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Bill Relating to the establishment of a crime laboratory portal by the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas and to disciplinary proceedings applicable to a crime laboratory or license holder investigated by the Texas Forensic Science Commission. Relating to the establishment of a crime laboratory portal by the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas and to disciplinary proceedings applicable to a crime laboratory or license holder investigated by the Texas Forensic Science Commission. us/states/tx Texas Legislature 88 SB 991 Texas SB 991 (88)
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Courts--Prosecuting Attorneys (I0165)
Criminal Procedure--Defense Counsel (I0207)
Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)
Electronic Information Systems (I0311)
FORENSIC SCIENCE COMMISSION
TEXAS (V0655)
FORENSIC TESTING (S0545)
PUBLIC SAFETY
DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)
enacted
Hinojosa
Leach
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bill
us-tx

Texas SB 991 (88) — Relating to the establishment of a crime laboratory portal by the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas and to disciplinary proceedings applicable to a crime laboratory or license holder investigated by the Texas Forensic Science Commission.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  3. House Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
  4. Senate Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
  5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • passage — 00 (pass) · upper
  • passage — 00 (pass) · upper
  • passage — 310 (pass) · upper
  • passage — 1335 (pass) · lower
  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 991 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — 310 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Hinojosa — primary (person)
  • Leach — primary (person)
  • Sparks — cosponsor (person)
  • West — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2023-02-16 Received by the Secretary of the Senate filing, introduction
  • 2023-02-16 Filed filing
  • 2023-03-03 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2023-03-03 Referred to Criminal Justice referral-committee
  • 2023-03-28 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  • 2023-03-28 Considered in public hearing
  • 2023-03-28 Testimony taken in committee
  • 2023-03-28 Vote taken in committee
  • 2023-03-31 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-03-31 Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
  • 2023-03-31 Committee report printed and distributed
  • 2023-04-04 Co-author authorized
  • 2023-04-04 Placed on intent calendar
  • 2023-04-05 Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  • 2023-04-05 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2023-04-05 Amendment(s) offered amendment-introduction
  • 2023-04-05 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2023-04-05 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2023-04-05 Passed to engrossment as amended amendment-passage
  • 2023-04-05 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2023-04-05 Three day rule suspended
  • 2023-04-05 Record vote
  • 2023-04-05 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2023-04-05 Passed passage
  • 2023-04-05 Record vote
  • 2023-04-05 Reported engrossed
  • 2023-04-06 Received from the Senate introduction
  • 2023-04-17 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2023-04-17 Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety referral-committee
  • 2023-05-11 Considered in formal meeting
  • 2023-05-11 Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-05-17 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator filing
  • 2023-05-17 Committee report distributed
  • 2023-05-17 Committee report sent to Calendars
  • 2023-05-18 Considered in Calendars
  • 2023-05-20 Placed on General State Calendar
  • 2023-05-22 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2023-05-22 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2023-05-22 Passed to 3rd reading as amended amendment-passage
  • 2023-05-23 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2023-05-23 Passed passage
  • 2023-05-23 Record vote
  • 2023-05-23 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2023-05-23 House passage as amended reported amendment-passage
  • 2023-05-25 House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
  • 2023-05-25 Read
  • 2023-05-25 Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
  • 2023-05-25 Record vote
  • 2023-05-25 Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
  • 2023-05-26 Reported enrolled enrolled
  • 2023-05-28 Signed in the Senate passage
  • 2023-05-29 Signed in the House passage
  • 2023-05-29 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2023-06-18 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2023-06-18 Effective on 9/1/23 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b9d4109c-d620-4e8b-9b19-8791e747d312. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).