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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to liability of a religious organization or an employee or volunteer of a religious organization for security services provided to the organization."
+description: "Relating to liability of a religious organization or an employee or volunteer of a religious organization for security services provided to the organization."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "SB 694"
+citation: "Texas SB 694 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Charitable & Nonprofit Organizations (I0055)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Religion (I0646)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "Leach"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 49
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-02-03"
+last_action: "2023-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c510e85-9873-4e5d-a40f-d6abfd6a3371"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 694.xml"
+source_hash: "df92b132e3553e01a77244d22722be9bc0d095f29a8c01164fbdb2f1024dcdf8"
+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 694 (88) — Relating to liability of a religious organization or an employee or volunteer of a religious organization for security services provided to the organization.
+
+## 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/SB00694I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00694E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00694H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00694S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00694F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **86–53** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **21–9** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **22–9** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hughes — primary (person)
+- Leach — primary (person)
+- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-03** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2023-02-03** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-02-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-02-17** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-27** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-03-27** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-03-27** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-03-30** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-03-30** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-04-04** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-04** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-04-06** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-04-11** Co-author authorized
+- **2023-04-11** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2023-04-11** Record vote
+- **2023-04-11** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-11** Record vote
+- **2023-04-12** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **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
+- **2023-04-13** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-04-24** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-03** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-03** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2023-05-03** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-05-10** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-10** 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
+- **2023-05-17** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2023-05-18** Considered in Calendars
+- **2023-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2023-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **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 reported `passage`
+- **2023-05-23** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-25** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-26** 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/4c510e85-9873-4e5d-a40f-d6abfd6a3371`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+