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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to an employment preference for members of the military and their spouses for positions at state agencies."
+description: "Relating to an employment preference for members of the military and their spouses for positions at state agencies."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "SB 1376"
+citation: "Texas SB 1376 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Disabilities", "Persons with (I0380)", "Labor--Workforce Development (I0495)", "Military & Veterans (I0535)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "State Employees (I0626)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Parker", "Wilson"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 57
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-01"
+last_action: "2023-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d329e9b0-489b-4b97-b42d-a14507daf49c"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01300_SB01399/SB 1376.xml"
+source_hash: "3dd27397786aee5c89628551647ca60692ccc57fc2257d0282522ba7f093ee63"
+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 1376 (88) — Relating to an employment preference for members of the military and their spouses for positions at state agencies.
+
+## 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/SB01376I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01376E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01376H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01376S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01376F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **138–0** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Parker — primary (person)
+- Wilson — primary (person)
+- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-01** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2023-03-01** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-16** Referred to Vet Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-04-04** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-04** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-04-05** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-05** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-04-05** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-04-12** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-04-18** Co-author authorized
+- **2023-04-18** Not again placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-04-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-04-20** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-20** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-20** Three day rule suspended
+- **2023-04-20** Record vote
+- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-20** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-04-20** Record vote
+- **2023-04-20** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-04-21** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-04-28** Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-16** Scheduled for formal meeting on . . .
+- **2023-05-16** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2023-05-16** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
+- **2023-05-16** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-16** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-05-18** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-05-19** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
+- **2023-05-20** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
+- **2023-05-24** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
+- **2023-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-24** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-24** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-24** Record vote
+- **2023-05-24** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-25** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-27** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2023-05-27** Read
+- **2023-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
+- **2023-05-27** Record vote
+- **2023-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
+- **2023-05-27** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-28** 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/d329e9b0-489b-4b97-b42d-a14507daf49c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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