---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to criminal or juvenile procedures and reporting requirements regarding persons who are or may be persons with a mental illness or an intellectual disability."
description: "Relating to criminal or juvenile procedures and reporting requirements regarding persons who are or may be persons with a mental illness or an intellectual disability."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 601"
citation: "Texas HB 601 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections--Jails & Prisons (I0092)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Disabilities", "Persons with (I0380)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "MAGISTRATES (S1592)", "CORRECTIONAL OFFICE ON OFFENDERS WITH MEDICAL OR MENTAL IMPAIRMENTS", "TEXAS (V0451)", "COURT ADMINISTRATION", "OFFICE OF (V8690)", "TEXAS JUDICIAL COUNCIL (V0264)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Collier", "Moody", "Murr", "Price", "White", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 59
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-12-28"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13c34ebc-26d9-4c20-a4ef-e2fbd0dc7e7e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00600_HB00699/HB 601.xml"
source_hash: "87affab8197e3cf0e38e589363732b1cfc8412255257a0944508042013e387ea"
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 601 (86) — Relating to criminal or juvenile procedures and reporting requirements regarding persons who are or may be persons with a mental illness or an intellectual 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/HB00601I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **141–1** (pass) · lower
- other — **141–1** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **146–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Collier — primary (person)
- Moody — primary (person)
- Murr — primary (person)
- Price — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Raymond — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-28** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-18** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-18** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-25** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-29** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-01** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-05** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-09** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-09** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-09** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-09** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-10** Record vote
- **2019-04-10** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-15** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-08** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-08** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-16** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-16** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-19** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-17** Corrected comm. report printed & distributed
- **2019-05-19** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-19** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-19** Record vote
- **2019-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-19** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-20** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-20** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** 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/13c34ebc-26d9-4c20-a4ef-e2fbd0dc7e7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).