---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to employment protections for a person serving as a grand juror."
description: "Relating to employment protections for a person serving as a grand juror."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 504"
citation: "Texas HB 504 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts--Juries (I0145)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Labor--Management Relations (I0465)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dutton", "Miles"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-12-11"
last_action: "2019-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0efb52d-18a7-4a93-8125-0772913b3720"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00500_HB00599/HB 504.xml"
source_hash: "15a762ef103ed6fb10f3d8c9a78642d3d330ea64fec53ab1df3aab14e4bdb283"
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 504 (86) — Relating to employment protections for a person serving as a grand juror.

## 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/HB00504I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Dutton — primary (person)
- Miles — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-11** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-01** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-01** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-03** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-03** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-11** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-15** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-23** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-04-26** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-26** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-26** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Record vote
- **2019-04-26** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-29** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-30** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-30** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-14** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-05-14** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-15** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-16** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-17** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-20** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-20** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-02** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-02** 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/e0efb52d-18a7-4a93-8125-0772913b3720`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).