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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the discipline of judges by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, notice of certain reprimands, judicial compensation and related retirement benefits, and the reporting of certain judicial transparency information; authorizing an administrative penalty."
description: "Relating to the discipline of judges by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, notice of certain reprimands, judicial compensation and related retirement benefits, and the reporting of certain judicial transparency information; authorizing an administrative penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 293"
citation: "Texas SB 293 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURT ADMINISTRATION", "OFFICE OF (V8690)", "CRIMINAL APPEALS", "COURT OF (V1605)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Courts--County & Statutory (I0115)", "Courts--District (I0120)", "Courts--Judges (I0140)", "Courts--Personnel (I0155)", "ETHICS COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V9939)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Governor (I0375)", "JUDICIAL CONDUCT", "STATE COMMISSION ON (V0014)", "LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR (S0096)", "Legislature (I0520)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "PUBLIC NOTICE (S0264)", "Retirement Systems--Judicial (I0728)", "SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE (S0306)", "STATUTES OF LIMITATIONS (S0065)", "SUPREME COURT (V0311)", "Salaries & Expenses (I0745)", "TELECONFERENCING (S0039)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Huffman", "Leach"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 94
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2024-11-12"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6df698dc-c79e-4c2d-9d2b-0b06ca217883"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 293.xml"
source_hash: "71366416aa90038a68ab4a85641d66f4c23500adbed2edf53d109b892a3613ca"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---
# Texas SB 293 (89R) — Relating to the discipline of judges by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, notice of certain reprimands, judicial compensation and related retirement benefits, and the reporting of certain judicial transparency information; authorizing an administrative penalty.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00293I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00293E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00293H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00293S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00293F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **114–26** (pass) · lower
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 293 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **30–1** (pass) · upper
- passage — **140–3** (pass) · lower
- passage — **128–4** (pass) · lower
- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage to engrossment — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **127–15** (pass) · lower
- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **114–26** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Leach — primary (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-11-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2024-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Referred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-05** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-05** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-10** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-03-11** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-03-11** Corrected comm. report printed & distributed
- **2025-03-12** Co-author authorized
- **2025-03-12** Rules suspended-Constitutional 60-Day
- **2025-03-12** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-03-12** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-12** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-03-12** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-12** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-03-12** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-12** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-03-12** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-03-12** Record vote
- **2025-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-12** Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-12** Record vote
- **2025-03-12** Statement(s) submitted
- **2025-03-12** Reported engrossed
- **2025-03-13** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-14** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-05-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-20** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-20** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-21** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-22** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-24** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-26** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-27** Postponed
- **2025-05-27** Laid out as postponed business
- **2025-05-27** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-27** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-30** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-30** Read
- **2025-05-30** Point of order
- **2025-05-30** Point of order sustained
- **2025-05-30** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2025-05-31** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-06-01** Senate requests conference committee
- **2025-06-01** Senate appoints conferees
- **2025-06-01** Returned to the House for further action
- **2025-06-01** Returned from the Senate for further action
- **2025-06-01** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2025-06-01** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2025-06-01** House grants request for conference committee
- **2025-06-01** House appoints conferees
- **2025-06-01** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2025-06-01** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2025-06-02** Conference committee report filed `filing`
- **2025-06-02** Rules suspended
- **2025-06-02** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-02** Record vote
- **2025-06-02** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2025-06-02** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2025-06-02** Rules suspended
- **2025-06-02** Record vote
- **2025-06-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-06-02** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-02** Record vote
- **2025-06-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-06-02** Reason for vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-06-02** Returned to the Senate for further action
- **2025-06-02** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2025-06-02** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-02** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-03** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** See remarks for effective date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6df698dc-c79e-4c2d-9d2b-0b06ca217883`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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