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2025-2026 89th Legislature

SB53

Relating to certain notice and filing requirements in court proceedings involving persons with mental illness.

Current disposition
Signed by Governor
Last status date
June 20, 2025
Last status update
Signed by the Governor
Author
Judith Zaffirini
Co-sponsors
Maria Flores

Legislative progress

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Enrolled May 26, 2025 Governor approved June 20, 2025
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Recorded floor votes

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

May 24, 2025 · House

Read 3rd time RV#3458

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

136 yea–0 nay · 2 not voting · 12 absent

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Committee referrals

Instrument history

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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 Effective on 9/1/25
  2. State Signed by the Governor
  3. State Sent to the Governor
  4. House Signed in the House
  5. Senate Signed in the Senate
  6. Senate Reported enrolled
  7. Senate House passage reported
  8. House Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal View roll call
  9. House Record vote RV#3458 View roll call
  10. House Passed View roll call
  11. House Read 3rd time
  12. House Passed to 3rd reading
  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 Considered in public hearing
  21. House Left pending in committee
  22. House Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  23. House Considered in public hearing
  24. House Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  25. House Posting rule suspended
  26. House Meeting cancelled
  27. House Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  28. House Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
  29. House Read first time
  30. House Received from the Senate
  31. Senate Reported engrossed
  32. Senate Record vote
  33. Senate Passed
  34. Senate Read 3rd time
  35. Senate Record vote
  36. Senate Three day rule suspended
  37. Senate Vote recorded in Journal
  38. Senate Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
  39. Senate Laid before the Senate
  40. Senate Placed on local & uncontested calendar
  41. Senate Committee report printed and distributed
  42. Senate Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
  43. Senate Reported favorably w/o amendments
  44. Senate Vote taken in committee
  45. Senate Considered in public hearing
  46. Senate Left pending in committee
  47. Senate Testimony taken in committee
  48. Senate Considered in public hearing
  49. Senate Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  50. Senate Referred to Health & Human Services
  51. Senate Read first time
  52. Senate Filed
  53. Senate Received by the Secretary of the Senate
Source provenance
LegiScan bill ID
1890712
LegiScan session ID
2160
Source file
var/states/texas/source/legiscan/2160-8caaa099665d/bill/SB53.json
Package observed
2026-07-17T02:14:58+00:00