---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to increasing the punishment for certain conduct constituting the offense of murder and providing for the prosecution of that conduct as capital murder."
description: "Relating to increasing the punishment for certain conduct constituting the offense of murder and providing for the prosecution of that conduct as capital murder."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 719"
citation: "Texas SB 719 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Capital Punishment (I0195)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Criminal Procedure--Sentencing & Punishment (I0205)", "Minors--Crimes Against (I0532)", "LAUREN'S LAW (P0718)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fallon", "Frank"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 62
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-08"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fbd93333-e46e-464d-8db7-2ab131da9978"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 719.xml"
source_hash: "afc8a264eed7c539958c12cded5ffa2735322925ad8300e4c9c1f9e103e1cac9"
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 719 (86) — Relating to increasing the punishment for certain conduct constituting the offense of murder and providing for the prosecution of that conduct as capital murder.

## 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/SB00719I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **132–8** (pass) · lower
- passage — **119–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fallon — primary (person)
- Frank — primary (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-08** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-08** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-02** Meeting cancelled
- **2019-04-03** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-03** Posting rule suspended
- **2019-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-03** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-04** Posting rule suspended
- **2019-04-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-08** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-09** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-16** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-16** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-16** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-16** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-16** Record vote
- **2019-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Record vote
- **2019-04-16** Reason for vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-16** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-17** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-23** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-09** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-05-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-15** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-16** 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** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-20** Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-20** Point of order withdrawn (amendment)
- **2019-05-20** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **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 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`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** 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/fbd93333-e46e-464d-8db7-2ab131da9978`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).