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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the operation and administration of and practice and procedure related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government."
+description: "Relating to the operation and administration of and practice and procedure related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 3774"
+citation: "Texas HB 3774 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["COURT ADMINISTRATION", "OFFICE OF (V8690)", "Courts--County & Statutory (I0115)", "Courts--District (I0120)", "Courts--Juries (I0145)", "Courts--Personnel (I0155)", "Courts--Reporters (I0150)", "EVIDENCE (S0250)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "FORENSIC SCIENCE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0655)", "Family--Parent & Child (I0355)", "MAGISTRATES (S1592)", "PROTECTIVE ORDERS (S0495)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cook", "Huffman", "Landgraf", "Leach", "Metcalf", "Moody"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 81
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2021-03-11"
+last_action: "2021-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cbf23fb8-872c-4069-b4d1-191e88c3e700"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03700_HB03799/HB 3774.xml"
+source_hash: "44241525f17ea91cbc76c3473de1e6727ad503b56a0dbef4ff9d0d883b750661"
+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 3774 (87) — Relating to the operation and administration of and practice and procedure related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03774I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03774E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03774H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03774S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03774F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- other — **134–3** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **141–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cook — primary (person)
+- Huffman — primary (person)
+- Landgraf — primary (person)
+- Leach — primary (person)
+- Metcalf — primary (person)
+- Moody — primary (person)
+- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
+- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
+- Pacheco — cosponsor (person)
+- Price — cosponsor (person)
+- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
+- Wu — cosponsor (person)
+- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-11** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-22** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-06** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-04-06** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-21** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-21** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-04-21** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-30** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-30** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-04** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-06** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-07** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-05-07** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
+- **2021-05-07** Amendment adopted as amended
+- **2021-05-07** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2021-05-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-07** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-07** Passed as amended `passage`
+- **2021-05-07** Record vote
+- **2021-05-07** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-05-10** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-05-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-14** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-05-20** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-20** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-05-25** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-25** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-26** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-26** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-26** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-26** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-05-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-26** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-26** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-05-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-26** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-26** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2021-05-26** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-26** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-26** Record vote
+- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-26** Record vote
+- **2021-05-27** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2021-05-28** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
+- **2021-05-28** House requests conference committee
+- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees
+- **2021-05-28** House refuses to concur-reported
+- **2021-05-28** House requests conference committee-reported
+- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees-reported
+- **2021-05-28** Senate grants request for conference comm.
+- **2021-05-28** Senate appoints conferees
+- **2021-05-29** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
+- **2021-05-29** Senate appoints conferees-reported
+- **2021-05-29** Conference committee report filed
+- **2021-05-29** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
+- **2021-05-30** House adopts resolution to go outside bounds
+- **2021-05-30** House adopts conference committee report
+- **2021-05-30** Record vote
+- **2021-05-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-30** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts resolution to go outside bounds
+- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conference committee report
+- **2021-05-30** Record vote
+- **2021-05-31** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2021-05-31** House adopts resolution for tech. correction
+- **2021-05-31** Senate adopts resolution for tech. correction
+- **2021-05-31** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-18** See remarks for effective date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cbf23fb8-872c-4069-b4d1-191e88c3e700`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+