---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the appointment of an attorney pro tem for certain criminal proceedings."
description: "Relating to the appointment of an attorney pro tem for certain criminal proceedings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 341"
citation: "Texas SB 341 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts--Prosecuting Attorneys (I0165)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Huffman", "Murr"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 50
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd996de8-08c2-4dc3-aeee-a2b2f0a474fe"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00300_SB00399/SB 341.xml"
source_hash: "ed2ba8aa589b1048038b84f06037b8a4428c4a6e551bef54c4461440313a2631"
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 341 (86) — Relating to the appointment of an attorney pro tem for certain criminal proceedings.

## 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/SB00341I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Huffman — primary (person)
- Murr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-01-11** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-07** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-02-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-02-28** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-02-28** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-06** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-03-06** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-11** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-11** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-04-11** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-11** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-11** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-16** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-26** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-14** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-14** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-15** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-16** 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 reported
- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** 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/dd996de8-08c2-4dc3-aeee-a2b2f0a474fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).