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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

SB 1777: Relating to a prohibition on payments for certain group home referrals; creating a criminal offense.

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

SB 1777 is a bill introduced in the Texas Senate on February 28, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to a prohibition on payments for certain group home referrals; creating a criminal offense. Primary sponsor: Borris Miles (Democratic), Christian Manuel (Democratic). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 27, 2025): Placed on General State Calendar.

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 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Borris MilesPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate13
Christian ManuelPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse22
César BlancoCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate29
José MenéndezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate26

“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. Placed on General State Calendar
  2. Considered in Calendars
  3. Committee report sent to Calendars
  4. Committee report distributed
  5. Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  6. Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
  7. Considered in formal meeting
  8. Left pending in committee
  9. Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  10. Considered in public hearing
  11. Referred to Human Services
  12. Read first time

Showing 12 most recent of 38 actions. Full history

Sources

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