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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the operation and administration of and practice in and grants provided by courts in the judicial branch of state government; increasing and imposing fees; creating a criminal offense."
description: "Relating to the operation and administration of and practice in and grants provided by courts in the judicial branch of state government; increasing and imposing fees; creating a criminal offense."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 891"
citation: "Texas SB 891 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BELL COUNTY (G0130)", "BOSQUE COUNTY (G0032)", "BRAZORIA COUNTY (G0077)", "BURLESON COUNTY (G0014)", "CHAMBERS COUNTY (G0175)", "COLLIN COUNTY (G2342)", "COMAL COUNTY (G4794)", "COOKE COUNTY (G0055)", "DENTON COUNTY (G1304)", "ELLIS COUNTY (G1202)", "FORT BEND COUNTY (G0062)", "GILLESPIE COUNTY (G0454)", "GOLIAD COUNTY (G0457)", "GUADALUPE COUNTY (G1715)", "HIDALGO COUNTY (G0071)", "KAUFMAN COUNTY (G8850)", "KERR COUNTY (G0192)", "LIBERTY COUNTY (G0084)", "MEDINA COUNTY (G0003)", "MONTGOMERY COUNTY (G1122)", "POTTER COUNTY (G0131)", "REEVES COUNTY (G0600)", "ROCKWALL COUNTY (G0105)", "RUSK COUNTY (G0737)", "TRAVIS COUNTY (G0285)", "VICTORIA COUNTY (G0589)", "Courts--County & Statutory (I0115)", "Courts--District (I0120)", "Courts--Juries (I0145)", "Courts--Personnel (I0155)", "Courts--Reporters (I0150)", "Family--Parent & Child (I0355)", "Juvenile Boards & Officers (I0450)", "INTERNET (S0130)", "MAGISTRATES (S1592)", "ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "COURT ADMINISTRATION", "OFFICE OF (V8690)", "JUDICIAL BRANCH CERTIFICATION COMMISSION (V1001)", "JUDICIAL COMMISSION ON MENTAL HEALTH", "TEXAS (V1256)", "PERMANENT JUDICIAL COMMISSION FOR CHILDREN", "YOUTH & FAMILIES (V0950)", "SUPREME COURT (V0311)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holland", "Huffman", "Leach", "Moody", "Thompson, Senfronia", "Toth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 79
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-19"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc7baae3-47db-4139-b616-75b7221c1c74"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00800_SB00899/SB 891.xml"
source_hash: "b4a85375b5821a69e0642968b19baeeb60428be3b1eb4357059198ca7998687d"
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 891 (86) — Relating to the operation and administration of and practice in and grants provided by courts in the judicial branch of state government; increasing and imposing fees; creating a criminal offense.
## 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/SB00891I.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **1412** (pass) · lower
- other — **00** (fail) · upper
- other — **1442** (fail) · upper
- other — **00** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Holland — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)
- Moody — primary (person)
- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
- Toth — primary (person)
- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
- Biedermann — cosponsor (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Flores — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-19** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-19** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-26** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-01** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-25** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-01** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-01** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-01** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-09** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-15** 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 `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-16** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-16** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-16** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **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** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-17** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-23** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-02** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-05-02** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-09** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-09** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-14** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-16** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-16** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-16** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-16** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-17** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-17** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-17** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-17** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-20** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-20** Read
- **2019-05-20** Senate refuses to concur
- **2019-05-20** Senate requests conference committee
- **2019-05-20** Senate appoints conferees
- **2019-05-20** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2019-05-20** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2019-05-20** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-22** House grants request for conference committee
- **2019-05-22** House appoints conferees
- **2019-05-22** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2019-05-22** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2019-05-25** Conference committee report filed
- **2019-05-25** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts resolution to go outside bounds
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-26** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-26** House adopts resolution to go outside bounds
- **2019-05-26** House adopts conference committee report
- **2019-05-26** Record vote
- **2019-05-26** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2019-05-27** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** See remarks for effective date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc7baae3-47db-4139-b616-75b7221c1c74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).