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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to exemptions to reporting and list requirements for certain attorneys ad litem, guardians ad litem, amicus attorneys, mediators, and guardians."
+description: "Relating to exemptions to reporting and list requirements for certain attorneys ad litem, guardians ad litem, amicus attorneys, mediators, and guardians."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "SB 41"
+citation: "Texas SB 41 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Courts--Administration (I0130)", "Courts--County & Statutory (I0115)", "Courts--District (I0120)", "Courts--Judges (I0140)", "Lawyers (I0515)", "INDIGENT LEGAL SERVICES (S0598)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Smithee", "Zaffirini"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 45
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-11-12"
+last_action: "2019-06-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/506fef98-fd7d-4283-99d5-7654e550fae3"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 41.xml"
+source_hash: "48fa8f2d974b48615077cfdf8744db898262d34f8b77571a19251891325b4dab"
+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 SB 41 (86) — Relating to exemptions to reporting and list requirements for certain attorneys ad litem, guardians ad litem, amicus attorneys, mediators, and guardians.
+
+## 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/SB00041I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Smithee — primary (person)
+- Zaffirini — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-11-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2018-11-12** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-02-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-02-01** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-03-07** Meeting cancelled
+- **2019-03-11** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-03-11** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-11** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-03-13** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-13** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-03-13** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-03-18** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-03-19** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-03-19** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2019-03-19** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-03-19** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-03-19** Record vote
+- **2019-03-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-19** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-03-19** Record vote
+- **2019-03-19** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-03-20** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2019-03-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-28** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-16** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-04-16** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-04-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-30** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-05-01** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-05-19** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-05-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-21** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-22** Record vote
+- **2019-05-22** Reason for vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-22** House passage reported
+- **2019-05-22** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-10** 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/506fef98-fd7d-4283-99d5-7654e550fae3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+