---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the eligibility of certain individuals for certification as certain juvenile officers or employees of a juvenile facility."
description: "Relating to the eligibility of certain individuals for certification as certain juvenile officers or employees of a juvenile facility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 1437"
citation: "Texas SB 1437 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family--Juvenile Delinquency (I0360)", "JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT", "TEXAS (V0846)", "Juvenile Boards & Officers (I0450)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Noble"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 52
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-19"
last_action: "2025-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90c782fa-536d-4d0f-b882-f1b7252cb4f5"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01400_SB01499/SB 1437.xml"
source_hash: "7c45a5c0104bdd0321363120b4c3de40bf353c49fb49a3f349c7a18d68daa8e8"
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 1437 (89R) — Relating to the eligibility of certain individuals for certification as certain juvenile officers or employees of a juvenile facility.

## 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/SB01437I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01437E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01437H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01437S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01437F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Noble — primary (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-19** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-02-19** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-06** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-01** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-04-01** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-03** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-03** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-10** Co-author authorized
- **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 s/c on Juvenile Justice by Speaker `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-24** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-24** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-28** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2025-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-28** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-28** Record vote
- **2025-04-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-28** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-28** Record vote
- **2025-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-29** Record vote
- **2025-04-29** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-05** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-05** Read
- **2025-05-05** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2025-05-05** Record vote
- **2025-05-05** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-05** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-07** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-07** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-07** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-19** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-19** 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/90c782fa-536d-4d0f-b882-f1b7252cb4f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).