republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/87/hb-4293.md

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Bill	Relating to the creation of a court reminder program for criminal defendants.	Relating to the creation of a court reminder program for criminal defendants.	us/states/tx	Texas Legislature	87	HB 4293	Texas HB 4293 (87)	bill	COURT ADMINISTRATION OFFICE OF (V8690) City Government--General (I0060) County Government--General (I0096) Courts--County & Statutory (I0115) Courts--District (I0120) Courts--General (I0160) Courts--Judges (I0140) EMAIL & ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS (S0321) Electronic Information Systems (I0311)	enacted	González, Jessica Hinojosa Krause Leach Moody Zaffirini	5	57	5	2021-03-12	2021-06-15	openstates	ocd-bill/bf5d1ccf-1a37-4531-b248-e1e1267b5f31	ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04200_HB04299/HB 4293.xml	87c8ba7d835700fdf555d0a24bd05ee4b4a5137548e1b8992282a4fcb1e3f53b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tx

Texas HB 4293 (87) — Relating to the creation of a court reminder program for criminal defendants.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. House Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• other — 0–0 (fail) · upper
• passage — 118–25 (pass) · lower
• other — 118–25 (fail) · upper
• passage — 123–19 (pass) · lower
• other — 0–0 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• González, Jessica — primary (person)
• Hinojosa — primary (person)
• Krause — primary (person)
• Leach — primary (person)
• Moody — primary (person)
• Zaffirini — primary (person)
• Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-03-12 Filed filing
• 2021-03-29 Read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2021-03-29 Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence referral-committee
• 2021-04-14 Considered in public hearing
• 2021-04-14 Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
• 2021-04-14 Left pending in committee
• 2021-04-21 Considered in public hearing
• 2021-04-21 Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) committee-passage
• 2021-04-30 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
• 2021-04-30 Committee report distributed
• 2021-04-30 Committee report sent to Calendars
• 2021-05-08 Considered in Calendars
• 2021-05-10 Placed on General State Calendar
• 2021-05-12 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2021-05-12 Passed to engrossment
• 2021-05-13 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-05-13 Passed passage
• 2021-05-13 Record vote
• 2021-05-13 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
• 2021-05-13 Reported engrossed
• 2021-05-14 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
• 2021-05-21 Testimony taken in committee
• 2021-05-22 Reported favorably w/o amendments committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-22 Committee report printed and distributed
• 2021-05-24 Co-sponsor authorized
• 2021-05-24 Placed on intent calendar
• 2021-05-24 Rules suspended-Regular order of business
• 2021-05-24 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2021-05-24 Amendment(s) offered amendment-introduction
• 2021-05-24 Amended amendment-passage
• 2021-05-24 Vote recorded in Journal
• 2021-05-24 Passed to 3rd reading as amended
• 2021-05-24 Vote recorded in Journal
• 2021-05-24 Three day rule suspended
• 2021-05-24 Record vote
• 2021-05-24 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-05-24 Passed passage
• 2021-05-24 Record vote
• 2021-05-24 Senate passage as amended reported
• 2021-05-25 Senate Amendments distributed
• 2021-05-25 Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
• 2021-05-28 House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
• 2021-05-28 Record vote
• 2021-05-28 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
• 2021-05-28 Text of Senate Amendment(s)
• 2021-05-28 House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
• 2021-05-30 Reported enrolled
• 2021-05-31 Signed in the House
• 2021-05-31 Signed in the Senate
• 2021-06-01 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; origin ocd-bill/bf5d1ccf-1a37-4531-b248-e1e1267b5f31. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).