---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the denial or reduction of an award otherwise payable under the Crime Victims' Compensation Act."
description: "Relating to the denial or reduction of an award otherwise payable under the Crime Victims' Compensation Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 957"
citation: "Texas SB 957 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "CRIME VICTIMS (S0046)", "Crime Victims Compensation (I0084)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Krause", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-03"
last_action: "2021-06-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/594213c0-7fc7-42dc-a2aa-051861cde7bd"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00900_SB00999/SB 957.xml"
source_hash: "9e87b777bf47a16e35fa46026f63a7db840c78166133ca726bc808a1a2f5ca69"
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 957 (87) — Relating to the denial or reduction of an award otherwise payable under the Crime Victims' Compensation Act.

## 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/SB00957I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00957E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00957H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00957S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00957F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Krause — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-03** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-03** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** 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
- **2021-04-20** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-27** Posting rule suspended
- **2021-04-27** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-29** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-29** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-29** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-04** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-06** Corrected comm. report printed & distributed
- **2021-05-10** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-05-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-10** Record vote
- **2021-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-10** Record vote
- **2021-05-10** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-10** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-05-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-12** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-14** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-18** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-19** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-20** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-24** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-25** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-25** Record vote
- **2021-05-25** House passage reported
- **2021-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-27** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-27** 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/594213c0-7fc7-42dc-a2aa-051861cde7bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).