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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to providing discharged or released inmates with certain documents, including documents to assist the inmate in obtaining employment."
description: "Relating to providing discharged or released inmates with certain documents, including documents to assist the inmate in obtaining employment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 918"
citation: "Texas HB 918 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections--Jails & Prisons (I0092)", "Corrections--Parole", "Probation & Pardons (I0093)", "BIRTH & DEATH CERTIFICATES (S6418)", "IDENTIFICATION CARDS (S0074)", "MANDATORY & COMMUNITY SUPERVISION (S2314)", "CRIMINAL JUSTICE", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8788)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis, Yvonne", "Johnson", "Sherman, Sr.", "White"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e91ad5df-bcea-425b-900b-8cd180f30fb0"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00900_HB00999/HB 918.xml"
source_hash: "f2d88693814df97883f236336ddeb544aee81996ead49d534c3811e1aae02bbb"
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 HB 918 (86) — Relating to providing discharged or released inmates with certain documents, including documents to assist the inmate in obtaining employment.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB00918I.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **1410** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Davis, Yvonne — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Sherman, Sr. — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Minjarez — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-18** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** Referred to Corrections `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-21** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-21** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-21** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-08** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-08** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-15** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-15** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-26** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-30** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-01** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-02** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Record vote
- **2019-05-02** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-02** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-03** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-15** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-15** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-15** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-17** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-17** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-20** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-20** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2019-06-02** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-02** Effective on 1/1/20 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e91ad5df-bcea-425b-900b-8cd180f30fb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).