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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the punishment for the criminal offense of improper sexual activity with a person in custody; increasing a criminal penalty."
+description: "Relating to the punishment for the criminal offense of improper sexual activity with a person in custody; increasing a criminal penalty."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "SB 312"
+citation: "Texas SB 312 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Huffman", "Smith"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 50
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-01-11"
+last_action: "2021-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a67d04e-7d46-4dff-aed4-d83876201f34"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00300_SB00399/SB 312.xml"
+source_hash: "3624c80c48dd999247593150f20a37e864eeb0846bd8671bd9f97317cc1a8b5c"
+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 312 (87) — Relating to the punishment for the criminal offense of improper sexual activity with a person in custody; increasing a criminal 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/SB00312I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00312E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00312H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00312S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00312F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Huffman — primary (person)
+- Smith — primary (person)
+- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2021-01-11** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-09** 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 w/o amendments `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 Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-03** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-03** 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
+- **2021-05-14** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-18** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-18** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-18** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2021-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-19** Passed as amended `passage`
+- **2021-05-19** Record vote
+- **2021-05-19** 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`
+- **2021-06-18** 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/0a67d04e-7d46-4dff-aed4-d83876201f34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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