---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the authority of a peace officer to release in lieu of arrest certain persons with an intellectual or developmental disability."
description: "Relating to the authority of a peace officer to release in lieu of arrest certain persons with an intellectual or developmental disability."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 3540"
citation: "Texas HB 3540 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Disabilities", "Persons with (I0380)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "PEACE OFFICERS (S0007)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burns", "Collier", "Hughes", "Raymond"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-06"
last_action: "2019-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3748e90-5961-4a5c-bfb0-3c420ec1192e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03500_HB03599/HB 3540.xml"
source_hash: "27d6aa38fb5323cdd98a4075acfd172c9c4b8e79f9a9c8d42e747badbb24009b"
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 3540 (86) — Relating to the authority of a peace officer to release in lieu of arrest certain persons with an intellectual or developmental disability.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB03540I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **141–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Burns — primary (person)
- Collier — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Raymond — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-03-06** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-18** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-10** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-10** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-10** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-15** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-15** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-15** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-22** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-23** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-29** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-01** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-02** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-04** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-06** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-10** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-17** Posting rule suspended
- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-22** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-05** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-05** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3748e90-5961-4a5c-bfb0-3c420ec1192e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).