---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the appointment of a local public defender's office to represent indigent defendants in criminal cases."
description: "Relating to the appointment of a local public defender's office to represent indigent defendants in criminal cases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 583"
citation: "Texas SB 583 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Capital Punishment (I0195)", "Criminal Procedure--Defense Counsel (I0207)", "INDIGENT LEGAL SERVICES (S0598)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hinojosa", "Rose"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 68
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-01"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf44edf1-8742-4561-87d6-c9790485c69a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 583.xml"
source_hash: "441c6f93a25ce08c16fe536fea1033a647085905774ce3d53efa6c68f3ea43e8"
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 583 (86) — Relating to the appointment of a local public defender's office to represent indigent defendants in criminal cases.

## 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/SB00583I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **124–17** (pass) · lower
- other — **118–17** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hinojosa — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-01** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-01** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** 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
- **2019-04-17** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-23** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-23** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-25** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-29** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-29** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-29** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-29** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-29** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-29** Record vote
- **2019-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-29** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-29** Record vote
- **2019-04-29** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-29** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-05-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-02** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-10** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-14** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-15** 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** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-21** Passed `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 refuses to concur
- **2019-05-23** Senate requests conference committee
- **2019-05-23** Senate appoints conferees
- **2019-05-23** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2019-05-23** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2019-05-23** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-23** House grants request for conference committee
- **2019-05-23** House appoints conferees
- **2019-05-23** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2019-05-23** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-24** Conference committee report filed
- **2019-05-24** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2019-05-25** House adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-25** Record vote
- **2019-05-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-25** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-25** Senate adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-25** Record vote
- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **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 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/cf44edf1-8742-4561-87d6-c9790485c69a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).