---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the imposition and collection of fines, fees, and court costs in criminal cases."
description: "Relating to the imposition and collection of fines, fees, and court costs in criminal cases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 1373"
citation: "Texas SB 1373 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Fees & Other Nontax Revenue--Local (I0361)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson, Jarvis", "White", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-10"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00df4535-a298-4223-a905-794b1ed22804"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01300_SB01399/SB 1373.xml"
source_hash: "e9365de9f2c3c7f362f44dd5fae1dab5ba0cb251f246c92e65210127ea4d7ecf"
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 1373 (87) — Relating to the imposition and collection of fines, fees, and court costs in criminal cases.

## 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/SB01373I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01373E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01373H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01373S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01373F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **129–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson, Jarvis — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-10** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-10** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-18** 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
- **2021-04-21** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-21** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-26** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-27** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-28** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-29** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-28** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-28** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-28** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-28** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-28** Record vote
- **2021-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-28** Record vote
- **2021-04-28** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-29** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-05-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-03** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-05** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-05** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-07** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2021-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-07** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-08** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-08** Record vote
- **2021-05-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-10** House passage reported
- **2021-05-10** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-12** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-12** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-24** 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/00df4535-a298-4223-a905-794b1ed22804`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).