---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the attorney general's defense of a district or county attorney against certain lawsuits in federal court."
description: "Relating to the attorney general's defense of a district or county attorney against certain lawsuits in federal court."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 888"
citation: "Texas SB 888 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "Courts--General (I0160)", "Courts--Prosecuting Attorneys (I0165)", "Lawyers (I0515)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kolkhorst", "Leach"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-23"
last_action: "2025-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1aef81f4-0e76-46c8-bc2a-226ae3394bbe"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00800_SB00899/SB 888.xml"
source_hash: "bb23a90bb90332bf0a3235fe4637c592eed39d59bd3f2dca7027015297a5af33"
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 888 (89R) — Relating to the attorney general's defense of a district or county attorney against certain lawsuits in federal court.

## 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/SB00888I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00888E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00888H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00888S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00888F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **134–7** (pass) · lower
- passage — **127–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-23** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-23** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-13** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-02-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-02-27** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-02-27** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-03** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-05** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-05** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-03-05** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-10** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-17** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-30** 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
- **2025-05-07** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2025-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-07** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-07** Record vote
- **2025-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-08** Postponed
- **2025-05-08** Laid out as postponed business
- **2025-05-08** Postponed
- **2025-05-09** Laid out as postponed business
- **2025-05-09** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-09** Record vote
- **2025-05-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-12** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-12** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-13** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-13** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-13** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-24** 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/1aef81f4-0e76-46c8-bc2a-226ae3394bbe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).