---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice."
description: "Relating to inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 650"
citation: "Texas HB 650 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections--Jails & Prisons (I0092)", "Health--General (I0385)", "Women (I0925)", "JAILERS & PRISON GUARDS (S0341)", "PREGNANCY & CHILDBIRTH (S0294)", "STAFF DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING (S0317)", "CRIMINAL JUSTICE", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8788)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howard", "Klick", "Meza", "Neave", "White", "Whitmire"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 59
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-04"
last_action: "2019-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60d3af75-3d0f-445f-af00-9de73ab953aa"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00600_HB00699/HB 650.xml"
source_hash: "a1479b9a82632b0a5e6bd36f8ab81a0ab8cc09c2727775f5cce4f1af19754ed8"
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 650 (86) — Relating to inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

## 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/HB00650I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **141–0** (pass) · lower
- other — **141–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Howard — primary (person)
- Klick — primary (person)
- Meza — primary (person)
- Neave — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Whitmire — primary (person)
- Israel — cosponsor (person)
- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Sherman, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
- Wu — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-04** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Corrections `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-07** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-07** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-07** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-14** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-19** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-20** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-03-27** Considered in 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** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-09** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
- **2019-04-09** Amendment adopted as amended
- **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 State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** Rereferred to committee
- **2019-04-16** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-01** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-02** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-02** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-02** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-10** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-10** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-10** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-10** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-13** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-13** Record vote
- **2019-05-13** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-13** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-14** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-23** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-23** 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/60d3af75-3d0f-445f-af00-9de73ab953aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).