Relating to the payment of certain fines and court costs by an inmate during a term of imprisonment or following release from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
House Passage
May 2023
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 13, 2023
Last action May 12, 2023
Floor votes · House May 10, 2023
How they voted
77–59
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 139
May 10, 2023
D
Democratic58
98% Yea
R
Republican81
72% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
7
Committee
6
May 12, 2023
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
May 11, 2023
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
May 10, 2023
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment
lower
May 4, 2023
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
May 3, 2023
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Apr 25, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably as substituted
lower
Apr 24, 2023
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Apr 24, 2023
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Mar 13, 2023
Committee
Referred to Corrections
lower
Mar 13, 2023
Introduced
Read first time
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
JJ
Jarvis Johnson
DDemocratic
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