← All legislation

2025-2026 89th Legislature

SB2501

Relating to selection of an attorney by an indigent parent as attorney ad litem for the parent in certain suits affecting the parent-child relationship.

Current disposition
Vetoed by Governor
Last status date
June 22, 2025
Last status update
Vetoed by the Governor
Author
Judith Zaffirini
Co-sponsors
Brooks Landgraf

Legislative progress

i

This summary includes only completed milestones supported by recorded actions. It does not predict the next step, and it preserves later committee reassignments, concurrence, conference, veto, and approval actions when they occur.

Enrolled May 29, 2025 Vetoed June 22, 2025
Open official bill pageLatest bill text

Recorded floor votes

2 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.

May 27, 2025 · House

Read 2nd time RV#3816

Passed

117 yea–13 nay · 1 not voting · 19 absent

View roll call

May 28, 2025 · House

Read 3rd time RV#3914

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

139 yea–0 nay · 2 not voting · 9 absent

View roll call

Committee referrals

April 3, 2025 · Senate

Jurisprudence

Instrument history

i

This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.

  1. State Vetoed by the Governor
  2. State Sent to the Governor
  3. House Signed in the House
  4. Senate Signed in the Senate
  5. Senate Reported enrolled
  6. Senate House passage reported
  7. House Record vote RV#3914 View roll call
  8. House Passed View roll call
  9. House Read 3rd time
  10. House Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal View roll call
  11. House Record vote RV#3816 View roll call
  12. House Passed to 3rd reading View roll call
  13. House Read 2nd time
  14. House Placed on General State Calendar
  15. House Considered in Calendars
  16. House Committee report sent to Calendars
  17. House Committee report distributed
  18. House Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  19. House Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
  20. House Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  21. House Considered in public hearing
  22. House Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  23. House Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
  24. House Read first time
  25. House Received from the Senate
  26. Senate Reported engrossed
  27. Senate Record vote
  28. Senate Passed
  29. Senate Read 3rd time
  30. Senate Record vote
  31. Senate Three day rule suspended
  32. Senate Vote recorded in Journal
  33. Senate Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
  34. Senate Laid before the Senate
  35. Senate Placed on local & uncontested calendar
  36. Senate Not again placed on intent calendar
  37. Senate Placed on intent calendar
  38. Senate Committee report printed and distributed
  39. Senate Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
  40. Senate Reported favorably as substituted
  41. Senate Vote taken in committee
  42. Senate Considered in public hearing
  43. Senate Left pending in committee
  44. Senate Testimony taken in committee
  45. Senate Considered in public hearing
  46. Senate Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  47. Senate Referred to Jurisprudence
  48. Senate Read first time
  49. Senate Filed
  50. Senate Received by the Secretary of the Senate
Source provenance
LegiScan bill ID
2006556
LegiScan session ID
2160
Source file
var/states/texas/source/legiscan/2160-8caaa099665d/bill/SB2501.json
Package observed
2026-07-17T02:14:58+00:00