---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the assertion of legislative privilege by the attorney general in certain legal challenges to the constitutionality of state statutes."
description: "Relating to the assertion of legislative privilege by the attorney general in certain legal challenges to the constitutionality of state statutes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 1433"
citation: "Texas SB 1433 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "Courts--General (I0160)", "Legislature (I0520)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Smithee"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-19"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cdff8e4a-d3c8-4aec-8737-6a7d7d07efd6"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01400_SB01499/SB 1433.xml"
source_hash: "ff6297b8bc6ae660bee23618884d714783aac45691b20c8f1434fc4fda3c94e6"
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 1433 (89R) — Relating to the assertion of legislative privilege by the attorney general in certain legal challenges to the constitutionality of state statutes.

## 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/SB01433I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01433E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01433H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01433S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01433F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **86–52** (pass) · lower
- passage — **91–48** (pass) · lower
- passage — **21–10** (pass) · upper
- passage — **21–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Smithee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-19** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-02-19** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-06** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-13** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-13** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-20** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-24** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-24** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-24** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-28** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-04-28** Record vote
- **2025-04-28** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-28** Record vote
- **2025-04-29** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-04-29** Record vote
- **2025-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-29** Record vote
- **2025-04-29** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-29** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-30** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-30** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-01** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-01** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-06** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-23** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-25** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-27** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-30** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-01** 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/cdff8e4a-d3c8-4aec-8737-6a7d7d07efd6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).