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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to establishing a state historical marker program to honor African Americans who served in the Texas Legislature during Reconstruction."
+description: "Relating to establishing a state historical marker program to honor African Americans who served in the Texas Legislature during Reconstruction."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "SB 667"
+citation: "Texas SB 667 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["HISTORICAL COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0238)", "Historic Preservation & Museums (I0392)", "Legislature (I0520)", "TEXAS BLACK RECONSTRUCTION LEGISLATORS RECOGNITION ACT (PB41I)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dutton", "Rose", "West"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 55
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-02-02"
+last_action: "2023-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35872292-adac-4430-8c79-e5001b7f3830"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 667.xml"
+source_hash: "4c057c5892c96a0d5aedf6455027c76058fc766edbf6e71506281f823b4feaba"
+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 667 (88) — Relating to establishing a state historical marker program to honor African Americans who served in the Texas Legislature during Reconstruction.
+
+## 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/SB00667I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00667E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00667H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00667S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00667F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **132–6** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dutton — primary (person)
+- Rose — primary (person)
+- West — primary (person)
+- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
+- Miles — cosponsor (person)
+- Nichols — cosponsor (person)
+- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-02** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2023-02-02** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-02-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-02-17** Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-03-22** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-03-22** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2023-03-22** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-03-29** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-03-29** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-04-04** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-04** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-04-04** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-04-05** Co-author authorized
+- **2023-04-06** Co-author authorized
+- **2023-04-06** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-04-11** Co-author authorized
+- **2023-04-12** Not again placed on intent calendar
+- **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 Culture, Recreation & Tourism `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-11** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-11** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2023-05-11** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-11** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-05-17** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-05-18** 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** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **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 reported `passage`
+- **2023-05-25** 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/35872292-adac-4430-8c79-e5001b7f3830`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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