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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the creation of a court reminder program for criminal defendants."
+description: "Relating to the creation of a court reminder program for criminal defendants."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 4293"
+citation: "Texas HB 4293 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["COURT ADMINISTRATION", "OFFICE OF (V8690)", "City Government--General (I0060)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "Courts--County & Statutory (I0115)", "Courts--District (I0120)", "Courts--General (I0160)", "Courts--Judges (I0140)", "EMAIL & ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS (S0321)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["González, Jessica", "Hinojosa", "Krause", "Leach", "Moody", "Zaffirini"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 57
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2021-03-12"
+last_action: "2021-06-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf5d1ccf-1a37-4531-b248-e1e1267b5f31"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04200_HB04299/HB 4293.xml"
+source_hash: "87c8ba7d835700fdf555d0a24bd05ee4b4a5137548e1b8992282a4fcb1e3f53b"
+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 4293 (87) — Relating to the creation of a court reminder program for criminal defendants.
+
+## 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/HB04293I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04293E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04293H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04293S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB04293F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **118–25** (pass) · lower
+- other — **118–25** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **123–19** (pass) · lower
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- González, Jessica — primary (person)
+- Hinojosa — primary (person)
+- Krause — primary (person)
+- Leach — primary (person)
+- Moody — primary (person)
+- Zaffirini — primary (person)
+- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-12** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-29** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-14** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-14** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-04-14** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-21** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-21** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-30** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-30** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-08** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-10** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-12** Passed to engrossment
+- **2021-05-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-13** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-13** Record vote
+- **2021-05-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-13** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-05-14** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-05-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-14** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-20** Posting rule suspended
+- **2021-05-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-05-21** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-21** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-05-22** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-22** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-24** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-24** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-24** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-05-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2021-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-24** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-24** Record vote
+- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-24** Record vote
+- **2021-05-24** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-25** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2021-05-25** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-28** Record vote
+- **2021-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2021-05-30** 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`
+- **2021-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-15** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf5d1ccf-1a37-4531-b248-e1e1267b5f31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+