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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to sexually oriented businesses, including a requirement to participate in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program, or E-verify, and restricting the age of persons employed by or allowed on the premises; creating criminal offenses."
+description: "Relating to sexually oriented businesses, including a requirement to participate in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program, or E-verify, and restricting the age of persons employed by or allowed on the premises; creating criminal offenses."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "SB 766"
+citation: "Texas SB 766 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CRIMINAL RECORDS (S0008)", "Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Labor--General (I0500)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES (S2194)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Huffman", "Hunter", "Leach", "Thierry", "Thompson, Senfronia"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 91
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2021-02-23"
+last_action: "2021-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0de3048-d8c7-4d6d-9b7f-e8205d13e9f2"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 766.xml"
+source_hash: "45412b85e7c700d310444ec0f72086f1038abe7196cf23ebf42cc16623201325"
+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 766 (87) — Relating to sexually oriented businesses, including a requirement to participate in the federal electronic verification of employment authorization program, or E-verify, and restricting the age of persons employed by or allowed on the premises; creating criminal 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/SB00766I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00766E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00766H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00766S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00766F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- other — **142–0** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Huffman — primary (person)
+- Hunter — primary (person)
+- Leach — primary (person)
+- Thierry — primary (person)
+- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
+- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
+- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-23** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2021-02-23** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-11** 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
+- **2021-04-15** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-04-15** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-04-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-04-19** Not again placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-04-19** Removed from local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-04-20** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-04-20** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-04-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-20** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-04-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-20** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-20** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2021-04-20** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-20** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-04-20** Record vote
+- **2021-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-20** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-20** Record vote
+- **2021-04-20** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-21** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-04-28** Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-05** Meeting cancelled
+- **2021-05-12** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-12** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-05-12** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-05-13** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2021-05-13** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-05-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-05-17** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-05-17** 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** Postponed
+- **2021-05-23** Laid out as postponed business
+- **2021-05-23** Postponed
+- **2021-05-23** Laid out as postponed business
+- **2021-05-23** Postponed
+- **2021-05-24** Laid out as postponed business
+- **2021-05-24** Postponed
+- **2021-05-24** Laid out as postponed business
+- **2021-05-24** Postponed
+- **2021-05-24** Laid out as postponed business
+- **2021-05-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-24** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2021-05-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-24** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2021-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2021-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-25** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-25** Record vote
+- **2021-05-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-25** House passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-27** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2021-05-27** Read
+- **2021-05-27** Senate refuses to concur
+- **2021-05-27** Senate requests conference committee
+- **2021-05-27** Senate appoints conferees
+- **2021-05-27** Senate refuses to concur-reported
+- **2021-05-27** Senate requests conference committee-reported
+- **2021-05-27** Senate appoints conferees-reported
+- **2021-05-28** House grants request for conference committee
+- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees
+- **2021-05-28** House grants request for conf comm-reported
+- **2021-05-28** House appoints conferees-reported
+- **2021-05-29** Conference committee report filed
+- **2021-05-29** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
+- **2021-05-30** House adopts conference committee report
+- **2021-05-30** Record vote
+- **2021-05-30** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2021-05-30** Senate adopts conference committee report
+- **2021-05-30** 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`
+- **2021-06-18** 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/a0de3048-d8c7-4d6d-9b7f-e8205d13e9f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+