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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the rights of victims, guardians of victims, and close relatives of deceased victims in the criminal justice system."
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description: "Relating to the rights of victims, guardians of victims, and close relatives of deceased victims in the criminal justice system."
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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 409"
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citation: "Texas SB 409 (88)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CRIME VICTIMS (S0046)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hinojosa", "Leach"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 67
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2023-01-12"
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last_action: "2023-06-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3dcb363-15ae-4db6-8a0f-493597d6d973"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00400_SB00499/SB 409.xml"
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source_hash: "d870852c8bdeca5c104f17107779fd939d0561427c8c30d0861dc2635e5246b6"
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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 409 (88) — Relating to the rights of victims, guardians of victims, and close relatives of deceased victims in the criminal justice system.
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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/SB00409I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00409E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00409H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00409S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00409F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **140–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 409 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **30–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **140–0** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **140–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Hinojosa — primary (person)
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- Leach — primary (person)
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- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
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- Morales, Christina — cosponsor (person)
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- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2023-01-12** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-02-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-02-15** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2023-04-04** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-04-04** Vote taken in committee
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- **2023-04-06** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2023-04-06** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2023-04-12** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2023-04-13** Co-author authorized
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- **2023-04-13** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2023-04-13** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-13** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-04-13** Three day rule suspended
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- **2023-04-13** Record vote
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- **2023-04-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-13** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-04-13** Record vote
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- **2023-04-13** Reported engrossed
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- **2023-04-14** 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 Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-21** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2023-04-21** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-09** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2023-05-09** Committee report distributed
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- **2023-05-10** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2023-05-11** Considered in Calendars
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- **2023-05-15** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2023-05-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-15** Postponed
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- **2023-05-15** Laid out as postponed business
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- **2023-05-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-05-15** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-16** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-16** Record vote
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- **2023-05-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-16** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-05-17** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
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- **2023-05-17** Read
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- **2023-05-17** Senate refuses to concur
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- **2023-05-17** Senate requests conference committee
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- **2023-05-17** Senate appoints conferees
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- **2023-05-18** Senate refuses to concur-reported
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- **2023-05-18** Senate requests conference committee-reported
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- **2023-05-18** Senate appoints conferees-reported
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- **2023-05-19** House grants request for conference committee
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- **2023-05-19** House appoints conferees
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- **2023-05-19** House grants request for conf comm-reported
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- **2023-05-19** House appoints conferees-reported
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- **2023-05-23** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
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- **2023-05-23** Conference committee report filed `filing`
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- **2023-05-25** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-25** Record vote
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- **2023-05-25** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-25** Record vote
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- **2023-05-25** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
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- **2023-05-26** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
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- **2023-05-28** 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/b3dcb363-15ae-4db6-8a0f-493597d6d973`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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