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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the subject matter jurisdiction of the criminal trial courts of this state."
+description: "Relating to the subject matter jurisdiction of the criminal trial courts of this state."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "89R"
+identifier: "SB 1220"
+citation: "Texas SB 1220 (89R)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Courts--General (I0160)", "Criminal Procedure--Pretrial Procedure (I0203)", "Ethics (I0345)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions--Admin. Procedure (I0763)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "Smithee"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 52
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-02-11"
+last_action: "2025-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9c0cc2b-b191-402f-8137-59b8a8f69a1a"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1220.xml"
+source_hash: "5e524c85f5e2eadca35561f9c65aa6b9b797855382d19cc7b888da16e3dc8076"
+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 1220 (89R) — Relating to the subject matter jurisdiction of the criminal trial courts of this state.
+
+## 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/89R/billtext/html/SB01220I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01220E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01220H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01220S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01220F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **127–10** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **121–10** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hughes — primary (person)
+- Smithee — primary (person)
+- Birdwell — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2025-02-11** Filed `filing`
+- **2025-02-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-02-28** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-06** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2025-03-06** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-03-06** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2025-03-06** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-03-12** Co-author authorized
+- **2025-03-13** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-03-13** Vote taken in committee
+- **2025-03-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-03-17** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2025-04-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-04-10** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-04-10** Three day rule suspended
+- **2025-04-10** Record vote
+- **2025-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-10** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-10** Record vote
+- **2025-04-10** Reported engrossed
+- **2025-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2025-04-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-04-22** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-12** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-05-12** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2025-05-12** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-05-12** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2025-05-12** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2025-05-14** Committee report distributed
+- **2025-05-14** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2025-05-16** Considered in Calendars
+- **2025-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2025-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2025-05-20** Record vote
+- **2025-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-21** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-21** Record vote
+- **2025-05-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-21** House passage reported `passage`
+- **2025-05-21** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-05-22** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2025-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-06-20** Effective immediately `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9c0cc2b-b191-402f-8137-59b8a8f69a1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+