---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to procedures regarding defendants who are or may be persons with a mental illness or intellectual disability."
description: "Relating to procedures regarding defendants who are or may be persons with a mental illness or intellectual disability."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 49"
citation: "Texas SB 49 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure--Bail & Pretrial Release (I0202)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Disabilities", "Persons with (I0380)", "JAIL STANDARDS", "COMMISSION ON (V9946)", "MEDICAL RECORDS (S0104)", "MENTAL INCOMPETENCY (S0019)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "SHERIFFS (S1013)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Murr", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 69
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-11-09"
last_action: "2021-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea6707ce-a1e5-4879-babb-c48aed0550e5"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 49.xml"
source_hash: "b41b29893c972211c831af86293b179487470d15c4fcb73efe3d17b41a1537f4"
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 49 (87) — Relating to procedures regarding defendants who are or may be persons with a mental illness or intellectual disability.

## 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/SB00049I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00049E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00049H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00049S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00049F.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **142–0** (fail) · upper
- passage — **144–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Murr — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-09** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2020-11-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-12** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-12** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-12** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-14** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-19** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-19** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-04-19** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-19** Record vote
- **2021-04-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-19** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-19** Record vote
- **2021-04-19** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-20** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-28** Referred to Corrections `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-05** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-05-05** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-07** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-07** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-05-07** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-11** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-11** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-19** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-20** Record vote
- **2021-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-20** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-25** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-25** Read
- **2021-05-25** Senate refuses to concur
- **2021-05-25** Senate requests conference committee
- **2021-05-25** Senate appoints conferees
- **2021-05-25** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2021-05-25** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2021-05-25** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-05-27** House grants request for conference committee
- **2021-05-27** House appoints conferees
- **2021-05-27** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2021-05-27** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-05-28** Conference committee report filed
- **2021-05-29** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2021-05-29** Senate adopts conference committee report
- **2021-05-29** Record vote
- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2021-05-30** House adopts conference committee report
- **2021-05-30** Record vote
- **2021-05-30** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **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** 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/ea6707ce-a1e5-4879-babb-c48aed0550e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).