---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the consolidation, allocation, classification, and repeal of certain criminal court costs and other court-related costs, fines, and fees; imposing certain court costs and fees and increasing and decreasing the amounts of certain other court costs and fees."
description: "Relating to the consolidation, allocation, classification, and repeal of certain criminal court costs and other court-related costs, fines, and fees; imposing certain court costs and fees and increasing and decreasing the amounts of certain other court costs and fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 346"
citation: "Texas SB 346 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Government--Finance (I0097)", "Courts--General (I0160)", "Fees & Other Nontax Revenue--Local (I0361)", "Fees & Other Nontax Revenue--State (I0362)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "COURT ADMINISTRATION", "OFFICE OF (V8690)", "TEXAS JUDICIAL COUNCIL (V0264)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Collier", "Leach", "Thompson, Senfronia", "White", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 63
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-14"
last_action: "2019-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d83196c3-ae38-4d34-8c7e-62e1f041fb70"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00300_SB00399/SB 346.xml"
source_hash: "240c945fc52c271d4f0a6d091732aff25298d39bf0a3e174b447a3d0d3d88719"
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 346 (86) — Relating to the consolidation, allocation, classification, and repeal of certain criminal court costs and other court-related costs, fines, and fees; imposing certain court costs and fees and increasing and decreasing the amounts of certain other court costs and fees.

## 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/SB00346I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **145–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Collier — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)
- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Huffman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-01-14** Filed `filing`
- **2019-01-30** Co-author authorized
- **2019-02-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-07** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-18** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-18** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-10** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-16** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-18** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-23** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-29** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-29** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-29** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-02** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-02** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-05-02** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-13** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-13** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-20** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-21** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-21** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-21** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-23** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-23** Read
- **2019-05-23** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-24** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-15** Filed without the Governor's signature
- **2019-06-15** Effective on 1/1/20 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d83196c3-ae38-4d34-8c7e-62e1f041fb70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).