---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the assignment of certain retired and former justices and judges."
description: "Relating to the assignment of certain retired and former justices and judges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 2127"
citation: "Texas SB 2127 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts--Judges (I0140)", "SUPREME COURT (V0311)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martinez Fischer", "Raymond", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-10"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b522bc2f-ffc5-4b42-a96e-3c9f035d5f74"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02100_SB02199/SB 2127.xml"
source_hash: "1645b983a0f145c8e9023c9e2f591a8a58e0e31a421fa976c28a46ac8b83e1f3"
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 2127 (89R) — Relating to the assignment of certain retired and former justices and judges.

## 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/SB02127I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02127E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02127H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02127S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02127F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **141–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Martinez Fischer — primary (person)
- Raymond — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-10** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-03-10** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-24** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-04-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-09** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-23** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-24** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-24** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-24** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-24** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-24** Record vote
- **2025-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Record vote
- **2025-04-24** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-25** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-28** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-19** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-19** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-19** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-22** Record vote
- **2025-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-23** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-23** Record vote
- **2025-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-23** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-23** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-26** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-26** 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 in 90 days -- 9/1/25

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b522bc2f-ffc5-4b42-a96e-3c9f035d5f74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).