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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to providing discharged or released inmates with certain documents, including documents to assist the inmate in obtaining employment."
+description: "Relating to providing discharged or released inmates with certain documents, including documents to assist the inmate in obtaining employment."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 918"
+citation: "Texas HB 918 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Corrections--Jails & Prisons (I0092)", "Corrections--Parole", "Probation & Pardons (I0093)", "BIRTH & DEATH CERTIFICATES (S6418)", "IDENTIFICATION CARDS (S0074)", "MANDATORY & COMMUNITY SUPERVISION (S2314)", "CRIMINAL JUSTICE", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8788)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Davis, Yvonne", "Johnson", "Sherman, Sr.", "White"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 47
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-01-18"
+last_action: "2019-06-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e91ad5df-bcea-425b-900b-8cd180f30fb0"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00900_HB00999/HB 918.xml"
+source_hash: "f2d88693814df97883f236336ddeb544aee81996ead49d534c3811e1aae02bbb"
+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 918 (86) — Relating to providing discharged or released inmates with certain documents, including documents to assist the inmate in obtaining employment.
+
+## 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/HB00918I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **141–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Davis, Yvonne — primary (person)
+- Johnson — primary (person)
+- Sherman, Sr. — primary (person)
+- White — primary (person)
+- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
+- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
+- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
+- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-18** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-02-25** Referred to Corrections `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-21** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-21** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **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** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-04-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-15** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-15** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-26** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-30** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-01** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-02** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-02** Record vote
+- **2019-05-02** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-05-02** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-05-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-05-03** 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
+- **2019-05-15** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-15** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-17** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-17** Record vote
+- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-17** Record vote
+- **2019-05-17** Senate passage reported
+- **2019-05-17** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-20** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-20** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2019-06-02** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-02** Effective on 1/1/20 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e91ad5df-bcea-425b-900b-8cd180f30fb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+