Relating to the practice and procedures for summoning prospective grand jurors and petit jurors and the exemption of certain persons from grand jury and petit jury service
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Officially: “Relating to the practice and procedures for summoning prospective grand jurors and petit jurors and the exemption of certain persons from grand jury and petit jury service.” Read the full text
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89th Legislature (2025)
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Filed · Feb 11, 2025
Read first time · Mar 18, 2025
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence · Mar 18, 2025
Scheduled for public hearing on . . . · Mar 26, 2025
Considered in public hearing · Mar 26, 2025
Committee substitute considered in committee · Mar 26, 2025
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee · Mar 26, 2025
Left pending in committee · Mar 26, 2025
Considered in formal meeting · Apr 3, 2025
Committee substitute considered in committee · Apr 3, 2025
Reported favorably as substituted · Apr 3, 2025
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator · Apr 11, 2025
Committee report distributed · Apr 14, 2025
Committee report sent to Calendars · Apr 15, 2025
Considered in Calendars · Apr 17, 2025
Placed on General State Calendar · Apr 23, 2025
Read 2nd time · Apr 23, 2025
Amended · Apr 23, 2025
Record vote · Apr 23, 2025
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal · Apr 23, 2025
Passed to engrossment as amended · Apr 23, 2025
Record vote · Apr 23, 2025
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal · Apr 23, 2025
Read 3rd time · Apr 24, 2025
Passed · Apr 24, 2025
Record vote · Apr 24, 2025
Reported engrossed · Apr 24, 2025
Received from the House · Apr 24, 2025
Read first time · Apr 29, 2025
Referred to Criminal Justice · Apr 29, 2025
Scheduled for public hearing on . . . · May 20, 2025
Considered in public hearing · May 20, 2025
Testimony taken in committee · May 20, 2025
Vote taken in committee · May 20, 2025
Reported favorably as substituted · May 21, 2025
Recommended for local & uncontested calendar · May 21, 2025
Committee report printed and distributed · May 21, 2025
Placed on local & uncontested calendar · May 25, 2025
Laid before the Senate · May 25, 2025
Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading · May 25, 2025
Vote recorded in Journal · May 25, 2025
Three day rule suspended · May 25, 2025
Record vote · May 25, 2025
Read 3rd time · May 25, 2025
Passed · May 25, 2025
Record vote · May 25, 2025
Senate passage as amended reported · May 25, 2025
Senate Amendments distributed · May 25, 2025
Senate Amendments Analysis distributed · May 25, 2025
House concurs in Senate amendment(s) · May 28, 2025
Record vote · May 28, 2025
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal · May 28, 2025
Text of Senate Amendment(s) · May 28, 2025
House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported · May 28, 2025
Reported enrolled · May 29, 2025
Signed in the House · May 30, 2025
Signed in the Senate · May 31, 2025
Sent to the Governor · May 31, 2025
Signed by the Governor · Jun 20, 2025
Effective on 9/1/25 · Jun 20, 2025
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sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Recorded votes
The motion to concur in the senate amendments to HB 2637 prevailed byHouse · 2025-05-28 · Yeas 120, Nays 16, Present, not voting 1
HBi2637 was passed byHouse · 2025-04-24 · Yeas 133, Nays 13, Present, not voting 2
Virdell CSHB 2637, as amended, was passed to engrossment byHouse · 2025-04-23 · Yeas 139, Nays 8, Present, not voting 1
Amendment No. 1 was adopted byHouse · 2025-04-23 · Yeas 147, Nays 0, Present, not voting 1
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Texas legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Effective on 9/1/25 (Jun 20, 2025).