republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/89r/sb-1637.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the prosecution of the offense of deadly conduct."
description: "Relating to the prosecution of the offense of deadly conduct."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 1637"
citation: "Texas SB 1637 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Against Persons--General (I0170)", "Fire Fighters & Police--General (I0370)", "PEACE OFFICERS (S0007)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hefner", "King"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 75
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-02-25"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b9da16c-acf8-4e26-8cbf-d4932358f856"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01600_SB01699/SB 1637.xml"
source_hash: "253d797c334bf46080d9bf19e1dfb567b48a202ac3d5430354079040fd3648b5"
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 1637 (89R) — Relating to the prosecution of the offense of deadly conduct.

## 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/SB01637I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01637E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01637H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01637S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01637F.HTM)

## Votes

- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 1637 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **27–3** (pass) · upper
- passage — **103–41** (pass) · lower
- passage — **102–41** (pass) · lower
- adoption of Floor Amendment No. 1 — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **27–3** (pass) · upper
- passage — **28–3** (pass) · upper
- passage — **23–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hefner — primary (person)
- King — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-25** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-02-25** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-11** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-25** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-25** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-01** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-03** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-03** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-08** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-09** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-04-09** Record vote
- **2025-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-04-09** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-09** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-09** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-09** Record vote
- **2025-04-09** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-09** Record vote
- **2025-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-09** Record vote
- **2025-04-09** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-10** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-17** Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-24** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-28** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-29** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2025-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-29** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-29** Amendment tabled `deferral`
- **2025-04-29** Record vote
- **2025-04-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-29** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-29** Record vote
- **2025-04-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-30** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Record vote
- **2025-04-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-30** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-05** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-05** Read
- **2025-05-05** Senate refuses to concur
- **2025-05-05** Senate requests conference committee
- **2025-05-05** Senate appoints conferees
- **2025-05-05** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2025-05-05** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2025-05-05** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2025-05-19** House grants request for conference committee
- **2025-05-19** House appoints conferees
- **2025-05-20** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2025-05-20** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2025-05-25** Conference committee report filed `filing`
- **2025-05-26** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2025-06-01** Senate discharges conferees
- **2025-06-01** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2025-06-01** Record vote
- **2025-06-01** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-02** Senate discharges conferees-reported
- **2025-06-02** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **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** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b9da16c-acf8-4e26-8cbf-d4932358f856`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).