---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the eligibility of a person to serve on a civilian oversight board."
description: "Relating to the eligibility of a person to serve on a civilian oversight board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 1957"
citation: "Texas SB 1957 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--Employees/Officers (I0061)", "FIRE FIGHTERS' & POLICE OFFICERS' CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION (V0769)", "Fire Fighters & Police--General (I0370)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hagenbuch", "Hickland"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 55
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-03-05"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4532aa6-a1dd-48fd-836b-631630780a41"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01900_SB01999/SB 1957.xml"
source_hash: "20f3c87d461ff6c76a6cba408b1eeaa74739ddc825913ce7712291746d8358e6"
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 1957 (89R) — Relating to the eligibility of a person to serve on a civilian oversight board.

## 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/SB01957I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01957E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01957H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01957S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01957F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **23–8** (pass) · upper
- passage — **23–8** (pass) · upper
- passage — **100–38** (pass) · lower
- passage — **23–8** (pass) · upper
- passage — **78–61** (pass) · lower
- passage — **111–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hagenbuch — primary (person)
- Hickland — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-05** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-03-05** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-17** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-28** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-04-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-28** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-29** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-30** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-30** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-06** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-07** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-07** Record vote
- **2025-05-07** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-05-07** Record vote
- **2025-05-08** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-08** Record vote
- **2025-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-08** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Record vote
- **2025-05-08** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-08** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-10** Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-14** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-20** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-20** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-21** 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** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-27** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **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 as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-30** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-30** Read
- **2025-05-30** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2025-05-30** Record vote
- **2025-05-31** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-31** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-31** 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 immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4532aa6-a1dd-48fd-836b-631630780a41`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).