---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to grants awarded to reimburse counties for the cost of monitoring defendants and victims in criminal cases involving family violence."
description: "Relating to grants awarded to reimburse counties for the cost of monitoring defendants and victims in criminal cases involving family violence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 1906"
citation: "Texas HB 1906 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL JUSTICE DIVISION", "GOVERNOR'S OFFICE (V0963)", "County Government--Finance (I0097)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Criminal Procedure--Sentencing & Punishment (I0205)", "Family--Family Violence (I0353)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Guillen", "Herrero", "Morales, Eddie"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-12"
last_action: "2021-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04a5bc96-7331-4349-bd6f-112346be744e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01900_HB01999/HB 1906.xml"
source_hash: "57f1cfb14c4bee7c1e013600b329e7748c78d98d0142c44bdd9033585c2ae7e7"
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 HB 1906 (87) — Relating to grants awarded to reimburse counties for the cost of monitoring defendants and victims in criminal cases involving family violence.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01906I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01906E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01906H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01906S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01906F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **116–30** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alvarado — primary (person)
- Guillen — primary (person)
- Herrero — primary (person)
- Morales, Eddie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-12** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-15** Referred to County Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-01** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-01** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-06** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-06** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-12** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-13** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-15** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-15** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-15** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-16** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-16** Record vote
- **2021-04-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-16** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-19** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-11** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-20** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-21** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-21** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-25** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-25** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-25** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-25** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-25** Record vote
- **2021-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-25** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-25** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-27** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-28** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-29** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-15** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04a5bc96-7331-4349-bd6f-112346be744e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).