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2025-2026 89th Legislature

SJR5

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

Current disposition
Enrolled
Last status date
June 2, 2025
Last status update
Filed with the Secretary of State
Author
Joan Huffman
Co-sponsors
Carol AlvaradoPaul BettencourtBrian BirdwellDonna CampbellCharles CreightonPeter FloresRoland GutierrezBrent HagenbuchBob HallKelly HancockJuan HinojosaPhil KingLois KolkhorstJose MenendezMayes MiddletonRobert NicholsTan ParkerAngela PaxtonCharles PerryCharles SchwertnerKevin SparksRoyce WestJohn SmitheeMano DeAyalaAJ LouderbackDavid CookJoseph MoodyDaniel 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 KitzmanMarc LaHoodStan LambertTerri Leo-WilsonMitch LittleDavid LoweJ.M. LozanoJohn LujanShelley LutherDon McLaughlinJohn McQueeneyWilliam MetcalfMorgan MeyerBrent MoneyMatt MorganCandy NobleMike OlcottTom OliversonJared PattersonDennis PaulKatrina PiersonKeresa RichardsonNate SchatzlineAlan SchoolcraftMatthew ShaheenJoanne ShofnerShelby SlawsonDavid SpillerSteve TothEllen TroxclairCody VasutDenise VillalobosWesley VirdellTrey Wharton

Legislative progress

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House committee substitute May 12, 2025 Enrolled May 30, 2025
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Recorded floor votes

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

February 20, 2025 · Senate

Rules suspended-Regular order of business

Failed

0 yea–1 nay · 1 absent

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February 20, 2025 · Senate

Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

Passed

28 yea–2 nay · 1 absent

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February 20, 2025 · Senate

Three day rule suspended

Failed

0 yea–1 nay · 1 absent

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February 20, 2025 · Senate

Read 3rd time

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

28 yea–2 nay · 1 absent

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May 19, 2025 · House

Adopted as amended RV#2931

Passed

133 yea–8 nay · 3 not voting · 6 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 Filed with the Secretary of State
  2. House Signed in the House
  3. Senate Signed in the Senate
  4. Senate Reported enrolled
  5. House Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
  6. Senate Record vote
  7. Senate Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
  8. Senate Read
  9. Senate House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
  10. Senate Co-author authorized
  11. Senate House passage as amended reported
  12. House Additional sponsor(s) authorized
  13. House Rules suspended
  14. House Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal View roll call
  15. House Record vote RV#2931 View roll call
  16. House Adopted as amended View roll call
  17. House Point of order sustained (amendment) Rule 11, Section 2
  18. House Amendment(s) offered 2-Little
  19. House Amended 1-Little
  20. House Read 2nd time
  21. House Placed on Constitutional Amendments Calendar
  22. House Considered in Calendars
  23. House Committee report sent to Calendars
  24. House Committee report distributed
  25. House Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  26. House Reported favorably as substituted
  27. House Committee substitute considered in committee
  28. House Considered in formal meeting
  29. House Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
  30. House Read first time
  31. House Received from the Senate
  32. Senate Reported engrossed
  33. Senate Statement(s) submitted
  34. Senate Statement(s) submitted
  35. Senate Record vote
  36. Senate Passed
  37. Senate Read 3rd time
  38. Senate Record vote
  39. Senate Three day rule suspended
  40. Senate Record vote
  41. Senate Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
  42. Senate Record vote
  43. Senate Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  44. Senate Rules suspended-Intent Calendar
  45. Senate Placed on intent calendar
  46. Senate Co-author authorized
  47. Senate Co-author authorized
  48. Senate Committee report printed and distributed
  49. Senate Reported favorably w/o amendments
  50. Senate Vote taken in committee
  51. Senate Testimony taken in committee
  52. Senate Considered in public hearing
  53. Senate Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  54. Senate Co-author authorized
  55. Senate Referred to Criminal Justice
  56. Senate Read first time
  57. Senate Filed
  58. Senate Received by the Secretary of the Senate
Source provenance
LegiScan bill ID
1961462
LegiScan session ID
2160
Source file
var/states/texas/source/legiscan/2160-8caaa099665d/bill/SJR5.json
Package observed
2026-07-17T02:14:58+00:00