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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to a prohibition against the appropriation of money to settle or pay a sexual harassment claim made against certain members of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government and to a prohibition against the use of other public money to settle such a claim."
+description: "Relating to a prohibition against the appropriation of money to settle or pay a sexual harassment claim made against certain members of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government and to a prohibition against the use of other public money to settle such a claim."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "SB 282"
+citation: "Texas SB 282 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Legislature (I0520)", "SEXUAL HARASSMENT (S4376)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Metcalf", "Meyer", "Minjarez"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 51
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-01-04"
+last_action: "2021-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffede071-b5de-4b3b-a662-6dc947d23f05"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 282.xml"
+source_hash: "6a1ce230350b5fda52b01a08b38639e719531a42b65e6683292ad53f0523dd9a"
+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 282 (87) — Relating to a prohibition against the appropriation of money to settle or pay a sexual harassment claim made against certain members of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government and to a prohibition against the use of other public money to settle such a claim.
+
+## 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/SB00282I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00282E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00282H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00282S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00282F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alvarado — primary (person)
+- Metcalf — primary (person)
+- Meyer — primary (person)
+- Minjarez — primary (person)
+- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
+- Button — cosponsor (person)
+- Ellzey — cosponsor (person)
+- Holland — cosponsor (person)
+- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
+- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
+- Paddie — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
+- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
+- Schofield — cosponsor (person)
+- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
+- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
+- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
+- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-04** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2021-01-04** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-03** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-04-19** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-19** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-04-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-04-20** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-04-21** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-04-29** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-04-29** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-04-29** Laid before the Senate
+- **2021-04-29** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2021-04-29** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-29** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-04-29** Record vote
+- **2021-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-29** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-29** Record vote
+- **2021-04-29** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-29** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-05-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-03** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-06** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-06** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-05-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-05-10** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-05-11** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-17** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2021-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-23** Passed as amended `passage`
+- **2021-05-23** Record vote
+- **2021-05-24** House passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-27** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2021-05-27** Read
+- **2021-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-27** Record vote
+- **2021-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
+- **2021-05-28** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-30** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
+- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-14** 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/ffede071-b5de-4b3b-a662-6dc947d23f05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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