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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the frequency with which the Board of Pardons and Paroles reconsiders inmates for release on parole."
description: "Relating to the frequency with which the Board of Pardons and Paroles reconsiders inmates for release on parole."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 1506"
citation: "Texas SB 1506 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections--Parole", "Probation & Pardons (I0093)", "Crimes--Drugs (I0185)", "PARDONS & PAROLES", "BOARD OF (V6037)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harless", "Hull", "Parker"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 69
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-02-20"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50d4c7f2-7e9b-4ffa-8393-0874bf8dce32"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01500_SB01599/SB 1506.xml"
source_hash: "75a31e5611c9850e672555290a7baac638adfa71cb1c23c13eeaae455adad6e3"
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 1506 (89R) — Relating to the frequency with which the Board of Pardons and Paroles reconsiders inmates for release on parole.
## 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/SB01506I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01506E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01506H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01506S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01506F.HTM)
## Votes
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 1506 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **27–4** (pass) · upper
- passage — **125–23** (pass) · lower
- passage — **121–9** (pass) · lower
- passage — **27–4** (pass) · upper
- passage — **121–9** (pass) · upper
- passage — **27–4** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Harless — primary (person)
- Hull — primary (person)
- Parker — primary (person)
- Hagenbuch — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-20** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-02-20** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-06** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-04-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-08** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-04-08** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-10** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-14** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-15** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-16** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Record vote
- **2025-04-16** Statement(s) submitted
- **2025-04-16** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-17** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-22** Referred to Corrections `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-23** 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
- **2025-05-05** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2025-05-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-05** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-05** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-05** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-06** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-06** Record vote
- **2025-05-06** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-06** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-07** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-07** Read
- **2025-05-07** Senate refuses to concur
- **2025-05-07** Senate requests conference committee
- **2025-05-07** Senate appoints conferees
- **2025-05-07** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2025-05-07** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2025-05-07** 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
- **2025-05-26** Conference committee report filed `filing`
- **2025-05-30** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2025-05-30** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-30** Record vote
- **2025-05-31** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2025-05-31** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-31** Record vote
- **2025-05-31** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-31** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2025-06-01** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-02** 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/50d4c7f2-7e9b-4ffa-8393-0874bf8dce32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).