---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to conditions of community supervision and procedures applicable to the reduction or termination of a defendant's period of community supervision."
description: "Relating to conditions of community supervision and procedures applicable to the reduction or termination of a defendant's period of community supervision."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 385"
citation: "Texas HB 385 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholism & Drug Abuse (I0030)", "COURT ADMINISTRATION", "OFFICE OF (V8690)", "Corrections--Parole", "Probation & Pardons (I0093)", "Courts--Judges (I0140)", "DRUG & ALCOHOL TESTING (S0010)", "MANDATORY & COMMUNITY SUPERVISION (S2314)", "STATE HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0463)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Button", "Campos", "Hughes", "Krause", "Pacheco", "White"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 65
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-11-09"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f654683a-4293-47c4-a409-4cc31311388f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00300_HB00399/HB 385.xml"
source_hash: "b356f8a68f893b0563305f21abd94133c9b2082555a0ae104c947c95eb9e953c"
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 385 (87) — Relating to conditions of community supervision and procedures applicable to the reduction or termination of a defendant's period of community supervision.

## 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/HB00385I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00385E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00385H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00385S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00385F.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **131–0** (pass) · lower
- other — **111–31** (fail) · upper
- passage — **111–31** (pass) · lower
- passage — **28–2** (pass) · upper
- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Button — primary (person)
- Campos — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Krause — primary (person)
- Pacheco — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Corrections `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-14** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-14** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-14** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-19** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-19** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-24** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-26** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-27** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-29** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-29** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-30** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-30** Record vote
- **2021-04-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-30** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-14** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-17** Posting rule suspended
- **2021-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-18** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-24** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-24** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-24** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-25** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-25** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-25** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **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** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-25** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-25** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-05-25** Record vote
- **2021-05-26** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-26** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-26** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** Record vote
- **2021-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-29** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-16** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f654683a-4293-47c4-a409-4cc31311388f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).