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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the authority to regulate sexually oriented performances and to restricting those performances on the premises of a commercial enterprise, on public property, or in the presence of an individual younger than 18 years of age; authorizing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense."
+description: "Relating to the authority to regulate sexually oriented performances and to restricting those performances on the premises of a commercial enterprise, on public property, or in the presence of an individual younger than 18 years of age; authorizing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "SB 12"
+citation: "Texas SB 12 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "City Government--General (I0060)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "Minors--Health & Safety (I0533)", "Public Lands", "Buildings & Resources (I0630)", "SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES (S2194)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Burrows", "Harris, Caroline", "Hughes", "Isaac", "Metcalf", "Shaheen"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 85
+vote_count: 9
+first_action: "2023-03-10"
+last_action: "2023-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/575fa851-d4fb-4471-8611-1b9d00cb8799"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 12.xml"
+source_hash: "f2ba16b97e43f381194a6a044637953f59022a7f705f42a9ca15aa84f616cc20"
+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 12 (88) — Relating to the authority to regulate sexually oriented performances and to restricting those performances on the premises of a commercial enterprise, on public property, or in the presence of an individual younger than 18 years of age; authorizing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense.
+
+## 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/88R/billtext/html/SB00012I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00012E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00012H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00012S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00012F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **87–54** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **88–12** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **87–54** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **93–45** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Burrows — primary (person)
+- Harris, Caroline — primary (person)
+- Hughes — primary (person)
+- Isaac — primary (person)
+- Metcalf — primary (person)
+- Shaheen — primary (person)
+- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
+- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
+- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
+- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
+- Birdwell — cosponsor (person)
+- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
+- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
+- Burns — cosponsor (person)
+- Cain — cosponsor (person)
+- Cook — cosponsor (person)
+- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
+- Dean — cosponsor (person)
+- Frank — cosponsor (person)
+- Gerdes — cosponsor (person)
+- Geren — cosponsor (person)
+- Harris, Cody — cosponsor (person)
+- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
+- Holland — cosponsor (person)
+- Hull — cosponsor (person)
+- Kitzman — cosponsor (person)
+- Klick — cosponsor (person)
+- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
+- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)
+- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
+- Noble — cosponsor (person)
+- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
+- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
+- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
+- Schofield — cosponsor (person)
+- Smithee — cosponsor (person)
+- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
+- Springer — cosponsor (person)
+- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
+- Tepper — cosponsor (person)
+- Toth — cosponsor (person)
+- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
+- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
+- Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-10** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2023-03-10** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-13** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-21** Co-author authorized
+- **2023-03-23** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-03-23** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-03-23** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2023-03-23** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-03-27** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-03-27** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-03-30** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-30** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-04-03** Co-author authorized
+- **2023-04-03** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-04-04** Co-author authorized
+- **2023-04-04** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2023-04-04** Record vote
+- **2023-04-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-04** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2023-04-04** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-04-04** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-04** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-04-04** Record vote
+- **2023-04-05** Co-author authorized
+- **2023-04-05** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2023-04-05** Record vote
+- **2023-04-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-05** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-04-05** Record vote
+- **2023-04-05** Remarks ordered printed
+- **2023-04-05** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-04-06** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-04-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-04-13** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-10** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-10** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
+- **2023-05-10** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2023-05-10** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-05-12** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2023-05-12** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
+- **2023-05-12** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-05-17** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-05-17** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2023-05-17** Considered in Calendars
+- **2023-05-19** Placed on Major State Calendar
+- **2023-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2023-05-19** Record vote
+- **2023-05-19** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-22** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-22** Record vote
+- **2023-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-22** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-25** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2023-05-25** Read
+- **2023-05-25** Senate refuses to concur
+- **2023-05-25** Senate requests conference committee
+- **2023-05-25** Senate appoints conferees
+- **2023-05-25** Senate refuses to concur-reported
+- **2023-05-25** Senate requests conference committee-reported
+- **2023-05-25** Senate appoints conferees-reported
+- **2023-05-26** House grants request for conference committee
+- **2023-05-26** House appoints conferees
+- **2023-05-26** House grants request for conf comm-reported
+- **2023-05-26** House appoints conferees-reported
+- **2023-05-27** Conference committee report filed `filing`
+- **2023-05-27** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
+- **2023-05-28** Senate adopts resolution to go outside bounds
+- **2023-05-28** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-28** Record vote
+- **2023-05-28** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2023-05-28** House adopts resolution to go outside bounds
+- **2023-05-28** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-28** Record vote
+- **2023-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-28** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2023-05-29** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-06-18** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/575fa851-d4fb-4471-8611-1b9d00cb8799`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+