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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the confinement in county jail of persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities."
description: "Relating to the confinement in county jail of persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 2831"
citation: "Texas HB 2831 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections--Jails & Prisons (I0092)", "Disabilities", "Persons with (I0380)", "JAIL STANDARDS", "COMMISSION ON (V9946)", "JAILERS & PRISON GUARDS (S0341)", "LAW ENFORCEMENT", "TEXAS COMMISSION ON (V0986)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Miles", "Spiller", "White"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-04"
last_action: "2021-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61c94bb5-1b0c-4829-aa51-5b972d393365"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02800_HB02899/HB 2831.xml"
source_hash: "f8a67586e36112562aba675ecfd6454ae77601ed26949774b1c9c0df16f3f262"
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 2831 (87) — Relating to the confinement in county jail of persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities.
## 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/87R/billtext/html/HB02831I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02831E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02831H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02831S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB02831F.HTM)
## Votes
- other — **00** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Miles — primary (person)
- Spiller — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-03-04** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-18** Referred to County Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-15** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-15** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-15** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-20** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-20** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-26** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-26** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-27** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-07** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-05-11** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-11** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-05-11** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-11** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-11** Record vote
- **2021-05-11** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-11** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-11** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-12** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-14** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** Posting rule suspended
- **2021-05-21** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-22** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-22** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-22** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-25** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-27** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-27** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-27** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-05-27** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-27** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-29** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-15** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61c94bb5-1b0c-4829-aa51-5b972d393365`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).