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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the issuance of a birth record, driver's license, or personal identification certificate to victims and the children of victims of family or dating violence."
+description: "Relating to the issuance of a birth record, driver's license, or personal identification certificate to victims and the children of victims of family or dating violence."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "SB 798"
+citation: "Texas SB 798 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["BIRTH & DEATH CERTIFICATES (S6418)", "Family--Family Violence (I0353)", "Health--General (I0385)", "IDENTIFICATION CARDS (S0074)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)", "Vehicles & Traffic--Driver's Licenses (I0840)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Neave", "Nelson"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 47
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-24"
+last_action: "2021-06-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e65b0d03-8e6a-4341-bd43-3e69a04f0f48"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 798.xml"
+source_hash: "47e12dabca09936e972dde4427d8e2a3146340acfb4f92a82ac44b52d7ec8527"
+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 798 (87) — Relating to the issuance of a birth record, driver's license, or personal identification certificate to victims and the children of victims of family or dating violence.
+
+## 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/SB00798I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00798E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00798H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00798S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00798F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **133–10** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Neave — primary (person)
+- Nelson — primary (person)
+- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-24** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2021-02-24** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-11** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-03-15** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-15** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-03-15** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-03-16** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-17** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-03-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-03-24** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-04-09** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-04-09** Laid before the Senate
+- **2021-04-09** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2021-04-09** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-09** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-04-09** Record vote
+- **2021-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-09** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-09** Record vote
+- **2021-04-09** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-04-15** Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-29** Scheduled for formal meeting on . . .
+- **2021-04-29** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2021-04-29** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-30** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-30** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-20** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-22** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-23** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-24** Record vote
+- **2021-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-24** House passage reported
+- **2021-05-24** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-26** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-26** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-07** 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/e65b0d03-8e6a-4341-bd43-3e69a04f0f48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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