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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

HB 463: Relating to certain pretrial hearings for defendants charged with certain controlled substance offenses and the expunction of all records and files related to arrests for certain controlled substance offenses.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 463 is a bill introduced in the Texas House on November 12, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to certain pretrial hearings for defendants charged with certain controlled substance offenses and the expunction of all records and files related to arrests for certain controlled substance offenses. Primary sponsor: Jo Jones (Democratic), Pat Curry (Republican), Mitch Little (Republican), Marc LaHood (Republican), Mihaela Pleșa (Democratic). It lists 27 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 1, 2025): Received from the House.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 19 · Republican 9

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jo JonesPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse147
Pat CurryPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse56
Mitch LittlePrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse65
Marc LaHoodPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse121
Mihaela PleșaPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse70
Alma AllenCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse131
Salman BhojaniCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse92
Rhetta BowersCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse113
Briscoe CainCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse128
Aicha DavisCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse109
Mano DeAyalaCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse133
Mark DorazioCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse122
FloresCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Josey GarciaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse124
Linda GarciaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse107
Barbara Gervin-HawkinsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse120
Vikki GoodwinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse47
Donna HowardCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse48
JohnsonCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Charlene Ward JohnsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse139
Don McLaughlinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse80
Terry MezaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse105
Sergio MuñozCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse36
Rodríguez RamosCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Richard RaymondCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Ron ReynoldsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse27
Keresa RichardsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse61
SchatzlineCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Penny Morales ShawCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse148
Lauren SimmonsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse146
Cody VasutCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse25
Gene WuCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse137

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Received from the House
  2. Reported engrossed
  3. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  4. Record vote
  5. Passed as amended
  6. Amended
  7. Laid out as postponed business
  8. Postponed
  9. Read 3rd time
  10. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  11. Record vote
  12. Passed to engrossment

Showing 12 most recent of 27 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source