---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the availability of and access to certain programs and services for persons in the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice."
description: "Relating to the availability of and access to certain programs and services for persons in the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 3227"
citation: "Texas HB 3227 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections--Jails & Prisons (I0092)", "Women (I0925)", "CRIMINAL JUSTICE", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8788)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Howard", "Huffman", "Johnson, Jarvis", "White"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 52
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-05"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ddf5767-44b7-4186-97cb-c617751b2498"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03200_HB03299/HB 3227.xml"
source_hash: "f4d4854ef8f339116d99231ae61f680781fe52d10b220f2309f32263100a3524"
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 3227 (86) — Relating to the availability of and access to certain programs and services for persons in the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB03227I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **143–0** (pass) · lower
- other — **140–2** (fail) · upper
- passage — **140–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Johnson, Jarvis — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
- Neave — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Sherman, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-05** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-13** Referred to Corrections `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-21** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-21** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-08** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-08** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-09** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-09** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-10** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-11** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-12** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-16** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Record vote
- **2019-04-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-17** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-23** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-15** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-16** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-16** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-22** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** Record vote
- **2019-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ddf5767-44b7-4186-97cb-c617751b2498`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).