Bill Commons

TX SJR 87

died on adjournment

Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail to persons accused of certain offenses punishable as a felony who have previously been convicted of or who were released on bail for certain offenses punishable as a felony at the time of the new offense.

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

Quick answers

Did TX SJR 87 pass?

No. TX SJR 87 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 (2025-05-28): 1 hr. notice-for reconsideration

What is TX SJR 87 about?

TX SJR 87 is a joint resolution in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail to persons accused of certain offenses punishable as a felony who have previously been convicted of or who were released on bail for certain offenses punishable as a felony at the time of the new offense.”.

Who sponsors TX SJR 87?

Huffman, Little, Smithee are the primary sponsors of TX SJR 87, joined by 5 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-05-13
Latest action
2025-05-28 — 1 hr. notice-for reconsideration
Bill type
joint resolution
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Huffmanprimary
  • Littleprimary
  • Smitheeprimary
  • Creightoncosponsor
  • Kingcosponsor
  • Middletoncosponsor
  • Birdwellcosponsor
  • Campbellcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-05-13

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2025-05-13

    Permission to introduce

  3. 2025-05-13

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-05-13

    Referred to Criminal Justice

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-05-13

    Posting rule suspended

  6. 2025-05-14

    Co-author authorized

  7. 2025-05-14

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  8. 2025-05-14

    Considered in public hearing

  9. 2025-05-14

    Testimony taken in committee

  10. 2025-05-14

    Vote taken in committee

  11. 2025-05-14

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  12. 2025-05-14

    Committee report printed and distributed

  13. 2025-05-14

    Printing rule suspended

  14. 2025-05-14

    Rules suspended-Intent Calendar

  15. 2025-05-14

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  16. 2025-05-14

    Vote recorded in Journal

  17. 2025-05-14

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  18. 2025-05-14

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  19. 2025-05-14

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  20. 2025-05-14

    Vote recorded in Journal

  21. 2025-05-14

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  22. 2025-05-14

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  23. 2025-05-14

    Vote recorded in Journal

  24. 2025-05-14

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  25. 2025-05-14

    Vote recorded in Journal

  26. 2025-05-14

    Three day rule suspended

  27. 2025-05-14

    Record vote

  28. 2025-05-14

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  29. 2025-05-14

    Passed

    passage

  30. 2025-05-14

    Record vote

  31. 2025-05-14

    Reported engrossed

  32. 2025-05-14

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  33. 2025-05-16

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  34. 2025-05-16

    Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence

    referral-committee

  35. 2025-05-21

    Considered in formal meeting

  36. 2025-05-21

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  37. 2025-05-21

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  38. 2025-05-21

    Committee report distributed

  39. 2025-05-22

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  40. 2025-05-22

    Considered in Calendars

  41. 2025-05-24

    Placed on Constitutional Amendments Calendar

  42. 2025-05-24

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  43. 2025-05-24

    Postponed

  44. 2025-05-26

    Laid out as postponed business

  45. 2025-05-26

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  46. 2025-05-26

    Record vote

  47. 2025-05-26

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  48. 2025-05-26

    Record vote

  49. 2025-05-26

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  50. 2025-05-27

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  51. 2025-05-27

    Postponed

  52. 2025-05-27

    Laid out as postponed business

  53. 2025-05-27

    Failed of adoption

  54. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

  55. 2025-05-27

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  56. 2025-05-28

    1 hr. notice-for reconsideration

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SJR 87 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-14 · 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

  • passage

    2025-05-26 · pass · 93-32

    Member-level votes (151)
    • Alders: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Cain: 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
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: 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
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: 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
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Allen: no
    • Bryant: no
    • Bucy: no
    • Campos: no
    • Cole: no
    • Collier: no
    • Davis, A.: no
    • Davis, Y.: no
    • Dutton: no
    • Flores: no
    • Gámez: no
    • Garcia, J.: no
    • González, J.: no
    • González, M.: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Hernandez: no
    • Howard: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Lopez, R.: no
    • Fischer: no
    • Moody: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Ordaz: no
    • Perez, V.: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Rose: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Thompson: no
    • Walle: no
    • Wu: no
    • Zwiener: no
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Bernal: not voting
    • Bhojani: not voting
    • Canales: not voting
    • Garcia Hernandez: not voting
    • Gervin-Hawkins: not voting
    • Romero: not voting
    • Simmons: not voting
    • Turner: not voting
    • Vo: not voting
    • Ward Johnson: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Bowers: absent
    • Button: absent
    • Cortez: absent
    • Garcia, L.: absent
    • Hinojosa: absent
    • Jones, V.: absent
    • Lalani: absent
    • Manuel: absent
    • Meza: absent
    • Morales Shaw: absent
    • Orr: absent
    • Rodríguez Ramos: absent
    • Talarico: absent
    • Wharton: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-27 · pass · 96-40

Related bills

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_joint_resolutions/SJR00001_SJR00099/SJR 87.xml

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