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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the availability of and access to certain programs and services for persons in the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice."
+description: "Relating to the availability of and access to certain programs and services for persons in the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 3227"
+citation: "Texas HB 3227 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Corrections--Jails & Prisons (I0092)", "Women (I0925)", "CRIMINAL JUSTICE", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8788)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Howard", "Huffman", "Johnson, Jarvis", "White"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 52
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-03-05"
+last_action: "2019-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ddf5767-44b7-4186-97cb-c617751b2498"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03200_HB03299/HB 3227.xml"
+source_hash: "f4d4854ef8f339116d99231ae61f680781fe52d10b220f2309f32263100a3524"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
+---
+
+# Texas HB 3227 (86) — Relating to the availability of and access to certain programs and services for persons in the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB03227I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **143–0** (pass) · lower
+- other — **140–2** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **140–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Allen — primary (person)
+- Howard — primary (person)
+- Huffman — primary (person)
+- Johnson, Jarvis — primary (person)
+- White — primary (person)
+- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
+- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
+- Neave — cosponsor (person)
+- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
+- Sherman, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
+- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-05** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-13** Referred to Corrections `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-21** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-21** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-03-21** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-08** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-04-08** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-04-09** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-09** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-10** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-11** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-12** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-16** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-16** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-17** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-17** Record vote
+- **2019-04-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-17** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-23** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-24** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-15** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-15** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-05-16** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-16** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-22** Laid before the Senate
+- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-22** Record vote
+- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-22** Record vote
+- **2019-05-23** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-24** Record vote
+- **2019-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-14** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ddf5767-44b7-4186-97cb-c617751b2498`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+