---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the payment of restitution by a person released on parole or to mandatory supervision."
description: "Relating to the payment of restitution by a person released on parole or to mandatory supervision."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 3603"
citation: "Texas HB 3603 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL JUSTICE", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8788)", "Corrections--Parole", "Probation & Pardons (I0093)", "Crime Victims Compensation (I0084)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "MANDATORY & COMMUNITY SUPERVISION (S2314)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Murr", "Whitmire"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-06"
last_action: "2023-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca139abe-5e39-47b9-a3cc-153face5de49"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03600_HB03699/HB 3603.xml"
source_hash: "c859444a7a0c1be4924e0d54a688a75de86fce41029c7f3f56cf3407a44d836e"
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 3603 (88) — Relating to the payment of restitution by a person released on parole or to mandatory 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/88R/billtext/html/HB03603I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03603E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03603H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03603S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03603F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **140–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Murr — primary (person)
- Whitmire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-06** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Referred to Corrections `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-17** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-17** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-19** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-19** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-01** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-02** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-06** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-09** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-10** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-05-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-11** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-11** Record vote
- **2023-05-11** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-11** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-12** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-15** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-19** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-23** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-24** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-24** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-24** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-24** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-25** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-13** Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca139abe-5e39-47b9-a3cc-153face5de49`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).