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SB990 • 2025

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

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

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Bettencourt
Last action
2025-05-21
Official status
05/21/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

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

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

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to increasing the punishment for certain conduct constituting the offense of murder.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  2. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  3. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  4. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Recalled from subcommittee

  5. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  6. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  7. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .

  8. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered by s/c in public hearing

  9. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee

  10. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported from s/c favorably w/o amendment(s)

  11. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote reconsidered in subcommittee

  12. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in subcommittee

  13. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred directly to subcommittee by chair

  14. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  15. 2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence

  16. 2025-03-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the Senate

  17. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-author authorized

  18. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  19. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  20. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  21. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Amendment(s) offered. FA1 Bettencourt

  22. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Amended

  23. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  24. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment as amended

  25. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  26. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  27. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  28. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  29. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  30. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  31. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  32. 2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  33. 2025-03-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-author authorized

  34. 2025-03-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

  35. 2025-03-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  36. 2025-03-18 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  37. 2025-03-18 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  38. 2025-03-18 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken in committee

  39. 2025-03-18 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  40. 2025-02-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  41. 2025-02-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Criminal Justice

  42. 2025-01-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

  43. 2025-01-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

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

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) SB 990 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text

By: Bettencourt, et al.

S.B. No. 990

(Smithee)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to increasing the punishment for certain conduct

constituting the offense of murder.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 1(b), Article 37.071, Code of Criminal

Procedure, is repealed.

SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only

to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.

An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is

governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,

and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For

purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the

effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred

before that date.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.