---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the operation and administration of and practice and procedure related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government."
description: "Relating to the operation and administration of and practice and procedure related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 3774"
citation: "Texas HB 3774 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURT ADMINISTRATION", "OFFICE OF (V8690)", "Courts--County & Statutory (I0115)", "Courts--District (I0120)", "Courts--Juries (I0145)", "Courts--Personnel (I0155)", "Courts--Reporters (I0150)", "EVIDENCE (S0250)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "FORENSIC SCIENCE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0655)", "Family--Parent & Child (I0355)", "MAGISTRATES (S1592)", "PROTECTIVE ORDERS (S0495)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cook", "Huffman", "Landgraf", "Leach", "Metcalf", "Moody"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 81
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-03-11"
last_action: "2021-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cbf23fb8-872c-4069-b4d1-191e88c3e700"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03700_HB03799/HB 3774.xml"
source_hash: "44241525f17ea91cbc76c3473de1e6727ad503b56a0dbef4ff9d0d883b750661"
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 3774 (87) — Relating to the operation and administration of and practice and procedure related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government.

## 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/HB03774I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03774E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03774H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03774S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03774F.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **134–3** (fail) · upper
- passage — **141–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cook — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Landgraf — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)
- Metcalf — primary (person)
- Moody — primary (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Pacheco — cosponsor (person)
- Price — cosponsor (person)
- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
- Wu — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-11** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-22** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-06** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-21** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-21** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-30** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-30** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-04** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-06** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-07** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-07** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
- **2021-05-07** Amendment adopted as amended
- **2021-05-07** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-05-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-07** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-07** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-05-07** Record vote
- **2021-05-07** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-10** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-14** 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
- **2021-05-25** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-25** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-26** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-26** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-26** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-26** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-26** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-26** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-26** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-26** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-26** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-26** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-27** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-28** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
- **2021-05-28** House requests conference committee
- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees
- **2021-05-28** House refuses to concur-reported
- **2021-05-28** House requests conference committee-reported
- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-05-28** Senate grants request for conference comm.
- **2021-05-28** Senate appoints conferees
- **2021-05-29** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2021-05-29** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-05-29** Conference committee report filed
- **2021-05-29** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2021-05-30** House adopts resolution to go outside bounds
- **2021-05-30** House adopts conference committee report
- **2021-05-30** Record vote
- **2021-05-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-30** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts resolution to go outside bounds
- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conference committee report
- **2021-05-30** Record vote
- **2021-05-31** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2021-05-31** House adopts resolution for tech. correction
- **2021-05-31** Senate adopts resolution for tech. correction
- **2021-05-31** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-18** See remarks for effective date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cbf23fb8-872c-4069-b4d1-191e88c3e700`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).