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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

SB 3073: Relating to the duty of a magistrate to make written findings in certain criminal proceedings.

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 3073 is a bill introduced in the Texas Senate on May 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to the duty of a magistrate to make written findings in certain criminal proceedings. Primary sponsor: Joan Huffman (Republican), John Smithee (Republican). It lists 60 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 27, 2025): Postponed.

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): Republican 58

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Joan HuffmanPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate17
John SmitheePrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse86
Daniel AldersCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6
Cecil BellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse3
Keith BellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse4
BirdwellCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Greg BonnenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse24
Brad BuckleyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse54
Ben BumgarnerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse63
Briscoe CainCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse128
Donna CampbellCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate25
Giovanni CapriglioneCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse98
CookCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Charles CunninghamCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse127
Pat CurryCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse56
Drew DarbyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse72
Caroline Harris DavilaCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse52
Mano DeAyalaCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse133
Paul DysonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse14
James FrankCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse69
Gary GatesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse28
Stan GerdesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse17
Ryan GuillenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse31
Sam HarlessCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse126
Cody HarrisCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse8
Richard HayesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse57
Cole HefnerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse5
Hillary HicklandCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse55
Andy HopperCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse64
Lacey HullCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse138
Carrie IsaacCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse73
Helen KerwinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse58
KingCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Stan KitzmanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse85
Stan LambertCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse71
Mitch LittleCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse65
A.J. LouderbackCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse30
David LoweCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse91
J.M. LozanoCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse43
John LujanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse118
Shelley LutherCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse62
Don McLaughlinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse80
John McQueeneyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse97
Will MetcalfCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse16
Morgan MeyerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse108
Mayes MiddletonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate11
Brent MoneyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse2
Tom OliversonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse130
Angelia OrrCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse13
Jared PattersonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse106
Katrina PiersonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse33
Keresa RichardsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse61
SchatzlineCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Alan SchoolcraftCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse44
Matt ShaheenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse66
Shelby SlawsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse59
David SpillerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse68
Steve TothCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse15
Ellen TroxclairCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse19
Cody VasutCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse25
Denise VillalobosCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse34
Trey WhartonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse12

“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. Postponed
  2. Read 2nd time
  3. Placed on General State Calendar
  4. Considered in Calendars
  5. Committee report sent to Calendars
  6. Committee report distributed
  7. Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  8. Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
  9. Considered in formal meeting
  10. Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
  11. Read first time
  12. Received from the Senate

Showing 12 most recent of 35 actions. Full history

Sources

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