: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Bowers: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bucy: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Campos: yes
- Canales: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cole: yes
- Collier: 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
- 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
- Jones, J.: 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
- Romero: yes
- Rose: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- Turner: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Vo: yes
- Walle: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wu: yes
- Allen: no
- Davis, Y.: no
- Flores: no
- González, J.: no
- Meza: no
- Reynolds: no
- Rodríguez Ramos: no
- Zwiener: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker(C): not voting
- Morales: not voting
- C: not voting
- Morales Sha: not voting
- Absent: absent
- Anchía: absent
- Bhojani: absent
- Cortez: absent
- Dutton: absent
- Lalan: absent
- Davis: absent
- A: absent
passage
2025-05-29 · pass · 31-0

Related bills

Companion bill: HJR 15
Companion bill: SJR 17

Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_joint_resolutions/SJR00001_SJR00099/SJR 5.xml

Attribution

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