---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the payment of restitution."
description: "Relating to the payment of restitution."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 1666"
citation: "Texas SB 1666 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL JUSTICE", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8788)", "Corrections--Parole", "Probation & Pardons (I0093)", "Crime Victims Compensation (I0084)", "INTERNET (S0130)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Metcalf", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-27"
last_action: "2025-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9f18307-1c39-43cc-8388-d8ba673f7af3"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01600_SB01699/SB 1666.xml"
source_hash: "6bfae97789c84f37f23ece81969890c0faf42b8adbc9a92ec4edfea79a3f07e1"
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 1666 (89R) — Relating to the payment of restitution.

## 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/SB01666I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01666E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01666H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01666S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01666F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Metcalf — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-27** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-02-27** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-11** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20** Rereferred to committee
- **2025-03-20** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-04-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-22** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-04-22** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-23** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-23** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-23** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-28** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-01** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-30** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-01** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-01** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-05-01** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-01** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-01** Record vote
- **2025-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-01** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-01** Record vote
- **2025-05-01** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-01** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-05-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-02** Referred to Corrections `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-05** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-10** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-10** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-14** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2025-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-14** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-14** Record vote
- **2025-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-15** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Record vote
- **2025-05-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-15** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-16** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-16** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-28** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-28** 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/c9f18307-1c39-43cc-8388-d8ba673f7af3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).