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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the confidential and privileged communications and records of victims of certain sexual assault offenses."
+description: "Relating to the confidential and privileged communications and records of victims of certain sexual assault offenses."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "SB 295"
+citation: "Texas SB 295 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CRIME VICTIMS (S0046)", "Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Open Records (I0548)", "Protection of Personal Information (I0003)", "SEXUAL ASSAULT (S4375)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Minjarez", "Perry"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 65
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-01-07"
+last_action: "2021-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23ae3ded-5a8e-4483-be4d-b72d95ab6206"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 295.xml"
+source_hash: "227bbe8d0465d7843bbaded9b0048c2d8391353ba8c8a270337421a43c488c17"
+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 295 (87) — Relating to the confidential and privileged communications and records of victims of certain sexual assault offenses.
+
+## 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/SB00295I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00295E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00295H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00295S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00295F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower
+- other — **135–9** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Minjarez — primary (person)
+- Perry — primary (person)
+- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-07** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2021-01-07** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-03** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-06** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-04-06** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-06** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-04-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-09** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-04-09** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-04-19** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-04-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-04-19** Laid before the Senate
+- **2021-04-19** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2021-04-19** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-19** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-04-19** Record vote
+- **2021-04-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-19** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-19** Record vote
+- **2021-04-19** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-20** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-04-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-04-21** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-28** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-28** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-05-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-05-03** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-05-03** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-04** Laid out in lieu of companion
+- **2021-05-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-04** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-04** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2021-05-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-05** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-05** Passed as amended `passage`
+- **2021-05-05** Record vote
+- **2021-05-05** House passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-11** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2021-05-11** Read
+- **2021-05-11** Senate refuses to concur
+- **2021-05-11** Senate requests conference committee
+- **2021-05-11** Senate appoints conferees
+- **2021-05-11** Senate refuses to concur-reported
+- **2021-05-11** Senate requests conference committee-reported
+- **2021-05-11** Senate appoints conferees-reported
+- **2021-05-14** House grants request for conference committee
+- **2021-05-14** House appoints conferees
+- **2021-05-14** House grants request for conf comm-reported
+- **2021-05-14** House appoints conferees-reported
+- **2021-05-24** Conference committee report filed
+- **2021-05-24** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
+- **2021-05-28** House adopts conference committee report
+- **2021-05-28** Record vote
+- **2021-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-28** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2021-05-29** Senate adopts conference committee report
+- **2021-05-29** Record vote
+- **2021-05-30** Senate 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`
+- **2021-06-14** 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/23ae3ded-5a8e-4483-be4d-b72d95ab6206`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+