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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to employment protections for jury service."
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description: "Relating to employment protections for jury service."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "86"
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identifier: "SB 370"
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citation: "Texas SB 370 (86)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Courts--Juries (I0145)", "Labor--General (I0500)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Smithee", "Watson"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 43
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-01-16"
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last_action: "2019-05-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14ce0a94-188a-41aa-b7eb-9494f49f5859"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00300_SB00399/SB 370.xml"
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source_hash: "c11384bbaf11ade2152fdd98a0f40809e1df1ffbc12cfd8215a6c98506a1cadb"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
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---
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# Texas SB 370 (86) — Relating to employment protections for jury service.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/SB00370I.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **139–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Smithee — primary (person)
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- Watson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-16** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
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- **2019-01-16** Filed `filing`
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- **2019-02-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-02-07** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2019-03-21** Meeting cancelled
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- **2019-04-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2019-04-04** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-04-08** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-08** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2019-04-08** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2019-04-17** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2019-04-17** Laid before the Senate
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- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
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- **2019-04-17** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-04-17** Three day rule suspended
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- **2019-04-17** Record vote
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- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-04-17** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-04-17** Record vote
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- **2019-04-17** Reported engrossed
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- **2019-04-18** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2019-04-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-04-23** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-29** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-04-29** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
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- **2019-05-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2019-05-06** Committee report distributed
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- **2019-05-07** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2019-05-10** Considered in Calendars
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- **2019-05-13** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2019-05-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2019-05-13** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2019-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-05-14** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-05-14** Record vote
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- **2019-05-14** House passage reported
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- **2019-05-14** Reported enrolled
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- **2019-05-15** Signed in the Senate
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- **2019-05-15** Signed in the House
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- **2019-05-15** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-05-25** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-25** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14ce0a94-188a-41aa-b7eb-9494f49f5859`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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