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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to court administration, including the knowledge, efficiency, training, and transparency requirements for candidates for or holders of judicial offices."
+description: "Relating to court administration, including the knowledge, efficiency, training, and transparency requirements for candidates for or holders of judicial offices."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "HB 2384"
+citation: "Texas HB 2384 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "CONTINUING EDUCATION (S0234)", "COURT ADMINISTRATION", "OFFICE OF (V8690)", "CRIMINAL APPEALS", "COURT OF (V1605)", "Courts--Judges (I0140)", "Elections--Judicial (I0308)", "JUDICIAL CONDUCT", "STATE COMMISSION ON (V0014)", "Lawyers (I0515)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "SECRETARY OF STATE (V0042)", "SUPREME COURT (V0311)", "TEXAS JUDICIAL COUNCIL (V0264)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cain", "Hughes", "Johnson, Julie", "Leach", "Moody", "Murr"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 53
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-02-15"
+last_action: "2023-06-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c25c246-64af-4086-91ed-da838aa008e6"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02300_HB02399/HB 2384.xml"
+source_hash: "26aac8162edd829d3a7a456f7b60175266b01466ec6b6d5bec185e2d6652e36a"
+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 2384 (88) — Relating to court administration, including the knowledge, efficiency, training, and transparency requirements for candidates for or holders of judicial offices.
+
+## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB02384I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02384E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02384H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02384S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02384F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **137–3** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **146–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cain — primary (person)
+- Hughes — primary (person)
+- Johnson, Julie — primary (person)
+- Leach — primary (person)
+- Moody — primary (person)
+- Murr — primary (person)
+- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-15** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-09** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-29** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-03-29** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
+- **2023-03-29** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2023-03-29** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-04-03** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2023-04-03** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
+- **2023-04-03** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-04-11** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-04-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2023-04-13** Considered in Calendars
+- **2023-04-17** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2023-04-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-17** Passed to engrossment
+- **2023-04-17** Record vote
+- **2023-04-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-18** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-04-18** Record vote
+- **2023-04-18** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-04-18** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2023-04-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-04-19** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-05-04** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-04** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2023-05-04** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-05-05** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-05** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-05-05** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-05-09** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-05-10** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2023-05-12** Not again placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-05-15** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-05-17** Not again placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-05-17** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-05-17** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-17** Three day rule suspended
+- **2023-05-17** Record vote
+- **2023-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-17** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-17** Record vote
+- **2023-05-17** Senate passage reported `passage`
+- **2023-05-18** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-19** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-12** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-06-12** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c25c246-64af-4086-91ed-da838aa008e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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