---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to inpatient competency restoration services."
description: "Relating to inpatient competency restoration services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 528"
citation: "Texas SB 528 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "MENTAL INCOMPETENCY (S0019)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "Safety (I0740)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harris Davila", "Schwertner"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 60
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-12-05"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/279745f4-530c-45d4-980a-086f29d5abef"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 528.xml"
source_hash: "65bc2ca7cdb00ace724588584b34e70a9c05f2eafddd113c59338e5febe24f9f"
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 528 (89R) — Relating to inpatient competency restoration services.

## 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/SB00528I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00528E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00528H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00528S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00528F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harris Davila — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-05** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2024-12-05** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-02** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-04-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-02** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-04-02** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-10** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-14** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-14** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-24** Placed on local & uncontested 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 Public Health `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-05** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-05-05** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-08** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-08** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-12** Vote reconsidered in committee
- **2025-05-12** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-05-12** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-15** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-15** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-19** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-21** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-21** Record vote
- **2025-05-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-22** Record vote
- **2025-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-23** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-26** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-26** Read
- **2025-05-26** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **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/279745f4-530c-45d4-980a-086f29d5abef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).