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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to criminal history record information checks for applicants for employment and employees of group homes; creating a criminal offense."
+description: "Relating to criminal history record information checks for applicants for employment and employees of group homes; creating a criminal offense."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "SB 188"
+citation: "Texas SB 188 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES (S0617)", "CRIMINAL RECORDS (S0008)", "Criminal Procedure--Sentencing & Punishment (I0205)", "Nursing Homes (I0539)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Miles", "Reynolds"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 49
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-11-14"
+last_action: "2023-05-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4b5f254-fb55-4fed-98b4-000544ec724f"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00100_SB00199/SB 188.xml"
+source_hash: "02bd3b7276c11ba162653b4f4babbedfac7d8e9208d0ca6e771226305dcb9558"
+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 188 (88) — Relating to criminal history record information checks for applicants for employment and employees of group homes; 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/SB00188I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00188E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00188H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00188S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00188F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **114–28** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Miles — primary (person)
+- Reynolds — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-11-14** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2022-11-14** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-02-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-02-15** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-05** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-04-05** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-05** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2023-04-05** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-04-12** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-12** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-04-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-04-17** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-04-27** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-04-27** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-27** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-27** Three day rule suspended
+- **2023-04-27** Record vote
+- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-27** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-04-27** Record vote
+- **2023-04-27** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-04-27** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-04-28** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-01** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2023-05-01** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-01** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-04** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-05-04** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-05-04** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
+- **2023-05-06** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
+- **2023-05-09** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
+- **2023-05-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-09** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2023-05-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-09** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-09** Record vote
+- **2023-05-09** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-10** House passage reported `passage`
+- **2023-05-10** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-11** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-11** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-11** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-23** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-23** 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/d4b5f254-fb55-4fed-98b4-000544ec724f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+