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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to official misconduct by and removal of prosecuting attorneys."
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description: "Relating to official misconduct by and removal of prosecuting attorneys."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "88"
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identifier: "HB 17"
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citation: "Texas HB 17 (88)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Courts--Judges (I0140)", "Courts--Prosecuting Attorneys (I0165)", "Lawyers (I0515)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Burrows", "Cook", "Huffman", "Leach", "Metcalf", "Moody"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 84
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2023-03-09"
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last_action: "2023-06-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3de34886-f4a5-4062-aa21-58f7d37c756f"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 17.xml"
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source_hash: "64741182ce77cc791a6d65e7693fff880bd6f47360eb582010245402acdb220d"
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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 HB 17 (88) — Relating to official misconduct by and removal of prosecuting attorneys.
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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/88R/billtext/html/HB00017I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00017E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00017H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00017S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00017F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **97–51** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **26–5** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **92–55** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **83–58** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **83–58** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Burrows — primary (person)
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- Cook — primary (person)
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- Huffman — primary (person)
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- Leach — primary (person)
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- Metcalf — primary (person)
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- Moody — primary (person)
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- Allison — cosponsor (person)
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- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
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- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
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- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
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- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
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- Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
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- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
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- Burns — cosponsor (person)
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- Cain — cosponsor (person)
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- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
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- Craddick — cosponsor (person)
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- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
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- Darby — cosponsor (person)
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- Dean — cosponsor (person)
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- Dorazio — cosponsor (person)
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- Frank — cosponsor (person)
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- Frazier — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerdes — cosponsor (person)
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- Goldman — cosponsor (person)
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- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
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- Harris, Caroline — cosponsor (person)
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- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
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- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
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- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
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- Holland — cosponsor (person)
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- Hull — cosponsor (person)
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- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
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- King, Ken — cosponsor (person)
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- Kitzman — cosponsor (person)
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- Klick — cosponsor (person)
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- Kuempel — cosponsor (person)
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- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
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- Leo-Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)
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- Lujan — cosponsor (person)
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- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
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- Murr — cosponsor (person)
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- Noble — cosponsor (person)
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- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
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- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul — cosponsor (person)
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- Price — cosponsor (person)
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- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
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- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
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- Schatzline — cosponsor (person)
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- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
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- Shine — cosponsor (person)
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- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
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- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
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- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
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- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
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- Tepper — cosponsor (person)
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- Thimesch — cosponsor (person)
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- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
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- Toth — cosponsor (person)
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- Troxclair — cosponsor (person)
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- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
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- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
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- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-03-09** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-03-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-03-13** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-28** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-03-28** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
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- **2023-03-28** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2023-03-28** Left pending in committee
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- **2023-04-04** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-04-04** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
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- **2023-04-04** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2023-04-18** Committee report distributed
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- **2023-04-19** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2023-04-25** Considered in Calendars
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- **2023-04-27** Placed on Major State Calendar
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- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-04-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-04-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-04-27** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
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- **2023-04-27** Record vote
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- **2023-04-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-04-27** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
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- **2023-04-27** Record vote
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- **2023-04-27** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-04-27** Record vote
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- **2023-04-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-28** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-04-28** Record vote
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- **2023-04-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-04-28** Reported engrossed
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- **2023-05-01** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2023-05-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-05-02** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-11** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2023-05-11** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-05-11** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2023-05-11** Left pending in committee
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- **2023-05-15** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-05-15** Vote taken in committee
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- **2023-05-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2023-05-19** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2023-05-19** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2023-05-19** Record vote
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- **2023-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-19** Record vote
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- **2023-05-19** Three day rule suspended
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- **2023-05-19** Record vote
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- **2023-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-19** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-19** Record vote
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- **2023-05-19** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-05-20** Senate Amendments distributed
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- **2023-05-20** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
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- **2023-05-23** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
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- **2023-05-23** House requests conference committee
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- **2023-05-23** House appoints conferees
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- **2023-05-23** House refuses to concur-reported
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- **2023-05-23** House requests conference committee-reported
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- **2023-05-23** House appoints conferees-reported
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- **2023-05-25** Senate grants request for conference comm.
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- **2023-05-25** Senate appoints conferees
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- **2023-05-25** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
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- **2023-05-25** Senate appoints conferees-reported
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- **2023-05-27** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2023-05-27** Conference committee report filed `filing`
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- **2023-05-27** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
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- **2023-05-28** House adopts resolution to go outside bounds
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- **2023-05-28** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-28** Record vote
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- **2023-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-28** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
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- **2023-05-28** Senate adopts resolution to go outside bounds
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- **2023-05-28** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-28** Record vote
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- **2023-05-28** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
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- **2023-05-29** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-06-07** Effective on 9/1/23 `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/3de34886-f4a5-4062-aa21-58f7d37c756f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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