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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of smuggling of persons."
+description: "Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of smuggling of persons."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "SB 576"
+citation: "Texas SB 576 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Agriculture (I0020)", "Crimes--Against Persons--General (I0170)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "HUMAN TRAFFICKING (S0696)", "Weapons (I0887)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hinojosa", "Lozano"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 46
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-03"
+last_action: "2021-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ae80703-6465-4042-8a63-76116baedbd4"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 576.xml"
+source_hash: "bb89695f34e81a47215d4032eb8aa17ebc39c6de77bc252628c335d39bcd26f1"
+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 576 (87) — Relating to the prosecution and punishment of the offense of smuggling of persons.
+
+## 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/SB00576I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00576E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00576H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00576S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00576F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **137–3** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hinojosa — primary (person)
+- Lozano — primary (person)
+- Huffman — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-03** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2021-02-03** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-11** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-04-13** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-13** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-04-15** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-04-15** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-04-19** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-05-03** Corrected comm. report printed & distributed
+- **2021-05-05** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-05-05** Laid before the Senate
+- **2021-05-05** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2021-05-05** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-05** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-05** Record vote
+- **2021-05-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-05** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-05** Record vote
+- **2021-05-05** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-05-05** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-05-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-11** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-18** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-05-18** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-05-20** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-05-20** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-05-20** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-23** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-25** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-25** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-26** Record vote
+- **2021-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-27** House passage 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/7ae80703-6465-4042-8a63-76116baedbd4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+