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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the authority of a peace officer to release in lieu of arrest certain persons with an intellectual or developmental disability."
+description: "Relating to the authority of a peace officer to release in lieu of arrest certain persons with an intellectual or developmental disability."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 3540"
+citation: "Texas HB 3540 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Disabilities", "Persons with (I0380)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "PEACE OFFICERS (S0007)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Burns", "Collier", "Hughes", "Raymond"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 46
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-03-06"
+last_action: "2019-06-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3748e90-5961-4a5c-bfb0-3c420ec1192e"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03500_HB03599/HB 3540.xml"
+source_hash: "27d6aa38fb5323cdd98a4075acfd172c9c4b8e79f9a9c8d42e747badbb24009b"
+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 3540 (86) — Relating to the authority of a peace officer to release in lieu of arrest certain persons with an intellectual or developmental disability.
+
+## 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/HB03540I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **141–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Burns — primary (person)
+- Collier — primary (person)
+- Hughes — primary (person)
+- Raymond — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-06** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-18** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-10** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-10** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-04-10** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-04-10** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-15** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-04-15** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-04-15** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-22** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-23** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-29** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-05-01** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-02** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-03** Record vote
+- **2019-05-03** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-04** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-05-06** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-05-10** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-17** Posting rule suspended
+- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-20** 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 reported
+- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-24** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-05** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-05** 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/e3748e90-5961-4a5c-bfb0-3c420ec1192e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+