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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

SB 990: Relating to increasing the punishment for certain conduct constituting the offense of murder.

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 990 is a bill introduced in the Texas Senate on January 29, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to increasing the punishment for certain conduct constituting the offense of murder. Primary sponsor: Paul Bettencourt (Republican), John Smithee (Republican). It lists 10 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 21, 2025): Committee report sent to Calendars.

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 1 · Republican 10

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Paul BettencourtPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate7
John SmitheePrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse86
CreightonCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Brent HagenbuchCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate30
Adam HinojosaCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate27
Chuy HinojosaCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate20
Joan HuffmanCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate17
Bryan HughesCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate1
Lois KolkhorstCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate18
Mayes MiddletonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate11
Charles PerryCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate28
Kevin SparksCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate31

“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. Committee report sent to Calendars
  2. Committee report distributed
  3. Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  4. Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
  5. Considered in formal meeting
  6. Recalled from subcommittee
  7. Left pending in subcommittee
  8. Vote reconsidered in subcommittee
  9. Reported from s/c favorably w/o amendment(s)
  10. Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee
  11. Considered by s/c in public hearing
  12. Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .

Showing 12 most recent of 40 actions. Full history

Sources

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