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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the operation and administration of and practices and procedures related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government, including court security, court documents and arrest warrants, document delivery, juvenile boards, constitutional amendment election challenges, record retention, youth diversion, court-ordered mental health services, the powers of the Texas Supreme Court, jurors, and the special prosecution unit; increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing fees."
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description: "Relating to the operation and administration of and practices and procedures related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government, including court security, court documents and arrest warrants, document delivery, juvenile boards, constitutional amendment election challenges, record retention, youth diversion, court-ordered mental health services, the powers of the Texas Supreme Court, jurors, and the special prosecution unit; increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing fees."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "892"
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identifier: "HB 16"
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citation: "Texas HB 16 (892)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ATASCOSA COUNTY (G0358)", "BORDER (S0045)", "BOWIE COUNTY (GZ9IZ)", "BRAZORIA COUNTY (G0077)", "CALLAHAN COUNTY (GG0DH)", "CANYON", "CITY OF (GP5V0)", "COKE COUNTY (GM738)", "COLORADO COUNTY (GK8DS)", "COMAL COUNTY (G4794)", "COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "CONCHO COUNTY (GI9ZA)", "COURT ADMINISTRATION", "OFFICE OF (V8690)", "Courts--Administration (I0130)", "Courts--Appellate (I0125)", "Courts--Civil Procedure (I0135)", "Courts--County & Statutory (I0115)", "Courts--District (I0120)", "Courts--Judges (I0140)", "Courts--Juries (I0145)", "Courts--Justice (I0110)", "Courts--Personnel (I0155)", "Courts--Prosecuting Attorneys (I0165)", "Crimes--Against Persons--General (I0170)", "DIMMIT COUNTY (G1812)", "ELDER ABUSE (S0247)", "ELLIS COUNTY (G1202)", "EXPUNCTION OF RECORDS (S0189)", "FAYETTE COUNTY (G0331)", "FIFTEENTH COURT OF APPEALS (VM34V)", "FORT BEND COUNTY (G0062)", "Fees & Other Nontax Revenue--Local (I0361)", "GONZALES COUNTY (GR4I6)", "GUADALUPE COUNTY (G1715)", "HARRIS COUNTY (G0330)", "HENDERSON COUNTY (G20OE)", "HIDALGO COUNTY (G0071)", "IRION COUNTY (GL0HA)", "Interim Studies (I0448)", "JUDICIAL CONDUCT", "STATE COMMISSION ON (V0014)", "Juvenile Boards & Officers (I0450)", "LAVACA COUNTY (GF4JR)", "MAVERICK COUNTY (G0338)", "MONTGOMERY COUNTY (G1122)", "Minors--Juvenile Justice (I0534)", "POTTER COUNTY (G0131)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)", "Protection of Personal Information (I0003)", "ROCKWALL COUNTY (G0105)", "RUNNELS COUNTY (GT98C)", "SABINE COUNTY (GA4RY)", "SCHLEICHER COUNTY (G0217)", "STAFF DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING (S0317)", "STERLING COUNTY (GZ6NV)", "SUPREME COURT (V0311)", "Salaries & Expenses (I0745)", "TARRANT COUNTY (G0215)", "TOM GREEN COUNTY (GB0Y3)", "WICHITA COUNTY (GL0NF)", "WILLIAMSON COUNTY (G1525)", "ZAVALA COUNTY (G0317)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Dyson", "Hughes", "LaHood", "Leach", "Morales, Eddie", "Wilson"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 51
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-08-15"
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last_action: "2025-09-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45c345a1-4de3-4e29-bf43-0654c2abe6fd"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/892/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 16.xml"
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source_hash: "9968ce473892312ff94440d17695d380ca2d24b2ff2d6062c2ee6766aca85640"
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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 16 (892) — Relating to the operation and administration of and practices and procedures related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government, including court security, court documents and arrest warrants, document delivery, juvenile boards, constitutional amendment election challenges, record retention, youth diversion, court-ordered mental health services, the powers of the Texas Supreme Court, jurors, and the special prosecution unit; increasing a criminal penalty; 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/892/billtext/html/HB00016I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/892/billtext/html/HB00016E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/892/billtext/html/HB00016H.HTM)
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4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/892/billtext/html/HB00016F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **130–1** (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 HB 16 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **27–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Dyson — primary (person)
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- Hughes — primary (person)
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- LaHood — primary (person)
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- Leach — primary (person)
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- Morales, Eddie — primary (person)
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- Wilson — primary (person)
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- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
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- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
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- Dean — cosponsor (person)
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- Hagenbuch — cosponsor (person)
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- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
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- Hinojosa, Adam — cosponsor (person)
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- Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" — cosponsor (person)
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- King — cosponsor (person)
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- Leo Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Luther — cosponsor (person)
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- Parker — cosponsor (person)
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- Sparks — 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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- **2025-08-15** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-08-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-08-18** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-20** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-08-20** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
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- **2025-08-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2025-08-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-08-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-08-24** Committee report distributed
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- **2025-08-24** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2025-08-24** Considered in Calendars
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- **2025-08-25** Placed on Major State Calendar
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- **2025-08-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-08-25** Postponed
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- **2025-08-25** Laid out as postponed business
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- **2025-08-25** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal`
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- **2025-08-25** Postponed
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- **2025-08-25** Laid out as postponed business
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- **2025-08-25** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-08-25** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-08-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-08-25** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-08-25** Record vote
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- **2025-08-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-08-25** Reason for vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-08-25** Reported engrossed
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- **2025-08-26** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2025-08-26** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2025-08-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-08-26** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-26** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2025-08-26** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-08-26** Vote taken in committee
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- **2025-08-26** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-08-26** Printing rule suspended
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- **2025-08-26** Ordered not printed
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- **2025-08-26** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2025-08-26** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-08-26** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-08-26** Three day rule suspended
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- **2025-08-26** Record vote
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- **2025-08-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-08-26** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-08-26** Record vote
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- **2025-08-27** Senate passage reported `passage`
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- **2025-08-27** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-08-28** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2025-08-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-08-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-09-17** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-09-17** 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/45c345a1-4de3-4e29-bf43-0654c2abe6fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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