---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to Walker County."
description: "Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to Walker County."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 1879"
citation: "Texas SB 1879 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL JUSTICE", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8788)", "County Government--Land Use & Zoning (I0098)", "Property Interests--Real Property (I0595)", "Public Lands", "Buildings & Resources (I0630)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "WALKER COUNTY (G96ZI)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ashby", "Harless", "Lambert", "Schwertner", "Wharton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-04"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0138d14-f773-4876-8a89-a9a65f2e00cf"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01800_SB01899/SB 1879.xml"
source_hash: "18db1b16cb10b306fffe19dae176644775a6eb6f9371f863f2cad6152d1e43ff"
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 1879 (89R) — Relating to the transfer of certain state property from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice to Walker County.

## 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/SB01879I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01879E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01879H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01879S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01879F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **142–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ashby — primary (person)
- Harless — primary (person)
- Lambert — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)
- Wharton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-04** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-03-04** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-17** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-31** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-31** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-03** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-07** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-07** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-16** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-16** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-16** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-16** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-17** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-22** Referred to Corrections `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-23** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-25** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-25** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-28** 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** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-04-28** Record vote
- **2025-04-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-29** Record vote
- **2025-04-29** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-04-29** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-04-30** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-01** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0138d14-f773-4876-8a89-a9a65f2e00cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).