---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to locations, terms, sessions, and procedures for conducting court proceedings."
description: "Relating to locations, terms, sessions, and procedures for conducting court proceedings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 40"
citation: "Texas SB 40 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts--Appellate (I0125)", "Courts--County & Statutory (I0115)", "Courts--District (I0120)", "Courts--Judges (I0140)", "Courts--Justice (I0110)", "Courts--Municipal (I0100)", "Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "SUPREME COURT (V0311)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonnen, Greg", "Calanni", "Leach", "Murr", "Oliverson", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-11-12"
last_action: "2019-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0642d478-8973-4b80-b181-0f47cf3150d3"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 40.xml"
source_hash: "ba792a4071699ad05ef438a61a728badb065126196ad7baba7be46ea260a5133"
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 40 (86) — Relating to locations, terms, sessions, and procedures for conducting court 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/SB00040I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bonnen, Greg — primary (person)
- Calanni — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)
- Murr — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
- Miles — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2018-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-01** 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
- **2019-03-11** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-11** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-03-11** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-03-12** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-03-18** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-18** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-03-18** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-03-18** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-03-18** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-03-18** Record vote
- **2019-03-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-18** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-18** Record vote
- **2019-03-18** Reported engrossed
- **2019-03-19** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-03-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-16** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-22** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-22** 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** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-21** Record vote
- **2019-05-21** House passage reported
- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-23** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-07** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0642d478-8973-4b80-b181-0f47cf3150d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).