republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/87/hb-954.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to certain contract and notice requirements applicable to certain facilities used to house inmates or releasees from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and to the transfer of certain real property held by the department."
description: "Relating to certain contract and notice requirements applicable to certain facilities used to house inmates or releasees from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and to the transfer of certain real property held by the department."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 954"
citation: "Texas HB 954 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL JUSTICE", "TEXAS BOARD OF (V0740)", "CRIMINAL JUSTICE", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8788)", "Corrections--Jails & Prisons (I0092)", "Housing--General (I0405)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dutton", "Whitmire"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 57
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-04"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25c5361c-dd76-42fb-b56a-a9be3993b54f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00900_HB00999/HB 954.xml"
source_hash: "d21ec88ba00dbb97093b59edb0fac2b61071ffd510413a4261f6ff95e2e5c6a4"
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 HB 954 (87) — Relating to certain contract and notice requirements applicable to certain facilities used to house inmates or releasees from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and to the transfer of certain real property held by the department.

## 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/87R/billtext/html/HB00954I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00954E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00954H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00954S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB00954F.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **128–19** (fail) · upper
- passage — **128–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dutton — primary (person)
- Whitmire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-04** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-01** Referred to Corrections `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-24** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-24** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-31** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-31** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-09** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-09** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-12** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-20** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-04-23** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-23** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-23** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-23** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-23** Record vote
- **2021-04-23** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-23** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-26** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-10** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-24** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-24** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-05-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-24** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-26** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-26** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2021-05-26** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** Record vote
- **2021-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2021-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-29** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-14** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
- **2021-06-14** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/25c5361c-dd76-42fb-b56a-a9be3993b54f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).