---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the offense of hazing."
description: "Relating to the offense of hazing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 38"
citation: "Texas SB 38 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Against Persons--General (I0170)", "Education--Higher--General (I0231)", "Education--Primary & Secondary--General (I0230)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Campbell", "Frullo", "Lozano", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 60
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-11-12"
last_action: "2019-06-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/701b498d-e7cc-441f-bc0e-46c9bdadc1c4"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 38.xml"
source_hash: "eb128b11f7fabd827c40f8d8b5384a305cf1635d1f51bd32d7c8d89803c1114c"
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 38 (86) — Relating to the offense of hazing.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/SB00038I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Campbell — primary (person)
- Frullo — primary (person)
- Lozano — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Flores — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Huffman — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)
- Whitmire — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-11-12** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2018-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-01** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-26** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-01** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-01** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-03** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-03** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-11** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-11** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-11** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-11** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-11** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-11** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Remarks ordered printed
- **2019-04-11** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-15** Referred to Higher Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-25** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-30** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-30** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-15** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-17** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-17** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-17** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-17** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-17** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-17** Constitutional three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-19** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-23** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-23** Read
- **2019-05-23** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-15** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/701b498d-e7cc-441f-bc0e-46c9bdadc1c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).