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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the prosecution of the offense of stalking."
+description: "Relating to the prosecution of the offense of stalking."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "SB 1717"
+citation: "Texas SB 1717 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crimes--Against Persons--General (I0170)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Family--Family Violence (I0353)", "STALKING (S0044)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Moody", "Zaffirini"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 66
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-03-07"
+last_action: "2023-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3625eb2-553e-4e96-a92a-c0f45afa87de"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01700_SB01799/SB 1717.xml"
+source_hash: "e5e3c2f4d1657e4e0f7d5ae3281e8d48071226825d0d5222015331fa6619df06"
+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 1717 (88) — Relating to the prosecution of the offense of stalking.
+
+## 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/SB01717I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01717E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01717H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01717S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01717F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **109–28** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **140–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Moody — primary (person)
+- Zaffirini — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-07** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2023-03-07** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-16** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-28** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-03-28** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-03-28** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2023-03-28** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-03-30** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-30** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-03-30** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-04-12** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-04-12** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-04-12** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-12** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-12** Three day rule suspended
+- **2023-04-12** Record vote
+- **2023-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-12** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-04-12** Record vote
+- **2023-04-12** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-04-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-04-14** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-02** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-02** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2023-05-02** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-05-09** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-09** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-05-15** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-05-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2023-05-16** Considered in Calendars
+- **2023-05-18** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2023-05-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-18** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-18** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
+- **2023-05-18** Recommitted to committee
+- **2023-05-19** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2023-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-05-19** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-05-19** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2023-05-20** Considered in Calendars
+- **2023-05-22** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2023-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-22** Record vote
+- **2023-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-23** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-23** Record vote
+- **2023-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-23** 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 concurs in House amendment(s)
+- **2023-05-25** Record vote
+- **2023-05-25** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
+- **2023-05-26** 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/f3625eb2-553e-4e96-a92a-c0f45afa87de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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