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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to court administration and costs; increasing certain court costs; authorizing fees."
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description: "Relating to court administration and costs; increasing certain court costs; authorizing fees."
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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: "SB 1612"
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citation: "Texas SB 1612 (88)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["COURT ADMINISTRATION", "OFFICE OF (V8690)", "Courts--Administration (I0130)", "Courts--Civil Procedure (I0135)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Family--Child Support (I0352)", "Family--Juvenile Delinquency (I0360)", "Fees & Other Nontax Revenue--Local (I0361)", "Fees & Other Nontax Revenue--State (I0362)", "Juvenile Boards & Officers (I0450)", "Probate--Wills & Admin of Estates (I0590)", "RECORDS MANAGEMENT (S0205)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Orr", "Zaffirini"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 48
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2023-03-06"
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last_action: "2023-05-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/837ee630-c499-4df5-9628-04c748bc35bc"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01600_SB01699/SB 1612.xml"
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source_hash: "97a88feba19e041291bf353ef959ee489cf3032620a1601e72eadbe220129678"
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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 1612 (88) — Relating to court administration and costs; increasing certain court costs; authorizing fees.
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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/SB01612I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01612E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01612H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01612S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01612F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **124–16** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Orr — primary (person)
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- Zaffirini — primary (person)
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- Moody — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-03-06** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2023-03-06** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-03-16** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-29** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2023-03-29** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-03-29** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2023-03-29** Vote taken in committee
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- **2023-04-04** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-04** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2023-04-04** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2023-04-12** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2023-04-12** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
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- **2023-04-12** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-12** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-04-12** Three day rule suspended
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- **2023-04-12** Record vote
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- **2023-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-12** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-04-12** Record vote
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- **2023-04-12** Reported engrossed
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- **2023-04-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2023-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-04-17** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-03** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-05-03** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-05** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2023-05-05** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-05** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2023-05-08** Committee report distributed
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- **2023-05-09** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
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- **2023-05-10** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
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- **2023-05-12** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
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- **2023-05-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-12** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2023-05-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-12** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-12** Record vote
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- **2023-05-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-15** House passage reported `passage`
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- **2023-05-15** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-16** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-05-16** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2023-05-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-27** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-27** See remarks for effective date
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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/837ee630-c499-4df5-9628-04c748bc35bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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