Relating to a justice or municipal court's authority to order a defendant confined in jail for failure to pay a fine or cost or for contempt and to the authority of a municipality to enforce the collection of certain fines by imprisonment of the defendant.
Bill status
failed
2 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
House Failed
May 2023
Governor
Introduced Feb 23, 2023
Last action May 10, 2023
Floor votes · House May 10, 2023
How they voted
57–78
Failed · 5 other
Total votes 140
May 10, 2023
D
Democratic60
93% Yea
R
Republican80
95% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
27
Key actions
6
Committee
8
May 10, 2023
Vote failed
House Vote: fail (57-78-5)
house
May 3, 2023
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
May 2, 2023
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Apr 21, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably as substituted
lower
Apr 21, 2023
Lower · Passed
Recalled from subcommittee
lower
Apr 18, 2023
Lower · Passed
Left pending in subcommittee
lower
Apr 18, 2023
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
lower
Feb 28, 2023
Committee
Referred directly to subcommittee by chair
lower
Feb 23, 2023
Committee
Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
lower
Feb 23, 2023
Introduced
Read first time
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Diego Bernal
DDemocratic
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