---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a statement presented in a criminal case by a victim, close relative of a deceased victim, or guardian of a victim."
description: "Relating to a statement presented in a criminal case by a victim, close relative of a deceased victim, or guardian of a victim."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1268"
citation: "Texas SB 1268 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure--Sentencing & Punishment (I0205)", "CRIME VICTIMS (S0046)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moody", "Watson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-28"
last_action: "2019-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e082aca-5ef7-4e74-9485-fd5f1849b692"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1268.xml"
source_hash: "332028e0c7947a7878a71bf2b1af0e53d53fa818b8c315e1fe203ee63d2e3726"
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 1268 (86) — Relating to a statement presented in a criminal case by a victim, close relative of a deceased victim, or guardian of a victim.

## 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/86R/billtext/html/SB01268I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Moody — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-28** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-28** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-16** Meeting cancelled
- **2019-04-16** Posting rule suspended
- **2019-04-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-23** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-23** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-23** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-24** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-25** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-25** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-25** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-25** Record vote
- **2019-04-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-25** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Record vote
- **2019-04-25** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-25** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-29** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-06** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-10** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-13** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-14** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-17** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-17** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-19** House passage reported
- **2019-05-19** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-20** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-21** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-04** 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/4e082aca-5ef7-4e74-9485-fd5f1849b692`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).