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2025-2026 89th Legislature

SJR1

Proposing a constitutional amendment requiring the denial of bail under certain circumstances for illegal aliens charged with certain offenses punishable as a felony.

Current disposition
Pending: House
Last status date
May 28, 2025
Last status update
Laid out as postponed business
Author
Joan Huffman
Co-sponsors
Paul BettencourtBrian BirdwellDonna CampbellCharles CreightonPeter FloresBrent HagenbuchBob HallJuan HinojosaPhil KingLois KolkhorstMayes MiddletonRobert NicholsTan ParkerAngela PaxtonCharles PerryCharles SchwertnerJohn SmitheeMano DeAyalaMitch LittleDavid CookAJ LouderbackDaniel AldersCecil BellKeith BellGreg BonnenBrad BuckleyBen BumgarnerBriscoe CainGiovanni CapriglioneCharles CunninghamPat CurryDrew DarbyPaul DysonCaroline FairlyJames FrankGary GatesStan GerdesRyan GuillenSam HarlessCody HarrisCaroline Harris DavilaRichard HayesCole HefnerHillary HicklandAndy HopperLacey HullCarrie IsaacHelen KerwinStan KitzmanStan LambertTerri Leo-WilsonDavid LoweJ.M. LozanoJohn LujanShelley LutherDon McLaughlinJohn McQueeneyWilliam MetcalfMorgan MeyerBrent MoneyCandy NobleMike OlcottTom OliversonJared PattersonDennis PaulKeresa RichardsonNate SchatzlineAlan SchoolcraftMatthew ShaheenShelby SlawsonDavid SpillerSteve TothEllen TroxclairCody VasutDenise VillalobosWesley VirdellTrey Wharton

Legislative progress

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House committee substitute May 12, 2025
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Recorded floor votes

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

February 19, 2025 · Senate

Three day rule suspended

Failed

0 yea–1 nay · 1 absent

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February 19, 2025 · Senate

Read 3rd time

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

28 yea–2 nay · 1 absent

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May 19, 2025 · House

Amendment tabled RV#2933

Passed

89 yea–55 nay · 1 not voting · 5 absent

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May 19, 2025 · House

Amendment tabled RV#2934

Passed

86 yea–57 nay · 1 not voting · 6 absent

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May 19, 2025 · House

Additional sponsor(s) authorized RV#2935

Passed

88 yea–50 nay · 4 not voting · 8 absent

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May 28, 2025 · House

RV#3943

Passed

93 yea–30 nay · 1 not voting · 26 absent

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May 28, 2025 · House

Failed of adoption RV#3944

Passed

87 yea–39 nay · 5 not voting · 19 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. House Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  2. House Record vote RV#3944
  3. House Failed of adoption
  4. House Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  5. House Record vote RV#3943
  6. House Amended 2-Smithee
  7. House Laid out as postponed business
  8. House Postponed 5/28/25 6:00 PM
  9. House Point of order sustained (amendment) Rule 11, Section 6(e)
  10. House Amendment(s) offered 1-Smithee
  11. House Laid out as postponed business
  12. House Postponed 5/28/25 9:00 AM
  13. House Laid out as postponed business
  14. House Postponed 5/27/25 11:00 AM
  15. House Laid out as postponed business
  16. House Postponed 5/26/25 11:00 AM
  17. House Laid out as postponed business
  18. House Postponed 5/22/25 12:00 PM
  19. House Laid out as postponed business
  20. House Postponed 5/21/25 5:00 PM
  21. House Laid out as postponed business
  22. House Postponed 5/21/25 1:00 PM
  23. House Laid out as postponed business
  24. House Postponed 5/20/25 3:00 PM
  25. House Read 3rd time
  26. House Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  27. House Record vote RV#2935
  28. House Passed to 3rd reading as amended
  29. House Additional sponsor(s) authorized
  30. House Rules suspended
  31. House Amendment withdrawn 4-M. González
  32. House Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  33. House Record vote RV#2934
  34. House Amendment tabled 3-Romero
  35. House Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  36. House Record vote RV#2933
  37. House Amendment tabled 2-Romero
  38. House Amended 1-Smithee
  39. House Point of order withdrawn Rule 8, Section 1(a)(1)
  40. House Laid out as postponed business
  41. House Postponed
  42. House Read 2nd time
  43. House Placed on Constitutional Amendments Calendar
  44. House Considered in Calendars
  45. House Committee report sent to Calendars
  46. House Committee report distributed
  47. House Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  48. House Reported favorably as substituted
  49. House Amendment(s) considered in committee
  50. House Committee substitute considered in committee
  51. House Considered in formal meeting
  52. House Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
  53. House Read first time
  54. House Received from the Senate
  55. Senate Reported engrossed
  56. Senate Statement(s) submitted
  57. Senate Statement(s) submitted
  58. Senate Statement(s) submitted
  59. Senate Record vote
  60. Senate Passed
  61. Senate Read 3rd time
  62. Senate Record vote
  63. Senate Three day rule suspended
  64. Senate Vote recorded in Journal
  65. Senate Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
  66. Senate Vote recorded in Journal
  67. Senate Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  68. Senate Co-author authorized
  69. Senate Placed on intent calendar
  70. Senate Co-author authorized
  71. Senate Committee report printed and distributed
  72. Senate Reported favorably as substituted
  73. Senate Vote taken in committee
  74. Senate Testimony taken in committee
  75. Senate Considered in public hearing
  76. Senate Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  77. Senate Co-author authorized
  78. Senate Referred to Criminal Justice
  79. Senate Read first time
  80. Senate Filed
  81. Senate Received by the Secretary of the Senate
Source provenance
LegiScan bill ID
1960882
LegiScan session ID
2160
Source file
var/states/texas/source/legiscan/2160-8caaa099665d/bill/SJR1.json
Package observed
2026-07-17T02:14:58+00:00