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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to procedures regarding certain persons who are or may be persons with a mental illness or intellectual disability."
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description: "Relating to procedures regarding certain persons 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: "88"
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identifier: "SB 2479"
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citation: "Texas SB 2479 (88)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["BLOOD & MEDICAL TESTS (S0470)", "Courts--General (I0160)", "Courts--Judges (I0140)", "Courts--Justice (I0110)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Disabilities", "Persons with (I0380)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "MEDICINE & PRESCRIPTION DRUGS (S7338)", "MENTAL INCOMPETENCY (S0019)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "Minors--Health & Safety (I0533)", "Minors--Juvenile Justice (I0534)", "PEACE OFFICERS (S0007)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Moody", "Zaffirini"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 50
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2023-03-10"
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last_action: "2023-06-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d01852e-12a5-4bff-abb3-1b809c2485c2"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02400_SB02499/SB 2479.xml"
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source_hash: "d008fab7e247f3ada9e301000e46cf33f2c07334d5e094c2b7b100827218aaa5"
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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 2479 (88) — Relating to procedures regarding certain persons 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/88R/billtext/html/SB02479I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02479E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02479H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02479S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02479F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **111–27** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Moody — 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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- **2023-03-10** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2023-03-10** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-03-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-03-23** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2023-04-18** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-04-18** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2023-04-18** Left pending in committee
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- **2023-04-25** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-04-25** Vote taken in committee
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- **2023-04-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-26** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2023-04-26** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2023-05-03** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2023-05-03** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2023-05-03** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
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- **2023-05-03** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-03** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-03** Three day rule suspended
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- **2023-05-03** Record vote
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- **2023-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-03** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-03** Record vote
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- **2023-05-03** Reported engrossed
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- **2023-05-04** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2023-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-05-04** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-09** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-05-09** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-09** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2023-05-11** Committee report distributed
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- **2023-05-12** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
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- **2023-05-20** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
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- **2023-05-24** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
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- **2023-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2023-05-24** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-24** Record vote
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- **2023-05-24** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-25** House passage reported `passage`
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- **2023-05-27** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2023-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-06-18** 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/1d01852e-12a5-4bff-abb3-1b809c2485c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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