---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to court administration, including the knowledge, efficiency, training, and transparency requirements for candidates for or holders of judicial offices."
description: "Relating to court administration, including the knowledge, efficiency, training, and transparency requirements for candidates for or holders of judicial offices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 2384"
citation: "Texas HB 2384 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "CONTINUING EDUCATION (S0234)", "COURT ADMINISTRATION", "OFFICE OF (V8690)", "CRIMINAL APPEALS", "COURT OF (V1605)", "Courts--Judges (I0140)", "Elections--Judicial (I0308)", "JUDICIAL CONDUCT", "STATE COMMISSION ON (V0014)", "Lawyers (I0515)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "SECRETARY OF STATE (V0042)", "SUPREME COURT (V0311)", "TEXAS JUDICIAL COUNCIL (V0264)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cain", "Hughes", "Johnson, Julie", "Leach", "Moody", "Murr"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-15"
last_action: "2023-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c25c246-64af-4086-91ed-da838aa008e6"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02300_HB02399/HB 2384.xml"
source_hash: "26aac8162edd829d3a7a456f7b60175266b01466ec6b6d5bec185e2d6652e36a"
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 2384 (88) — Relating to court administration, including the knowledge, efficiency, training, and transparency requirements for candidates for or holders of judicial offices.

## 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/HB02384I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02384E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02384H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02384S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02384F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **137–3** (pass) · lower
- passage — **146–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cain — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Johnson, Julie — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)
- Moody — primary (person)
- Murr — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-15** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-29** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-03-29** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-29** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-03** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-03** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-04-03** 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** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-13** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-04-17** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-04-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-17** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-04-17** Record vote
- **2023-04-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-18** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Record vote
- **2023-04-18** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-18** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-04-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-19** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-04** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-04** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-05** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-05** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-05** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-09** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-10** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-12** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-15** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-17** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **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`
- **2023-06-12** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-12** 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/4c25c246-64af-4086-91ed-da838aa008e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).