---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the establishment and duties of the human trafficking prevention coordinating council."
description: "Relating to the establishment and duties of the human trafficking prevention coordinating council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 72"
citation: "Texas SB 72 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Against Persons--General (I0170)", "Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Governor (I0375)", "HUMAN TRAFFICKING (S0696)", "ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0472)", "ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0461)", "HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION COORDINATING COUNCIL (V1157)", "LICENSING & REGULATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8529)", "PARKS & WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT (V0045)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)", "WORKFORCE COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0470)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Guillen", "Nelson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 49
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-11-12"
last_action: "2019-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a745911-bc16-4676-88cc-df2bcceb904d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 72.xml"
source_hash: "669c9c098d30a8759052100b738a1275cca8dc88797aeaf7921cba2a9d3f58d5"
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 72 (86) — Relating to the establishment and duties of the human trafficking prevention coordinating council.

## 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/SB00072I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Guillen — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Birdwell — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Huffman — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — 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 State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-04** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-07** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-03-11** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-12** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-19** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-25** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-26** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-03-27** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-27** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-03-27** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-03-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-03-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-03-27** Record vote
- **2019-03-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-27** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-27** Record vote
- **2019-03-27** Reported engrossed
- **2019-03-27** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-01** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-15** Scheduled for formal meeting on . . .
- **2019-04-15** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-15** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-15** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-25** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-25** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-26** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-05-03** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2019-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-03** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-06** House passage reported
- **2019-05-06** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-07** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-08** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-08** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-20** 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/3a745911-bc16-4676-88cc-df2bcceb904d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).