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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the eligibility of a person to serve on a civilian oversight board."
+description: "Relating to the eligibility of a person to serve on a civilian oversight board."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "89R"
+identifier: "SB 1957"
+citation: "Texas SB 1957 (89R)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["City Government--Employees/Officers (I0061)", "FIRE FIGHTERS' & POLICE OFFICERS' CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION (V0769)", "Fire Fighters & Police--General (I0370)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hagenbuch", "Hickland"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 55
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2025-03-05"
+last_action: "2025-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4532aa6-a1dd-48fd-836b-631630780a41"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01900_SB01999/SB 1957.xml"
+source_hash: "20f3c87d461ff6c76a6cba408b1eeaa74739ddc825913ce7712291746d8358e6"
+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 1957 (89R) — Relating to the eligibility of a person to serve on a civilian oversight board.
+
+## 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/SB01957I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01957E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01957H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01957S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01957F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **23–8** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **23–8** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **100–38** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **23–8** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **78–61** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **111–12** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hagenbuch — primary (person)
+- Hickland — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-05** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2025-03-05** Filed `filing`
+- **2025-03-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-03-17** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-28** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2025-04-28** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-28** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-04-29** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-29** Vote taken in committee
+- **2025-04-30** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-30** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2025-05-06** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2025-05-07** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2025-05-07** Record vote
+- **2025-05-07** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-07** Record vote
+- **2025-05-08** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2025-05-08** Record vote
+- **2025-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-08** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-08** Record vote
+- **2025-05-08** Reported engrossed
+- **2025-05-08** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2025-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-05-10** Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-14** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2025-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-20** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2025-05-20** Committee report distributed
+- **2025-05-21** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2025-05-22** Considered in Calendars
+- **2025-05-24** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2025-05-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-27** Record vote
+- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-27** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-27** Record vote
+- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-28** Record vote
+- **2025-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-28** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-30** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2025-05-30** Read
+- **2025-05-30** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
+- **2025-05-30** Record vote
+- **2025-05-31** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
+- **2025-05-31** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-06-01** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2025-06-01** 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/f4532aa6-a1dd-48fd-836b-631630780a41`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+