Texas 89th Legislature, Regular Session Status: To Executive

HB 2637 — Relating to the practice and procedures for summoning prospective grand jurors and petit jurors and the exemption of certain persons from grand jury and petit jury service.

Last action — Effective on 9/1/25

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced February 11, 2025. It awaits signature.

Signed by Governor Greg Abbott (Republican) on June 20, 2025.

Next likely step: the executive signs it into law or issues a veto.

Odds of enactment

High chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.

Upgrade to see the exact probability and what's driving it.

A statistical estimate from our own model of past outcomes — an insight, not a guarantee. Policymaking is volatile.

Prognosis

Advancing 42% · moderate confidence

  • To Executive

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Summary

Relating to the practice and procedures for summoning prospective grand jurors and petit jurors and the exemption of certain persons from grand jury and petit jury service.

Bill Text

We don't have the full text on file for this bill yet.

Read HB 2637 on the official Texas source →

Action History

  1. Effective on 9/1/25

  2. Signed by the Governor

  3. Sent to the Governor

  4. Signed in the Senate

  5. Signed in the House

  6. Reported enrolled

  7. House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported

  8. Text of Senate Amendment(s)

  9. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  10. Record vote

  11. House concurs in Senate amendment(s)

  12. Senate Amendments Analysis distributed

  13. Senate Amendments distributed

  14. Senate passage as amended reported

  15. Record vote

  16. Passed

  17. Read 3rd time

  18. Record vote

  19. Three day rule suspended

  20. Vote recorded in Journal

  21. Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

  22. Laid before the Senate

  23. Placed on local & uncontested calendar

  24. Committee report printed and distributed

  25. Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  26. Reported favorably as substituted

  27. Vote taken in committee

  28. Testimony taken in committee

  29. Considered in public hearing

  30. Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  31. Referred to Criminal Justice

  32. Read first time

  33. Received from the House

  34. Reported engrossed

  35. Record vote

  36. Passed

  37. Read 3rd time

  38. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  39. Record vote

  40. Passed to engrossment as amended

  41. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  42. Record vote

  43. Amended

  44. Read 2nd time

  45. Placed on General State Calendar

  46. Considered in Calendars

  47. Committee report sent to Calendars

  48. Committee report distributed

  49. Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  50. Reported favorably as substituted

  51. Committee substitute considered in committee

  52. Considered in formal meeting

  53. Left pending in committee

  54. Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  55. Committee substitute considered in committee

  56. Considered in public hearing

  57. Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  58. Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

  59. Read first time

  60. Filed

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

Export CSV (upgrade) →

1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 183 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (183)

183 members have not signed on to this bill.

Show all 183 →

"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Subjects

public-safety elections
Cross-referencing the record. Reading this bill against every other bill in the corpus by meaning, not keywords. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Matching · Ranking · Engrossing

Frequently asked questions

What does HB 2637 do?
Relating to the practice and procedures for summoning prospective grand jurors and petit jurors and the exemption of certain persons from grand jury and petit jury service.
Who sponsors HB 2637?
HB 2637 is sponsored by Mano DeAyala.
What is the current status of HB 2637?
This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced February 11, 2025. It awaits signature.
Where can I track HB 2637?
Track HB 2637 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.

Make your voice heard on HB 2637

Find the representatives who decide this bill and tell them where you stand — for yourself, or mobilize your whole list in one click with One Click Politics advocacy software.

Find my representatives → Run a campaign

Stay ahead of HB 2637

Last checked for changes 3 months ago · updated continuously

One Click Politics tracks every bill in Congress and all 50 states.

Track this bill →