---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the provision of information regarding an arrested person and the victim of the offense to a magistrate for purposes of an order for emergency protection."
description: "Relating to the provision of information regarding an arrested person and the victim of the offense to a magistrate for purposes of an order for emergency protection."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 1896"
citation: "Texas SB 1896 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family--Family Violence (I0353)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "MAGISTRATES (S1592)", "PROTECTIVE ORDERS (S0495)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cook", "Huffman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-04"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/608bb472-51bd-419d-9ac6-2aab5d100d5a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01800_SB01899/SB 1896.xml"
source_hash: "87434525c2305779834b47f9f607273eb979d112691cb24adf40f5eed8cd89cb"
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 1896 (89R) — Relating to the provision of information regarding an arrested person and the victim of the offense to a magistrate for purposes of an order for emergency protection.

## 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/SB01896I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01896E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01896H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01896S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01896F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **140–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **140–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cook — primary (person)
- Huffman — 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 Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-15** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-04-15** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-16** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-16** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-16** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-23** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-24** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-24** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-24** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-24** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-24** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-24** Record vote
- **2025-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Record vote
- **2025-04-24** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-25** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-28** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-13** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-05-13** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-15** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-15** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-19** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-20** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-22** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-24** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-27** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-30** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-01** 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/608bb472-51bd-419d-9ac6-2aab5d100d5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).