Relating to the collection of information regarding the parental status of inmates of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2019
Committee Review
Apr 2019
House Passage
Mar 2019
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 21, 2019
Last action Apr 1, 2019
Floor votes · House Mar 26, 2019
How they voted
114–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 116
Mar 26, 2019
D
Democratic48
97% Yea
R
Republican68
98% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
9
Committee
8
Amendments
1
Apr 1, 2019
Committee
Referred to Criminal Justice
upper
Apr 1, 2019
Introduced
Read first time
upper
Mar 27, 2019
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
Mar 26, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed as amended
lower
Mar 26, 2019
Lower · Passed
Amended
lower
Mar 25, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment
lower
Mar 19, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
Mar 18, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Mar 18, 2019
Lower · Passed
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
lower
Mar 14, 2019
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
Mar 7, 2019
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Mar 7, 2019
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Feb 21, 2019
Committee
Referred to Corrections
lower
Feb 21, 2019
Introduced
Read first time
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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