2026 Regular Session
SB631
Crimes and punishments; expanding scope of acts that require service of minimum percentage of sentence. Effective date.
Legislative progress
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This summary includes only completed milestones supported by recorded actions. It does not predict the next step, and it preserves later committee reassignments, concurrence, conference, veto, and approval actions when they occur.
Recorded floor votes
7 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
February 11, 2025 · Senate
Senate: Public Safety Committee: DO PASS
Passed
7 yea–2 nay
March 12, 2025 · Senate
Senate: THIRD READING
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
37 yea–7 nay · 3 absent
April 8, 2025 · House
House: Criminal Judiciary Committee: DO PASS
Passed
4 yea–0 nay
April 17, 2025 · House
House: Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee: DO PASS
Passed
9 yea–3 nay
May 1, 2025 · House
House: THIRD READING
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
71 yea–17 nay · 10 absent
May 29, 2025 · Senate
Senate: VETO OVERRIDE NO EMERGENCY
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
38 yea–7 nay · 3 absent
May 29, 2025 · House
House: VETO OVERRIDE WITHOUT EMERGENCY
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
68 yea–17 nay · 13 absent
Committee referrals
April 1, 2025 · House
Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight
April 1, 2025 · House
Criminal Judiciary
February 4, 2025 · Senate
Public Safety
Instrument history
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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
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Senate Filed with Secretary of State
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House To Senate
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House Veto overridden: Ayes: 68 Nays: 17
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House Veto override message received View roll call
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Senate Measure sent to House
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Senate Veto overridden: Ayes: 38 Nays: 7
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Senate Vetoed 05/08/2025
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Senate Sent to Governor
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House Signed, returned to Senate
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Senate Enrolled, to House
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Senate Referred for enrollment
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House Signed, returned to Senate
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House Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 71 Nays: 17 View roll call
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House Coauthored by Representative(s) Bashore
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House General Order
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House Coauthored by Representative(s) Manger
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House CR; Do Pass Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee View roll call
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House Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass Criminal Judiciary View roll call
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House Referred to Criminal Judiciary
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House Second Reading referred to Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight
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House First Reading
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Senate Engrossed to House
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Senate Coauthored by Senator Woods
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Senate Coauthored by Senator Hamilton
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Senate Referred for engrossment
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Senate Measure passed: Ayes: 37 Nays: 7 View roll call
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Senate General Order, Considered
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Senate Coauthored by Representative George (principal House author)
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Senate Placed on General Order
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Senate Reported Do Pass Public Safety committee; CR filed View roll call
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Senate Second Reading referred to Public Safety
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Senate Authored by Senator Paxton
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Senate First Reading