---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the effect of certain felony convictions of certain corrections employees."
description: "Relating to the effect of certain felony convictions of certain corrections employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1570"
citation: "Texas SB 1570 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections--Jails & Prisons (I0092)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Ethics (I0345)", "Retirement Systems--General (I0725)", "JAILERS & PRISON GUARDS (S0341)", "EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS (ERS) (V0471)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Flores", "White"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 56
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-03-05"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f463a7ec-d8bf-44d0-8240-40004ae813d2"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01500_SB01599/SB 1570.xml"
source_hash: "e842fe6c9800fed3f00643a721756385483c17ff252232d7e862ffae60601880"
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 1570 (86) — Relating to the effect of certain felony convictions of certain corrections employees.

## 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/SB01570I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Flores — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-05** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-03-05** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-29** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-29** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-29** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-01** Co-author authorized
- **2019-05-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-10** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **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** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-10** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-13** Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Posting rule suspended
- **2019-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-16** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-05-16** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-05-16** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-17** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-17** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-05-17** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-17** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-19** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-20** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-22** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-25** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Read
- **2019-05-25** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2019-05-25** Record vote
- **2019-05-25** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f463a7ec-d8bf-44d0-8240-40004ae813d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).