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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the investigation and punishment of certain sexual offenses, to protective orders issued on the basis of certain sexual offenses, to crime victims' compensation, and to the establishment of a state sexual offense prevention and response program for the Texas Military Department."
+description: "Relating to the investigation and punishment of certain sexual offenses, to protective orders issued on the basis of certain sexual offenses, to crime victims' compensation, and to the establishment of a state sexual offense prevention and response program for the Texas Military Department."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "SB 623"
+citation: "Texas SB 623 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CRIME VICTIMS (S0046)", "Crime Victims Compensation (I0084)", "Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "MILITARY DEPARTMENT", "TEXAS (V0971)", "PROTECTIVE ORDERS (S0495)", "RANGERS (S0322)", "SEXUAL ASSAULT (S4375)", "SEXUAL HARASSMENT (S4376)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Blanco", "Minjarez"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 52
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-08"
+last_action: "2021-06-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/199bdd33-71bc-4e6b-a9c2-f64d771df70f"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 623.xml"
+source_hash: "f9c9f8a384bed691f402ee91d1260a4cc58c7f6a35d4c52d2c6f162796ad7b96"
+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 623 (87) — Relating to the investigation and punishment of certain sexual offenses, to protective orders issued on the basis of certain sexual offenses, to crime victims' compensation, and to the establishment of a state sexual offense prevention and response program for the Texas Military Department.
+
+## 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/SB00623I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00623E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00623H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00623S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00623F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Blanco — primary (person)
+- Minjarez — primary (person)
+- Allen — cosponsor (person)
+- Allison — cosponsor (person)
+- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
+- Anchia — cosponsor (person)
+- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
+- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
+- Bailes — cosponsor (person)
+- Beckley — cosponsor (person)
+- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
+- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
+- Bernal — cosponsor (person)
+- Biedermann — cosponsor (person)
+- Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
+- Bowers — cosponsor (person)
+- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
+- Bucy — cosponsor (person)
+- Burns — cosponsor (person)
+- Burrows — cosponsor (person)
+- Button — cosponsor (person)
+- Cain — cosponsor (person)
+- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
+- Campos — cosponsor (person)
+- Canales — cosponsor (person)
+- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
+- Cason — cosponsor (person)
+- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
+- Cole — cosponsor (person)
+- Coleman — cosponsor (person)
+- Collier — cosponsor (person)
+- Cook — cosponsor (person)
+- Cortez — cosponsor (person)
+- Craddick — cosponsor (person)
+- Crockett — cosponsor (person)
+- Cyrier — cosponsor (person)
+- Darby — cosponsor (person)
+- Davis — cosponsor (person)
+- Dean — cosponsor (person)
+- Deshotel — cosponsor (person)
+- Dominguez — cosponsor (person)
+- Dutton — cosponsor (person)
+- Eckhardt — cosponsor (person)
+- Ellzey — cosponsor (person)
+- Fierro — cosponsor (person)
+- Frank — cosponsor (person)
+- Frullo — cosponsor (person)
+- Gates — cosponsor (person)
+- Geren — cosponsor (person)
+- Gervin-Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
+- Goldman — cosponsor (person)
+- González, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
+- González, Mary — cosponsor (person)
+- Goodwin — cosponsor (person)
+- Guerra — cosponsor (person)
+- Guillen — cosponsor (person)
+- Gutierrez — cosponsor (person)
+- Harless — cosponsor (person)
+- Harris — cosponsor (person)
+- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
+- Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
+- Herrero — cosponsor (person)
+- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
+- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
+- Holland — cosponsor (person)
+- Howard — cosponsor (person)
+- Huberty — cosponsor (person)
+- Hull — cosponsor (person)
+- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
+- Israel — cosponsor (person)
+- Jetton — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson, Ann — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson, Jarvis — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person)
+- Kacal — cosponsor (person)
+- King, Ken — cosponsor (person)
+- King, Phil — cosponsor (person)
+- King, Tracy O. — cosponsor (person)
+- Klick — cosponsor (person)
+- Krause — cosponsor (person)
+- Kuempel — cosponsor (person)
+- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
+- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
+- Larson — cosponsor (person)
+- Leach — cosponsor (person)
+- Leman — cosponsor (person)
+- Longoria — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez — cosponsor (person)
+- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
+- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
+- Lucio III — cosponsor (person)
+- Martinez — cosponsor (person)
+- Martinez Fischer — cosponsor (person)
+- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
+- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
+- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
+- Meza — cosponsor (person)
+- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
+- Moody — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales, Christina — cosponsor (person)
+- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
+- Morrison — cosponsor (person)
+- Murphy — cosponsor (person)
+- Murr — cosponsor (person)
+- Muñoz, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Neave — cosponsor (person)
+- Noble — cosponsor (person)
+- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
+- Ordaz Perez — cosponsor (person)
+- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
+- Pacheco — cosponsor (person)
+- Paddie — cosponsor (person)
+- Parker — cosponsor (person)
+- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul — cosponsor (person)
+- Perez — cosponsor (person)
+- Phelan — cosponsor (person)
+- Price — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
+- Raney — cosponsor (person)
+- Raymond — cosponsor (person)
+- Reynolds — cosponsor (person)
+- Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
+- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
+- Romero, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Rose — cosponsor (person)
+- Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
+- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
+- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
+- Schofield — cosponsor (person)
+- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
+- Sherman, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Shine — cosponsor (person)
+- Slaton — cosponsor (person)
+- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
+- Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Smithee — cosponsor (person)
+- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
+- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
+- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
+- Talarico — cosponsor (person)
+- Thierry — cosponsor (person)
+- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
+- Thompson, Senfronia — cosponsor (person)
+- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
+- Toth — cosponsor (person)
+- Turner, Chris — cosponsor (person)
+- Turner, John — cosponsor (person)
+- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
+- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
+- Vo — cosponsor (person)
+- Walle — cosponsor (person)
+- West — cosponsor (person)
+- White — cosponsor (person)
+- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Wu — cosponsor (person)
+- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
+- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-08** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2021-02-08** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-11** Referred to Vet Affairs & Border Security `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-30** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-03-30** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-30** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-04-07** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-07** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-04-08** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-04-08** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-04-12** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-04-12** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-04-12** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2021-04-12** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-12** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-04-12** Record vote
+- **2021-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-12** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-12** Record vote
+- **2021-04-12** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-13** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-04-14** Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-19** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-19** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-04-19** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-26** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-26** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-29** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-29** 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** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-24** Record vote
+- **2021-05-24** House passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-28** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2021-05-28** Read
+- **2021-05-28** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-28** Record vote
+- **2021-05-28** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
+- **2021-05-29** 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`
+- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-16** 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/199bdd33-71bc-4e6b-a9c2-f64d771df70f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+