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Bill Relating to increasing the punishment for certain conduct constituting the offense of murder and providing for the prosecution of that conduct as capital murder. Relating to increasing the punishment for certain conduct constituting the offense of murder and providing for the prosecution of that conduct as capital murder. us/states/tx Texas Legislature 86 SB 719 Texas SB 719 (86)
bill
Crimes--Capital Punishment (I0195)
Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)
Criminal Procedure--Sentencing & Punishment (I0205)
Minors--Crimes Against (I0532)
LAUREN'S LAW (P0718)
enacted
Fallon
Frank
1 62 2 2019-02-08 2019-06-14 openstates ocd-bill/fbd93333-e46e-464d-8db7-2ab131da9978 ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 719.xml afc8a264eed7c539958c12cded5ffa2735322925ad8300e4c9c1f9e103e1cac9 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
legislation
bill
us-tx

Texas SB 719 (86) — Relating to increasing the punishment for certain conduct constituting the offense of murder and providing for the prosecution of that conduct as capital murder.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Introduced (filed) — source

Votes

  • passage — 1328 (pass) · lower
  • passage — 11919 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Fallon — primary (person)
  • Frank — primary (person)
  • Nelson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-02-08 Received by the Secretary of the Senate filing
  • 2019-02-08 Filed filing
  • 2019-03-01 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2019-03-01 Referred to Criminal Justice referral-committee
  • 2019-04-02 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  • 2019-04-02 Meeting cancelled
  • 2019-04-03 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  • 2019-04-03 Posting rule suspended
  • 2019-04-03 Considered in public hearing
  • 2019-04-03 Left pending in committee
  • 2019-04-04 Posting rule suspended
  • 2019-04-04 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  • 2019-04-04 Considered in public hearing
  • 2019-04-08 Reported favorably w/o amendments committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-04-08 Committee report printed and distributed
  • 2019-04-09 Placed on intent calendar
  • 2019-04-16 Co-author authorized
  • 2019-04-16 Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  • 2019-04-16 Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
  • 2019-04-16 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2019-04-16 Three day rule suspended
  • 2019-04-16 Record vote
  • 2019-04-16 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2019-04-16 Passed passage
  • 2019-04-16 Record vote
  • 2019-04-16 Reason for vote recorded in Journal
  • 2019-04-16 Reported engrossed
  • 2019-04-17 Received from the Senate introduction
  • 2019-04-23 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2019-04-23 Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence referral-committee
  • 2019-05-09 Considered in formal meeting
  • 2019-05-09 Committee substitute considered in committee
  • 2019-05-09 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-05-14 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  • 2019-05-15 Committee report distributed
  • 2019-05-16 Committee report sent to Calendars
  • 2019-05-17 Considered in Calendars
  • 2019-05-20 Placed on General State Calendar
  • 2019-05-20 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2019-05-20 Amendment(s) offered amendment-introduction
  • 2019-05-20 Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
  • 2019-05-20 Point of order withdrawn (amendment)
  • 2019-05-20 Amendment withdrawn amendment-withdrawal
  • 2019-05-20 Passed to 3rd reading
  • 2019-05-20 Record vote
  • 2019-05-20 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2019-05-21 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2019-05-21 Passed passage
  • 2019-05-21 Record vote
  • 2019-05-21 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2019-05-21 House passage as amended reported
  • 2019-05-23 House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
  • 2019-05-23 Read
  • 2019-05-23 Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
  • 2019-05-23 Record vote
  • 2019-05-23 Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
  • 2019-05-24 Reported enrolled
  • 2019-05-25 Signed in the House
  • 2019-05-25 Signed in the Senate
  • 2019-05-25 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2019-06-14 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2019-06-14 Effective on 9/1/19 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fbd93333-e46e-464d-8db7-2ab131da9978. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).