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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the protection of membership in, affiliation with, and support provided to religious organizations."
+description: "Relating to the protection of membership in, affiliation with, and support provided to religious organizations."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "SB 1978"
+citation: "Texas SB 1978 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["City Government--Employees/Officers (I0061)", "County Government--Employees/Officers (I0095)", "Family--Marriage Relationship (I0350)", "Religion (I0646)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "State Employees (I0626)", "ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "Krause", "Oliverson", "Phelan", "Sanford"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 81
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2019-03-07"
+last_action: "2019-06-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab895bac-6eb5-4923-8e89-d16af8eb5d52"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01900_SB01999/SB 1978.xml"
+source_hash: "3c09e20ff282c46635820a61bf939294428bbb62bf6c050c6e1e6c5330f2600e"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
+---
+
+# Texas SB 1978 (86) — Relating to the protection of membership in, affiliation with, and support provided to religious organizations.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/SB01978I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **79–62** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **79–64** (pass) · lower
+- other — **12–19** (fail) · upper
+- other — **12–19** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper
+- other — **12–19** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hughes — primary (person)
+- Krause — primary (person)
+- Oliverson — primary (person)
+- Phelan — primary (person)
+- Sanford — primary (person)
+- Allison — cosponsor (person)
+- Anderson, Charles "Doc" — cosponsor (person)
+- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
+- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
+- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
+- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
+- Biedermann — cosponsor (person)
+- Bohac — cosponsor (person)
+- Bonnen, Greg — cosponsor (person)
+- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
+- Burns — cosponsor (person)
+- Burrows — cosponsor (person)
+- Cain — cosponsor (person)
+- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
+- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
+- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
+- Craddick — cosponsor (person)
+- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
+- Cyrier — cosponsor (person)
+- Darby — cosponsor (person)
+- Dean — cosponsor (person)
+- Fallon — cosponsor (person)
+- Flynn — cosponsor (person)
+- Frank — cosponsor (person)
+- Frullo — cosponsor (person)
+- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
+- Hall — cosponsor (person)
+- Harris — cosponsor (person)
+- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
+- Holland — cosponsor (person)
+- Huberty — cosponsor (person)
+- Kacal — cosponsor (person)
+- King, Phil — cosponsor (person)
+- Klick — cosponsor (person)
+- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
+- Kuempel — cosponsor (person)
+- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
+- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
+- Lang — cosponsor (person)
+- Leach — cosponsor (person)
+- Leman — cosponsor (person)
+- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
+- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
+- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
+- Miller — cosponsor (person)
+- Morrison — cosponsor (person)
+- Murphy — cosponsor (person)
+- Murr — cosponsor (person)
+- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
+- Noble — cosponsor (person)
+- Paddie — cosponsor (person)
+- Parker — cosponsor (person)
+- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul — cosponsor (person)
+- Perry — cosponsor (person)
+- Raney — cosponsor (person)
+- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
+- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
+- Shine — cosponsor (person)
+- Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Smithee — cosponsor (person)
+- Springer — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
+- Stickland — cosponsor (person)
+- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
+- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
+- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
+- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
+- Toth — cosponsor (person)
+- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
+- White — cosponsor (person)
+- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Wray — cosponsor (person)
+- Zedler — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-07** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2019-03-07** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-19** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-07** Co-author authorized
+- **2019-05-13** Posting rule suspended
+- **2019-05-13** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-13** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-13** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-14** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-15** Co-author authorized
+- **2019-05-15** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-05-15** Record vote
+- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-15** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-05-15** Point of order
+- **2019-05-15** Point of order overruled
+- **2019-05-15** Amendment to amendment offered
+- **2019-05-15** Substitute amendment offered
+- **2019-05-15** Amendment fails of adoption
+- **2019-05-15** Record vote
+- **2019-05-15** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
+- **2019-05-15** Record vote
+- **2019-05-15** Amendment adopted as amended
+- **2019-05-15** Record vote
+- **2019-05-15** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-05-15** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2019-05-15** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-05-15** Amendment fails of adoption
+- **2019-05-15** Record vote
+- **2019-05-15** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-05-15** Amendment fails of adoption
+- **2019-05-15** Record vote
+- **2019-05-15** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2019-05-15** Record vote
+- **2019-05-16** Co-author authorized
+- **2019-05-16** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-05-16** Record vote
+- **2019-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-16** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-16** Record vote
+- **2019-05-16** Reason for vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-16** Remarks ordered printed
+- **2019-05-16** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-05-16** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2019-05-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-05-16** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-17** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-05-17** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-05-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-05-17** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-05-17** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-05-17** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-05-20** Placed on Major State Calendar
+- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-20** Point of order overruled
+- **2019-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-20** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-05-20** Point of order withdrawn (amendment)
+- **2019-05-20** Amendment fails of adoption
+- **2019-05-20** Record vote
+- **2019-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2019-05-20** Record vote
+- **2019-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-21** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-21** Record vote
+- **2019-05-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-21** House passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-23** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2019-05-23** Read
+- **2019-05-23** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-23** Record vote
+- **2019-05-23** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
+- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-10** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab895bac-6eb5-4923-8e89-d16af8eb5d52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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