---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to continuing education instruction for district clerks on impaneling petit and grand juries."
description: "Relating to continuing education instruction for district clerks on impaneling petit and grand juries."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 616"
citation: "Texas HB 616 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONTINUING EDUCATION (S0234)", "Courts--County & Statutory (I0115)", "Courts--District (I0120)", "Courts--Juries (I0145)", "Courts--Personnel (I0155)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Plesa", "Vasut", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-11-14"
last_action: "2023-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6bcd4f5d-6a65-4893-9694-6d3035931818"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00600_HB00699/HB 616.xml"
source_hash: "14c4364a814d1d873e6d65dc1bbc71265e2b9b428594d9a024a2167c77dded2c"
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 616 (88) — Relating to continuing education instruction for district clerks on impaneling petit and grand juries.

## 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/HB00616I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00616E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00616H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00616S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00616F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **140–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Plesa — primary (person)
- Vasut — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-11-14** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-23** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-22** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-03-22** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-22** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-27** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-03-27** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-03-27** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-11** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-12** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-04-25** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-04-28** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-28** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-04-28** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-28** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-28** Record vote
- **2023-04-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-28** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-28** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-01** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-01** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-10** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-17** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-17** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-18** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-19** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-10** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6bcd4f5d-6a65-4893-9694-6d3035931818`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).