---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the practice and procedures for summoning prospective grand jurors and petit jurors and the exemption of certain persons from grand jury and petit jury service."
description: "Relating to the practice and procedures for summoning prospective grand jurors and petit jurors and the exemption of certain persons from grand jury and petit jury service."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 2637"
citation: "Texas HB 2637 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Aging (I0015)", "County Government--Finance (I0097)", "Courts--Civil Procedure (I0135)", "Courts--District (I0120)", "Courts--Juries (I0145)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Fees & Other Nontax Revenue--Local (I0361)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeAyala", "Hughes"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 59
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-11"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a76a286-52d3-4648-8672-211d4ffd4540"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02600_HB02699/HB 2637.xml"
source_hash: "3896d04dc1f4132dc2b57e21e4ef32edd5a49e3f0eacba65276862f21c63d325"
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 2637 (89R) — Relating to the practice and procedures for summoning prospective grand jurors and petit jurors and the exemption of certain persons from grand jury and petit jury service.

## 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/HB02637I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02637E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02637H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02637S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02637F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **133–13** (pass) · lower
- passage — **120–16** (pass) · upper
- passage — **139–8** (pass) · lower
- passage — **120–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- DeAyala — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-11** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-18** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-26** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-03-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-03-26** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-03** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-03** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-03** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-14** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-15** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-04-23** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-23** Record vote
- **2025-04-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-23** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-23** Record vote
- **2025-04-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Record vote
- **2025-04-24** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-24** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-04-29** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-29** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-20** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-05-20** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-21** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-21** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-25** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-25** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-25** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-25** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-25** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-25** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2025-05-25** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2025-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2025-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-29** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-30** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** 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/4a76a286-52d3-4648-8672-211d4ffd4540`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).