---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to procedures regarding certain persons who are or may be persons with a mental illness or intellectual disability."
description: "Relating to procedures regarding certain persons who are or may be persons with a mental illness or intellectual disability."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 2479"
citation: "Texas SB 2479 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BLOOD & MEDICAL TESTS (S0470)", "Courts--General (I0160)", "Courts--Judges (I0140)", "Courts--Justice (I0110)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Disabilities", "Persons with (I0380)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "MEDICINE & PRESCRIPTION DRUGS (S7338)", "MENTAL INCOMPETENCY (S0019)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "Minors--Health & Safety (I0533)", "Minors--Juvenile Justice (I0534)", "PEACE OFFICERS (S0007)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moody", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-10"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d01852e-12a5-4bff-abb3-1b809c2485c2"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02400_SB02499/SB 2479.xml"
source_hash: "d008fab7e247f3ada9e301000e46cf33f2c07334d5e094c2b7b100827218aaa5"
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 2479 (88) — Relating to procedures regarding certain persons who are or may be persons with a mental illness or intellectual disability.

## 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/SB02479I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02479E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02479H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02479S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02479F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **111–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Moody — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-10** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-10** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-23** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-18** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-04-18** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-25** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-26** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-26** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-03** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-03** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-03** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-03** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-03** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-03** Record vote
- **2023-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Record vote
- **2023-05-03** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-04** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-04** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-09** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-09** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-11** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-12** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-20** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-24** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-24** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-24** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-25** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-27** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-18** 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/1d01852e-12a5-4bff-abb3-1b809c2485c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).