---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to certain notice and filing requirements in court proceedings involving persons with mental illness."
description: "Relating to certain notice and filing requirements in court proceedings involving persons with mental illness."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 53"
citation: "Texas SB 53 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSTABLES (S2357)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "RECORDS MANAGEMENT (S0205)", "SHERIFFS (S1013)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Flores", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2024-11-12"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c60a4586-8704-47e7-b6af-b2b37566398a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 53.xml"
source_hash: "eaf6b9e40d8569a79657664dde38792eb235527098eb85b128250d922354d937"
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 53 (89R) — Relating to certain notice and filing requirements in court proceedings involving persons with mental illness.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/SB00053I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00053E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00053H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00053S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00053F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Flores — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2024-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-12** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-12** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-18** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-24** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-24** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-03-24** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-10** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-22** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-08** Meeting cancelled
- **2025-05-08** Posting rule suspended
- **2025-05-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-12** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-05-12** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-19** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-20** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-20** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-22** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-23** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-24** Record vote
- **2025-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-25** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-26** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c60a4586-8704-47e7-b6af-b2b37566398a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).