Relating to an argument before the jury after a subsequent jury charge in a criminal case.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
House Passage
May 2023
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 24, 2023
Last action May 10, 2023
Floor votes · House May 9, 2023
How they voted
91–41
Passed · 8 other
Total votes 140
May 9, 2023
D
Democratic60
98% Yea
R
Republican80
51% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
8
Committee
8
May 10, 2023
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
May 9, 2023
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
May 8, 2023
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment
lower
May 3, 2023
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
May 3, 2023
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Apr 21, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
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
Apr 4, 2023
Committee
Referred directly to subcommittee by chair
lower
Mar 24, 2023
Committee
Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
lower
Mar 24, 2023
Introduced
Read first time
lower
5 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jeff Leach
RRepublican
P
Joe Moody
DDemocratic
P
Rhetta Bowers
DDemocratic
P
Salman Bhojani
DDemocratic
P
Terry Canales
DDemocratic
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