Legislative Research: TX SB260 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature

Texas Senate Bill 260 (Prior Session Legislation)

Other Sessions

Session	Title/Description	Last Action
2025-2026 89th Legislature (Passed)	Relating to the school safety allotment under the Foundation School Program. [SB260 2025 Detail][SB260 2025 Text][SB260 2025 Comments]	2025-06-20 Effective on 9/1/25
2023-2024 88th Legislature (Engrossed - Dead)	Relating to confirmation of a voter's residence by a voter registrar. [SB260 2023 Detail][SB260 2023 Text][SB260 2023 Comments]	2023-04-20 Referred to Elections
2021-2022 87th Legislature (Introduced - Dead)	Relating to the administration of assessment instruments in public schools and eliminating the requirement to use public school assessment instruments as a criterion for promotion or graduation or to make certain accountability determinations. [SB260 2021 Detail][SB260 2021 Text][SB260 2021 Comments]	2021-03-30 Co-author authorized
2019-2020 86th Legislature (Introduced - Dead)	Relating to access to a residence or former residence to retrieve personal property by persons who are parties to certain suits and decrees. [SB260 2019 Detail][SB260 2019 Text][SB260 2019 Comments]	2019-02-07 Referred to Criminal Justice
2017-2018 85th Legislature (Engrossed - Dead)	Relating to the abolishment of the Office of Immigration and Refugee Affairs and the Governor's Advisory Committee on Immigration and Refugees. [SB260 2017 Detail][SB260 2017 Text][SB260 2017 Comments]	2017-05-09 Referred to State Affairs
2015-2016 84th Legislature (Introduced - Dead)	Relating to caseloads for attorneys who are appointed to represent indigent defendants in criminal cases. [SB260 2015 Detail][SB260 2015 Text][SB260 2015 Comments]	2015-01-28 Referred to Criminal Justice
2013-2014 83rd Legislature (Passed)	Relating to the absence of a student from school to visit with a parent, stepparent, or guardian who will be or has been deployed on military duty. [SB260 2013 Detail][SB260 2013 Text][SB260 2013 Comments]	2013-06-14 Effective immediately
2011-2012 82nd Legislature (Passed)	Relating to minimum training standards for employees or operators of certain child-care facilities and registered family homes. [SB260 2011 Detail][SB260 2011 Text][SB260 2011 Comments]	2011-06-17 Effective on 9/1/11
2009-2010 81st Legislature (Introduced - Dead)	Relating to the disclosure of certain information regarding, and the admissibility and use of testimony by, a witness for the state in a criminal case. [SB260 2009 Detail][SB260 2009 Text][SB260 2009 Comments]	2009-02-11 Referred to Criminal Justice

References Online

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[Texas SB260]	Google Web	Google News
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[Senator Rodney Ellis TX]	Google Web	Google News	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

Legislative Citation

APA

TX SB260 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature. (2015, January 28). LegiScan. Retrieved June 23, 2026, from https://legiscan.com/TX/bill/SB260/2015

MLA

"TX SB260 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature." LegiScan. LegiScan LLC, 28 Jan. 2015. Web. 23 Jun. 2026. <https://legiscan.com/TX/bill/SB260/2015>.

Chicago

"TX SB260 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature." January 28, 2015 LegiScan. Accessed June 23, 2026. https://legiscan.com/TX/bill/SB260/2015.

Turabian

LegiScan. TX SB260 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature. 28 January 2015. https://legiscan.com/TX/bill/SB260/2015 (accessed June 23, 2026).

Subjects

Criminal Procedure
Criminal Procedure--Defense Counsel
Criminal Procedure--General
INDIGENT DEFENSE COMMISSION, TEXAS
INDIGENT LEGAL SERVICES
Lawyers

Texas State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.tx.us/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=84R&Bill=SB260
Text	http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/84R/billtext/html/SB00260I.htm