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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to public health disaster and public health emergency preparedness and response; providing a civil penalty."
+description: "Relating to public health disaster and public health emergency preparedness and response; providing a civil penalty."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "SB 968"
+citation: "Texas SB 968 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "COVID-19 (SB9YM)", "Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT", "TEXAS DIVISION OF (VP6FW)", "HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (V0177)", "Health--General (I0385)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "IMMUNIZATIONS (S4341)", "Legislature (I0520)", "MEDICAL BOARD", "TEXAS (V0644)", "OFFICE OF CHIEF STATE EPIDEMIOLOGIST (VS8DY)", "Purchasing--State (I0643)", "STATE HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0463)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions--Newly Proposed (I0773)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Button", "Klick", "Kolkhorst"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 67
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2021-03-03"
+last_action: "2021-06-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60ae2d9c-dc0a-4864-b194-1f78f7c3a401"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00900_SB00999/SB 968.xml"
+source_hash: "7c00da2bdee5770198923cd21a72764db6ef4d6ea60605e2a36d5898178660f2"
+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 968 (87) — Relating to public health disaster and public health emergency preparedness and response; providing a civil 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/SB00968I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00968E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00968H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00968S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00968F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- other — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **146–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Button — primary (person)
+- Klick — primary (person)
+- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
+- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
+- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
+- Perry — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-03** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2021-03-03** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-11** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-31** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-03-31** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-31** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-03-31** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-13** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-19** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-04-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-19** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-04-20** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-04-20** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-04-21** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-04-21** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-04-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-21** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-04-21** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-21** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-21** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2021-04-21** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-21** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-04-21** Record vote
+- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-21** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-21** Record vote
+- **2021-04-21** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-22** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-04-28** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-10** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-10** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-05-10** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
+- **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
+- **2021-05-21** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-23** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-25** Placed on Major 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** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-26** Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-26** Passed as amended `passage`
+- **2021-05-26** Record vote
+- **2021-05-28** House passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-30** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2021-05-30** Read
+- **2021-05-30** Remarks ordered printed
+- **2021-05-30** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-30** Record vote
+- **2021-05-30** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
+- **2021-05-31** Senate adopts resolution for tech. correction
+- **2021-05-31** House adopts resolution for tech. correction
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-31** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-16** Effective immediately `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60ae2d9c-dc0a-4864-b194-1f78f7c3a401`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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