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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the commitment order for individuals with intellectual disabilities who are committed to state supported living centers."
+description: "Relating to the commitment order for individuals with intellectual disabilities who are committed to state supported living centers."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "SB 944"
+citation: "Texas SB 944 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES (S0617)", "CIVIL COMMITMENT (S0002)", "Disabilities", "Persons with (I0380)", "Mental Health & Substance Abuse (I0019)", "Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kolkhorst", "Lambert"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 55
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-02-15"
+last_action: "2023-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb886b07-ecde-4507-90b2-db89975ba0bb"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00900_SB00999/SB 944.xml"
+source_hash: "78ab51bb6e20b8463a1d4d13b9f91e267180969d66e28773b7c77604e1b602a1"
+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 944 (88) — Relating to the commitment order for individuals with intellectual disabilities who are committed to state supported living centers.
+
+## 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/SB00944I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00944E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00944H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00944S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00944F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **134–8** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
+- Lambert — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-15** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2023-02-15** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-03** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-03-15** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-03-15** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2023-03-15** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-03-22** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-03-22** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-03-27** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-27** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-03-27** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-04-03** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-04-03** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-04-03** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-03** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-03** Three day rule suspended
+- **2023-04-03** Record vote
+- **2023-04-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-03** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-04-03** Record vote
+- **2023-04-03** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-04-03** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-04-17** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-26** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-26** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2023-04-26** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-05-05** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2023-05-05** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
+- **2023-05-05** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-09** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-05-09** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-05-10** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2023-05-11** Considered in Calendars
+- **2023-05-15** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2023-05-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-15** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2023-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-16** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-16** Record vote
+- **2023-05-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-16** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-19** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2023-05-19** Read
+- **2023-05-19** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
+- **2023-05-19** Record vote
+- **2023-05-19** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
+- **2023-05-19** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-22** 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/eb886b07-ecde-4507-90b2-db89975ba0bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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