---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the composition and duties of the capital and forensic writs committee."
description: "Relating to the composition and duties of the capital and forensic writs committee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 280"
citation: "Texas SB 280 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CAPITAL AND FORENSIC WRITS COMMITTEE (V1099)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Criminal Procedure--Posttrial Procedure (I0206)", "INDIGENT DEFENSE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0877)", "STATE BAR OF TEXAS (V2529)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Collier", "Hinojosa"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-04"
last_action: "2021-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9ac6e4a-2470-4cfc-9892-595e5234da84"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 280.xml"
source_hash: "ab950314ff0183c8519e7256267b7d5d5f0e147036e41d35c1152338521ca727"
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 280 (87) — Relating to the composition and duties of the capital and forensic writs committee.

## 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/SB00280I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00280E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00280H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00280S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00280F.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Collier — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-04** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-01-04** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-20** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-21** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-21** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-26** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-27** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-27** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-27** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-27** Record vote
- **2021-04-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-27** Record vote
- **2021-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-27** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-27** Record vote
- **2021-04-27** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-28** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-30** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-30** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-07** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-07** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-07** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-11** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-12** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-14** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-05-18** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-18** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-18** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-18** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-18** Record vote
- **2021-05-18** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-18** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-19** House passage reported
- **2021-05-19** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-20** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-20** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-20** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-04** 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/e9ac6e4a-2470-4cfc-9892-595e5234da84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).