---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to official misconduct by and removal of prosecuting attorneys."
description: "Relating to official misconduct by and removal of prosecuting attorneys."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 17"
citation: "Texas HB 17 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts--Judges (I0140)", "Courts--Prosecuting Attorneys (I0165)", "Lawyers (I0515)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burrows", "Cook", "Huffman", "Leach", "Metcalf", "Moody"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 84
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-03-09"
last_action: "2023-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3de34886-f4a5-4062-aa21-58f7d37c756f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 17.xml"
source_hash: "64741182ce77cc791a6d65e7693fff880bd6f47360eb582010245402acdb220d"
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 17 (88) — Relating to official misconduct by and removal of prosecuting attorneys.

## 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/HB00017I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00017E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00017H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00017S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00017F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **97–51** (pass) · lower
- passage — **26–5** (pass) · upper
- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
- passage — **92–55** (pass) · lower
- passage — **83–58** (pass) · upper
- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
- passage — **83–58** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Burrows — primary (person)
- Cook — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)
- Metcalf — primary (person)
- Moody — primary (person)
- Allison — cosponsor (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
- Burns — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
- Craddick — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Darby — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Dorazio — cosponsor (person)
- Frank — cosponsor (person)
- Frazier — cosponsor (person)
- Gerdes — cosponsor (person)
- Goldman — cosponsor (person)
- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
- Harris, Caroline — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Holland — cosponsor (person)
- Hull — cosponsor (person)
- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
- King, Ken — cosponsor (person)
- Kitzman — cosponsor (person)
- Klick — cosponsor (person)
- Kuempel — cosponsor (person)
- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
- Leo-Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)
- Lujan — cosponsor (person)
- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Murr — cosponsor (person)
- Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Price — cosponsor (person)
- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
- Schatzline — cosponsor (person)
- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
- Shine — cosponsor (person)
- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Tepper — cosponsor (person)
- Thimesch — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- Troxclair — cosponsor (person)
- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
- Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-09** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-13** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-28** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-03-28** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-28** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-04** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-04-04** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-18** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-19** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-25** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-04-27** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-27** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-27** Record vote
- **2023-04-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-27** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-27** Record vote
- **2023-04-27** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-27** Record vote
- **2023-04-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-28** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-28** Record vote
- **2023-04-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-28** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-01** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-02** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-11** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-11** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-11** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-15** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-19** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-19** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-19** Record vote
- **2023-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-19** Record vote
- **2023-05-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-19** Record vote
- **2023-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-19** Record vote
- **2023-05-19** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-20** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2023-05-20** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2023-05-23** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
- **2023-05-23** House requests conference committee
- **2023-05-23** House appoints conferees
- **2023-05-23** House refuses to concur-reported
- **2023-05-23** House requests conference committee-reported
- **2023-05-23** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2023-05-25** Senate grants request for conference comm.
- **2023-05-25** Senate appoints conferees
- **2023-05-25** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2023-05-25** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2023-05-27** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-27** Conference committee report filed `filing`
- **2023-05-27** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2023-05-28** House adopts resolution to go outside bounds
- **2023-05-28** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-28** Record vote
- **2023-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-28** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2023-05-28** Senate adopts resolution to go outside bounds
- **2023-05-28** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-28** Record vote
- **2023-05-28** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2023-05-29** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-07** 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/3de34886-f4a5-4062-aa21-58f7d37c756f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).