---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the decision of a court of appeals not to accept certain interlocutory appeals."
description: "Relating to the decision of a court of appeals not to accept certain interlocutory appeals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1603"
citation: "Texas SB 1603 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Courts--Appellate (I0125)", "Courts--Civil Procedure (I0135)", "SUPREME COURT (V0311)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "Smithee"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 52
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-03"
last_action: "2023-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd560ab5-2b93-4b97-9537-c612c72bb975"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01600_SB01699/SB 1603.xml"
source_hash: "9fdf7e09f2df81236517b008131a7a1deab1709e0705b7d4051991bb08ff6a8d"
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 1603 (88) — Relating to the decision of a court of appeals not to accept certain interlocutory appeals.

## 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/SB01603I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01603E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01603H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01603S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01603F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **143–1** (pass) · lower
- passage — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hughes — primary (person)
- Smithee — primary (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-03** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-03** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-22** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-03-22** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-03-27** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-03-27** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-03-30** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-03** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-04** Co-author authorized
- **2023-04-12** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-12** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-12** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-12** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-12** Record vote
- **2023-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-12** Record vote
- **2023-04-12** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-14** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-26** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-01** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-02** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-03** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2023-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-03** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-04** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-04** Record vote
- **2023-05-04** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-05** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-11** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2023-05-11** Read
- **2023-05-11** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2023-05-11** Record vote
- **2023-05-11** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-11** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-12** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-12** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-12** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-24** 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/fd560ab5-2b93-4b97-9537-c612c72bb975`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).