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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to procedures regarding defendants who are or may be persons with a mental illness or intellectual disability."
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description: "Relating to procedures regarding defendants who are or may be persons with a mental illness or intellectual disability."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "87"
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identifier: "SB 49"
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citation: "Texas SB 49 (87)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Criminal Procedure--Bail & Pretrial Release (I0202)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Disabilities", "Persons with (I0380)", "JAIL STANDARDS", "COMMISSION ON (V9946)", "MEDICAL RECORDS (S0104)", "MENTAL INCOMPETENCY (S0019)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "SHERIFFS (S1013)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Murr", "Zaffirini"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 69
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2020-11-09"
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last_action: "2021-06-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea6707ce-a1e5-4879-babb-c48aed0550e5"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 49.xml"
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source_hash: "b41b29893c972211c831af86293b179487470d15c4fcb73efe3d17b41a1537f4"
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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 49 (87) — Relating to procedures regarding defendants who are or may be persons with a mental illness or intellectual disability.
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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/87R/billtext/html/SB00049I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00049E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00049H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00049S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00049F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- other — **142–0** (fail) · upper
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- passage — **144–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Murr — primary (person)
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- Zaffirini — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-11-09** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
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- **2020-11-09** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-03-03** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2021-04-08** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-04-12** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-12** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2021-04-12** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2021-04-14** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2021-04-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2021-04-19** Not again placed on intent calendar
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- **2021-04-19** Laid before the Senate
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- **2021-04-19** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
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- **2021-04-19** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-04-19** Three day rule suspended
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- **2021-04-19** Record vote
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- **2021-04-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-19** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-04-19** Record vote
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- **2021-04-19** Reported engrossed
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- **2021-04-20** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2021-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-04-28** Referred to Corrections `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-05** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-05-05** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2021-05-05** Left pending in committee
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- **2021-05-07** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2021-05-07** Committee substitute considered in committee
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- **2021-05-07** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2021-05-11** Committee report distributed
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- **2021-05-11** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2021-05-17** Considered in Calendars
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- **2021-05-19** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-05-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
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- **2021-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-05-20** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-05-20** Record vote
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- **2021-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-20** House passage as amended reported
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- **2021-05-25** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
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- **2021-05-25** Read
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- **2021-05-25** Senate refuses to concur
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- **2021-05-25** Senate requests conference committee
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- **2021-05-25** Senate appoints conferees
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- **2021-05-25** Senate refuses to concur-reported
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- **2021-05-25** Senate requests conference committee-reported
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- **2021-05-25** Senate appoints conferees-reported
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- **2021-05-27** House grants request for conference committee
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- **2021-05-27** House appoints conferees
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- **2021-05-27** House grants request for conf comm-reported
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- **2021-05-27** House appoints conferees-reported
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- **2021-05-28** Conference committee report filed
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- **2021-05-29** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
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- **2021-05-29** Senate adopts conference committee report
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- **2021-05-29** Record vote
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- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
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- **2021-05-30** House adopts conference committee report
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- **2021-05-30** Record vote
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- **2021-05-30** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
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- **2021-05-31** Reported enrolled
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- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
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- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
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- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-06-18** Effective on 9/1/21 `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/ea6707ce-a1e5-4879-babb-c48aed0550e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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