Filed without the Governor's Signature Authored by Joan Huffman (R) View at Source
Caption: Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the denial of bail under limited circumstances to a person accused of certain violent or sexual offenses or of continuous trafficking of persons. Initially Referred to Senate Criminal Justice Committee, chaired by a Republican Last Referred to House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee, chaired by a Republican
(S) Alders signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Bell, C. signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Bell, K. signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Bonnen signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Buckley signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Bumgarner signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Cain signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Capriglione signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Cunningham signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Curry signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Darby signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Dyson signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Fairly signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Frank signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Gates signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Gerdes signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Guillen signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Harless signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Harris signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Harris Davila signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Hayes signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Hefner signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Hickland signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Hopper signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Hull signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Isaac signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Kerwin signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Kitzman signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) LaHood signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Lambert signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Leo Wilson signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Little signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Lowe signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Lozano signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Lujan signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Luther signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) McLaughlin signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) McQueeney signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Metcalf signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Meyer signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Money signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Morgan signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Noble signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Olcott signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Oliverson signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Patterson signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Paul signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Pierson signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Richardson signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Schatzline signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Schoolcraft signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Shaheen signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Shofner signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Slawson signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Spiller signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Toth signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Troxclair signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Vasut signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Villalobos signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Virdell signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Wharton signed onto the bill as Cosponsor (S) Smithee signed onto the bill as Sponsor
Feb 7, 2025
(S) Huffman signed onto the bill as Author (S) Received by the Secretary of the Senate (S) Filed (S) Read first time (S) Referred to the Senate Criminal Justice, chaired by a Republican
Feb 11, 2025
(S) Bettencourt signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Kolkhorst signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Co-author authorized
Feb 12, 2025
(S) Scheduled for public hearing on . . . (S) Considered in public hearing (S) Testimony taken in committee (S) Vote taken in committee
Feb 13, 2025
(S) Reported favorably w/o amendments (S) Committee report printed and distributed
Feb 18, 2025
(S) Flores signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) King signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Parker signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Co-author authorized
Feb 20, 2025
(S) Birdwell signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Campbell signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Creighton signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Gutierrez signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Hagenbuch signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Hall signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Hancock signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) J. Hinojosa signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Menendez signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Middleton signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Nichols signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Paxton signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Perry signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Schwertner signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Sparks signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) West signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Co-author authorized (S) Placed on intent calendar (S) Rules suspended-Intent Calendar (S) Rules suspended-Regular order of business (S) Second Reading of SJR5
20250220_SJR5_2R: Yea 28 (R 20, D 8) - Nay 2 (R 0, D 2)
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(S) Record vote (S) Reported engrossed
Feb 25, 2025
(H) Received from the Senate
Mar 25, 2025
(H) Read first time (H) Referred to the House Criminal Jurisprudence, chaired by a Republican
May 12, 2025
(H) Considered in formal meeting (H) Committee substitute considered in committee (H) Reported favorably as substituted
May 15, 2025
(H) Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator (H) Committee report distributed (H) Committee report sent to Calendars (H) Considered in Calendars
May 19, 2025
(H) Placed on Constitutional Amendments Calendar (H) Read 2nd time (H) A Republican amendment (No. 1) from Little amended the bill. (H) A Republican amendment (No. 2) from Little was offered. (H) Point of order sustained (amendment) (H) Adopted as amended (H) Record vote
RV#2931: Yea 133 (R 87, D 46) - Nay 8 (R 0, D 8) View Source
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(H) Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal (H) Rules suspended (H) Additional sponsor(s) authorized
May 20, 2025
(S) House passage as amended reported
May 25, 2025
(S) Alvarado signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Co-author authorized
May 29, 2025
(S) House amendment(s) laid before the Senate (S) Read (S) Senate concurs in House amendment(s) (S) Record vote (H) Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
May 30, 2025
(S) Reported enrolled
May 31, 2025
(S) Signed in the Senate
Jun 1, 2025
(H) Signed in the House
Jun 2, 2025
(E) Filed with the Secretary of State
Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill
Against
(Wed 2/12/2025) Testifying before S Criminal Justice as Alycia Castillo for Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP) (Wed 2/12/2025) Testifying before S Criminal Justice as Amaal Sharif for self (Wed 2/12/2025) Testifying before S Criminal Justice as Anthony Graves for self (Wed 2/12/2025) Testifying before S Criminal Justice as Goldie VanZandt for self (with Texas Jail Project) (Wed 2/12/2025) Testifying before S Criminal Justice as Nate Walker for The bail project (Wed 2/12/2025) Testifying before S Criminal Justice as Nick Hudson for American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) (Wed 2/12/2025) Registering before S Criminal Justice as Allen Place for Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (TCDLA) (Wed 2/12/2025) Registering before S Criminal Justice as Justin Martinez for self (with LatinoJustice PRLDEF) (Wed 2/12/2025) Registering before S Criminal Justice as Nzingha Williams-Eugene for Vera Institute of Justice
