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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the decision of a court of appeals not to accept certain interlocutory appeals."
+description: "Relating to the decision of a court of appeals not to accept certain interlocutory appeals."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "SB 1603"
+citation: "Texas SB 1603 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Courts--Appellate (I0125)", "Courts--Civil Procedure (I0135)", "SUPREME COURT (V0311)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "Smithee"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 52
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-03"
+last_action: "2023-05-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd560ab5-2b93-4b97-9537-c612c72bb975"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01600_SB01699/SB 1603.xml"
+source_hash: "9fdf7e09f2df81236517b008131a7a1deab1709e0705b7d4051991bb08ff6a8d"
+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 1603 (88) — Relating to the decision of a court of appeals not to accept certain interlocutory appeals.
+
+## 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/SB01603I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01603E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01603H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01603S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01603F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **143–1** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hughes — primary (person)
+- Smithee — primary (person)
+- West — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-03** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2023-03-03** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-16** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-03-22** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-03-22** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2023-03-22** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-03-27** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-27** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-03-27** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-03-30** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-04-03** Not again placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-04-04** Co-author authorized
+- **2023-04-12** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-04-12** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-04-12** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-12** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-12** Three day rule suspended
+- **2023-04-12** Record vote
+- **2023-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-12** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-04-12** Record vote
+- **2023-04-12** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-04-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-04-14** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-26** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-26** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-05-01** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-05-02** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2023-05-03** Laid out in lieu of companion
+- **2023-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-03** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-03** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-04** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-04** Record vote
+- **2023-05-04** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-05** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-11** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2023-05-11** Read
+- **2023-05-11** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
+- **2023-05-11** Record vote
+- **2023-05-11** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
+- **2023-05-11** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-12** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-12** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-24** 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/fd560ab5-2b93-4b97-9537-c612c72bb975`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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