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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the punishment for trafficking of persons, online solicitation of a minor, and prostitution and to the dissemination of certain information, including the required posting of certain signs, regarding human trafficking; increasing criminal penalties; providing a civil penalty."
+description: "Relating to the punishment for trafficking of persons, online solicitation of a minor, and prostitution and to the dissemination of certain information, including the required posting of certain signs, regarding human trafficking; increasing criminal penalties; providing a civil penalty."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "SB 1831"
+citation: "Texas SB 1831 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["COMPUTERS & SOFTWARE (S2425)", "Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "EDUCATION AGENCY", "TEXAS (V9941)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--General (I0230)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "HUMAN TRAFFICKING (S0696)", "Minors--Crimes Against (I0532)", "PUBLIC NOTICE (S0264)", "SIGNS (S0235)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Parker", "Reynolds", "Taylor", "Thompson, Senfronia"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 72
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-03-12"
+last_action: "2021-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29a5409a-ce43-476b-8a8f-bf9c78a88f5b"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01800_SB01899/SB 1831.xml"
+source_hash: "ab7cff61a0a69632a9d3d3d98b952154402375aa5e3c362aabd8e565f7b5cfe2"
+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 1831 (87) — Relating to the punishment for trafficking of persons, online solicitation of a minor, and prostitution and to the dissemination of certain information, including the required posting of certain signs, regarding human trafficking; increasing criminal penalties; providing a civil penalty.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01831I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01831E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01831H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01831S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01831F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower
+- other — **140–0** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Parker — primary (person)
+- Reynolds — primary (person)
+- Taylor — primary (person)
+- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
+- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
+- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
+- Huffman — cosponsor (person)
+- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
+- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
+- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
+- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
+- West — cosponsor (person)
+- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2021-03-12** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-26** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-04-20** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-20** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-04-21** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-21** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-04-21** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-04-22** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-04-26** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-04-26** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-04-27** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-04-27** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-04-27** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2021-04-27** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-27** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-04-27** Record vote
+- **2021-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-27** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-27** Record vote
+- **2021-04-27** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-28** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-04-30** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-04-30** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-11** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2021-05-11** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-05-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-05-17** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-05-18** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-19** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-23** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-24** Postponed
+- **2021-05-24** Laid out as postponed business
+- **2021-05-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-24** Passed as amended `passage`
+- **2021-05-24** Record vote
+- **2021-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-24** House passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-25** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2021-05-25** Read
+- **2021-05-25** Senate refuses to concur
+- **2021-05-25** Senate requests conference committee
+- **2021-05-25** Senate appoints conferees
+- **2021-05-25** Senate refuses to concur-reported
+- **2021-05-25** Senate requests conference committee-reported
+- **2021-05-25** Senate appoints conferees-reported
+- **2021-05-27** House grants request for conference committee
+- **2021-05-27** House appoints conferees
+- **2021-05-27** House grants request for conf comm-reported
+- **2021-05-27** House appoints conferees-reported
+- **2021-05-28** Conference committee report filed
+- **2021-05-29** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
+- **2021-05-29** Senate adopts conference committee report
+- **2021-05-29** Record vote
+- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2021-05-30** House adopts conference committee report
+- **2021-05-30** Record vote
+- **2021-05-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-30** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2021-05-31** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-18** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29a5409a-ce43-476b-8a8f-bf9c78a88f5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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